Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 — Bill 76 (44th Parliament, 1st Session)
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Bill 76, Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025
Flack, Hon. Rob Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
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Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2025,
chapter 28
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EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s
aid to Bill 76 and does not form part of the law.
Bill 76 has been enacted as
Chapter 28 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2025.
The
Bill enacts the Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary
Adjustment Act, 2025 , which provides for the annexation of portions of the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater to the City of Barrie.
Various matters are dealt with, including the application of by-laws,
resolutions and official plans, the continuation of procedures in process and
arrangements with respect to real property taxes and other tax matters.
Provision is made for payments between the respective municipalities, as may be
required and determined by regulation. The Minister is authorized to make regulations
in respect of wards. The annexed areas are described in
Schedule 1. However,
the Minister is authorized to make regulations prescribing the annexed area
and, if the Minister does so, that description is deemed to be the annexed area
as of the effective date and the description in
Schedule 1 is deemed not to
have been the annexed area.
Bill 76 2025
Act respecting the adjustment of the boundaries between the City of Barrie, the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater
CONTENTS
Definition
Annexation
By-laws
and resolutions
Official
plan
Other
matters in process
Property
taxes due and unpaid
disqualification
Compensation
Regulations
Conflict
Amendments
to this Act
Commencement
Short
title
Schedule 1
His
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the
Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
Definition
(1) In this Act,
“effective
date” means the date determined in accordance with subsection (2).
Interpretation
(2) The
effective date is the later of January 1, 2026 and the day the Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025
receives Royal Assent.
Reference
(3) A
reference in this Act to the County of Simcoe, the City of Barrie, the Township
of Oro-Medonte or the Township of Springwater is a reference to the geographic
area comprising that municipality or a reference to the municipal corporation
bearing that name, as the context requires.
Annexation
(1) On the effective date, the portions of the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater described in
Schedule 1
to this Act are annexed to the City of Barrie.
Real
property
(2) Except
as otherwise prescribed by the regulations, all real property of the Township
of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe in the
annexed areas vests in the City of Barrie on the effective date including,
without limitation,
(
a) any
highway, fixture, waterline and sewer in the annexed area; and
(
b) any
easement and restrictive covenant running with land in the annexed area.
Other
assets and liabilities
(3) All
assets and liabilities of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of
Springwater or the County of Simcoe that are located in or associated with any
of the annexed areas, other than those described in subsection (2), remain the
assets and liabilities of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of
Springwater or the County of Simcoe, as the case may be.
Materials
(4) As
soon as reasonably possible after the effective date, the Township of
Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe shall
transfer to the City of Barrie any studies, plans, records, data, designs or
similar materials it has prepared, regardless of whether they were prepared for
public access, that relate to any of the annexed areas.
Funds
(5) Any
fund or proportionate amount of a fund held by the Township of Oro-Medonte, the
Township of Springwater or the County of Simcoe on the effective date, which is
held for the sole purpose of maintenance, improvement or operation of any of
the real property referenced in subsection (2) shall be transferred to the City
of Barrie on the effective date.
Reserve
funds under the Development Charges Act, 1997
(6) Subsection
(5) does not include reserve funds established under
section 33 of the Development Charges Act, 1997 .
Proceedings
re real property
(7) Any
proceeding, including any arbitral, administrative or court proceeding,
relating to real property of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of
Springwater or the County of Simcoe in the annexed areas that commenced prior
to the effective date remains the obligation of the Township of Oro-Medonte,
the Township of Springwater or the County of Simcoe, as the case may be.
By-laws
and resolutions
(1) On the effective date,
(
a) the
by-laws and resolutions of the City of Barrie extend to the annexed areas; and
(
b) subject
to subsections (3) and (4), the by-laws and resolutions of the Township of
Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe cease to
apply to the annexed area.
By-laws
passed under the Development Charges Act, 1997
(2) For
greater certainty, by-laws referred to in clause (1) (
a) include by-laws of the
City of Barrie passed under the Development Charges Act,
1997 .
Exception,
subs. (1) (b)
(3) To
the extent that they apply to any of the annexed areas, the following by-laws
of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of
Simcoe are deemed to be by-laws of the City of Barrie and remain in force in
the annexed area until they expire or are repealed or are amended to provide
otherwise:
1. By-laws
passed under
section 34 or 41 of the Planning Act , or
a predecessor of those sections.
2. By-laws
passed under the Highway Traffic Act or the Municipal Act, 2001 , or a predecessor of either of those
Acts, to regulate,
i. the
use of highways by vehicles and pedestrians, or
ii. the
encroachment or projection of buildings upon or over highways.
3. By-laws
passed under
section 45, 58 or 61 of the Drainage Act ,
or a predecessor of any of those sections.
4. By-laws
passed under
section 10 of the Weed Control Act or
a predecessor of that section.
5. Any
other by-laws that may be prescribed by the regulations.
Same
(4) To
the extent that they apply to any of the annexed areas, any by-laws and
resolutions of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the
County of Simcoe that confer rights, privileges, franchises, immunities or
exemptions and could not lawfully be repealed by the Township of Oro-Medonte,
the Township of Springwater or the County of Simcoe are deemed to be by-laws
and resolutions of the City of Barrie.
By-laws
in process
(5) If
the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater or the County of
Simcoe has commenced procedures to enact a by-law under any Act and that by-law
applies to the annexed areas and is not in force on the effective date, the City
of Barrie may continue the procedures to enact the by-law to the extent that it
applies to the annexed area.
Official
plan
(1) The official plans of the Township of
Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe in respect of
any of the annexed areas are each deemed to be an official plan of the City of Barrie
on the effective date, and remain in force until they are revoked or amended to
provide otherwise.
Official
plan and amendments in process
(2) If
the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater or the County of
Simcoe has commenced procedures to adopt an official plan or an amendment to
its official plan and that official plan or amendment applies to any of the
annexed area and is not in force on the effective date, the City of Barrie may
continue the procedures to adopt the official plan or amendment to the extent
that it applies to the annexed area.
Other
matters in process
(1) If the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township
of Springwater or the County of Simcoe has commenced procedures with respect to
any matter other than those described in subsections 3 (5) and 4 (2), and the
matter applies to any of the annexed areas and, on the effective date, has not
been completed, the City of Barrie may continue the procedures to complete the
matter to the extent that it applies to the annexed area.
Tax
sales
(2) For
clarity, a reference to procedures in subsection (1) includes tax sales
procedures under
Part XI of the Municipal Act, 2001 .
Property
taxes due and unpaid
(1) All real property taxes or special rates
assessed against the land in the annexed areas that are due and unpaid on the
day before the effective date become, on the effective date, taxes that are due
and payable to the City of Barrie and may be collected by the City.
Special
tax roll
(2) Within
two months after the effective date, the clerks of the Township of Oro-Medonte
and the Township of Springwater shall prepare and furnish to the clerk of the City
of Barrie a special tax roll showing,
(
a) all
arrears of real property taxes or special rates assessed against the land in
the annexed area up to and including the day before the effective date; and
(
b) the
persons assessed for those arrears.
Tax
arrears, etc
(3) Within
seven months after the effective date, the City of Barrie shall pay to the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater an amount, in respect
of each township, equal to the arrears of real property taxes or special rates
contained on the special tax roll, together with any accumulated interest or
penalty, but excluding any amount that the treasurer of the City of Barrie
removes from the roll under
section 354 of the Municipal
Act, 2001 .
Property
tax phase-in
(4) Unless
the regulations provide otherwise, if the property tax rate in respect of a
property located within any of the annexed areas is higher in 2026 than it was
in 2025 because the 2026 property tax rate in the City of Barrie is higher than
the 2025 property tax rate in the township the property was in before the effective
date, the following rules apply with respect to the property tax rate for that
property:
1. In
the case of a property in the farm property class or managed forests property
class under the Assessment Act , the property tax
rate difference for the property shall be phased in over the years 2026 to 2045
in accordance with the regulations, subject to such exceptions as are provided
for in the regulations.
2. In the case of all other classes of property, the property
tax rate difference for the property shall be phased in over the years 2026 to
2030 in accordance with the regulations, subject to such exceptions as are
provided for in the regulations.
Same
(5) For
greater certainty, if in a year a property is subject to the rules in
subsection (4) the property tax rate in the City of Barrie for that year is
lower than the 2025 property tax rate in the township the property was in
before the effective date, the property tax rate for the property in that year
will be the property tax rate for the City of Barrie.
Exception
(6) Despite
subsection (4), if any of the following events occurs in respect of a property,
the phasing in of the increased property tax rate under subsection (4) or in
accordance with the regulations, as the case may be, shall cease to apply and, in
the years following the event, the property tax rate shall be the property tax
rate in the City of Barrie in each year:
1. There
is a change in ownership of the property.
2. An
official plan amendment, that applies to some or all of the property, adopted
in response to a request made under
section 22 of the Planning
Act comes into effect.
3. An
amendment to a zoning by-law, that applies to some or all of the property,
passed in response to an application under
section 34 of the Planning Act comes into force.
4. Plans
and drawings for development, that apply to some or all of the property, within
a designated site plan control area under
section 41 of the Planning Act have been approved.
5. A
final plan of subdivision, for some or all of the property, under
section 51 of
the Planning Act is deposited with the land
registrar for registration.
6. Consent
has been given under
section 53 of the Planning Act
in respect of a transaction related to the property.
7. There
is a change in classification of the property under the Assessment
Act .
8. Such
other events as may be prescribed by the regulations.
Same
(7) Paragraph
1 of subsection (6) does not apply if,
(
a) in
the case of a property in the farm property class or managed forests property
class under the Assessment Act , the change in
ownership is between a parent and their child; or
(
b) in
the case of all other classes of property, the change in ownership is between
spouses.
Assessment
roll for 2026 taxation
(8) For
the purposes of the City of Barrie’s assessment roll for the 2026 taxation
year, the annexed areas are deemed to be part of the City of Barrie for the portion
of the year commencing on the effective date and ending on the last day of
Definitions
(9) In
this section,
“child”
has the same meaning as in
section 1 of the Municipal
Conflict of Interest Act ; (“enfant”)
“real
property taxes” has the same meaning as in subsection 371 (1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 . (“impôts fonciers”)
disqualification
7 Despite subsection 258 (2) of the Municipal
Act, 2001 , a person who is a member of the council of the Township of
Oro-Medonte or the Township of Springwater on the effective date is not, during
the term of office ending November 14, 2026, disqualified from holding office
because of any disqualification resulting solely from the annexation under this
Act.
Compensation
(1) The City of Barrie shall make such payment
or payments, or provide such other forms of compensation, as required and
determined by the regulations, if any, to the Township of Oro-Medonte, the
Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe.
Same
(2) The
Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe
shall make such payment or payments, or provide such other forms of
compensation, as required and determined by the regulations, if any, to the
City of Barrie.
Regulations
(1) The Minister of Municipal Affairs and
Housing may make regulations providing for any matters which, in the opinion of
the Minister, are necessary or advisable for the purposes of this Act,
including,
(
a) providing
for any of the matters described in Ontario Regulation 204/03 (Powers of the
Minister or a Commission in Implementing a Restructuring Proposal) made under
the Municipal Act, 2001 , with respect to the
annexation under this Act;
(
b) governing property rights of the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater in respect of real
property of the township within the annexed areas that would otherwise transfer
to the City of Barrie under subsection 2 (2);
(
c) altering
the wards of the City of Barrie to address the annexation under this Act and
governing the division of the annexed areas into one or more wards of the City
of Barrie, including by providing that such division will be in accordance with
a designated map or document;
(
d) prescribing
by-laws for the purposes of subsection 3 (3);
(
e) governing
property tax rates for the purposes of subsection 6 (4), including defining
property tax rate difference, governing how to determine the property tax rate
difference for a property and how the property tax rate difference for a
property will be phased in, prescribing exceptions to the phasing in and
prescribing equations, rules or other methods for calculating or determining
the property tax rate or amount of property tax owing for a property;
(
f) prescribing
events for the purposes of subsection 6 (6);
(
g) requiring
and determining payments or other forms of compensation for the purposes of
section 8;
(
h) providing
for transitional matters which, in the opinion of the Minister, are necessary
or desirable to,
(
i) facilitate
the implementation of this Act or any provision of this Act, or
(ii) deal
with problems or issues arising as a result of the enactment of this Act.
Retroactivity
(2) A
regulation made under subsection (1) may be made retroactive to a date not
earlier than the effective date.
effect of s. 30 of O. Reg. 204/03
(3) For
greater certainty,
section 30 of Ontario Regulation 204/03 (Powers of the
Minister or a Commission in Implementing a Restructuring Proposal) made under
the Municipal Act, 2001 does not apply to a
regulation made under this section.
Conflict
(1) This Act applies despite any general or special Act and despite any regulation
made under any other Act and, in the event of a conflict between this Act and
another Act or a regulation made under another Act, this Act prevails.
Same
(2) In
the event of a conflict between a regulation made under subsection 9 (1) and
another provision of this Act, a provision of another Act or a provision of a
regulation made under another Act, the regulation made under subsection 9 (1)
prevails.
Amendments
to this Act
11 (1) Subsection 2 (1) of this Act is repealed
and the following substituted:
Annexation
(1) Any
portion of the Township of Oro-Medonte or the Township of Springwater as
prescribed by the regulations is annexed to the City of Barrie.
Same
(1.1) If
a regulation is made for the purposes of subsection (1), the area prescribed by
that regulation is deemed to be annexed as of the effective date and the area
described in
Schedule 1 to this Act, as it read immediately before its repeal,
is deemed not to have been annexed.
(2) Subsection
9 (1) of this Act is amended by adding the following clause:
(a.1) prescribing
the annexed area for the purposes of subsection 2 (1).
(3) Schedule
1 to this Act is repealed.
Commencement
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
(2) Section
11 of this Act comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant
Governor in Council.
Short
title
13 The
short title of this Act is the Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater
Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 .
Schedule 1
The portion of the Township of Oro-Medonte is described as follows:
1. Lands
located in the Township of Oro-Medonte, County of Simcoe, being the lands
described as Part of Lots 2 to 10, 12-15 Concession 1, East of Penetanguishene
Road, Oro; and Part of the Road Allowance Between Lots 5 and 6, Concession 1,
East of Penetanguishene Road, Oro, Lying between Penetanguishene Road and the
Road Allowance between Concessions 1 and 2, East of Penetanguishene Road; and
Lots 17 to 24, South Side of Steel Street, Lots 17 to 24 North Side of Adam
Street; Steel Street; Block S; Part of Block E, Northside of Adam Street; Lots
13-16, 18-24 South Side of Adam Street; Lots 13-16, 18-24 North Side of Monk
Street; Part of Monk Street Block G, Lying between Ely Limit of Penetanguishene
Street and Wly Limit of Colborne Street; Part of Lots 13 to South Side of Monk
Street Block G, Part of Adam Street, Part of O’Brien Street, North of Ride
Road; Part of Adam Street, Between Penetanguishene Rd and O’Brien Street; Part
of McVity Street; Part of Colborne Street; and Part of Block E, North Side of
Adam Street, all on Registered Plan 1, Oro.
2. Part of Lots 11-15, West
Penetanguishene Road, Oro; Part of the Road Allowance between the Township of
Vespra and Oro; Part of the Road Allowance Between Lots 5 and 6, Concession 1
East of Penetanguishene Road Oro; Lying Between Penetanguishene Rd and the Road
Allowance between Concessions 1 and 2, East of Penetanguishene Road, Oro; Part
of the Road Allowance between Lots D and 10 Concession 1, East of
Penetanguishene Road, Part of the Road Allowance between Lots 11 and E; Part of
Lot 11 Concession 1, Part of Lot 11 Concession 2, East of Penetanguishene Road,
Oro; Part of Lot 21 Concession 3; Part of Lot A, Concession 2, East of Penetanguishene
Road, Oro; Part of Lot E Concession 1; Part of the Road Allowance Between
Township of Oro and Vespra Oro; Part of the Road Allowance between Lot E and
Lot 11, Concession 1, East of Penetanguishene Road, Part of the Road Allowance
between Concession 1 and 2, Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 2 and
3; Part of the Road Allowance between the Kings Highway No. 11 and the Road
Allowance Between Lots 15 and 16, Concession 1, East of Penetanguishene Road,
Oro.
3. All
the lands as identified by the following Property Identification Numbers and
all registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of
Simcoe (No. 51):
i. 58553-0029.
ii. 58553-0039.
iii. 58553-0028.
iv. 58553-0036.
v. 58553-0027.
vi. 58553-0034.
vii. 58553-0014.
viii. 58553-0013.
ix. 58553-0011.
x. 58553-0010.
xi. 58553-0012.
xii. 58553-0145.
xiii. 58553-0146.
xiv. 58553-0007.
xv. 58553-0006.
xvi. 58553-0005.
xvii. 58552-0002.
xviii. 58552-0047.
xix. 58552-0049.
xx. 58552-0048.
xxi. 58552-0046.
xxii. 58552-0044.
xxiii. 58552-0045.
xxiv. 58552-0043.
xxv. 58552-0042.
xxvi. 58552-0041.
xxvii. 58552-0039.
xxviii. 58552-0040.
xxix. 58552-0161.
xxx. 58543-0001.
xxxi. 58543-0002.
xxxii. 58544-0001.
xxxiii. 58552-0002.
xxxiv. 58552-0080.
xxxv. 58552-0302.
xxxvi. 58552-0303.
xxxvii. 58553-0024.
xxxviii. 58553-0025.
xxxix. 58553-0026.
xl. 58553-0030.
xli. 58553-0035.
xlii. 58553-0077.
xliii. 58553-0122.
xliv. 58553-0130.
4. Those
portions of lands known as Hwy 93 only, identified as being
part of Property Identification Number 58544-0068 (LT), beginning from the
abutting parcel identified by Property Identification Number 58552-0080 (LT),
following the Hwy 93 up until the end of the Parcel as identified as being part
of Property Identification Number 58544-0068 (LT), registered in the Land
Registry Office for the Lands Title Division of Simcoe (No. 51).
5. Those
portions of lands known as Penetanguishene Rd being part of Property
Identification Number 58553-0117 (LT), beginning from the abutting parcel
identified as by Property Identification Number 58553-0130 (LT), following the
Penetanguishene Rd, as identified as being part of Property Identification
Number 58553-0117 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Lands Title
Division of Simcoe (No. 51).
The portion of the Township of Springwater is described as follows:
1. Lands
located in the Township of Springwater, County of Simcoe, all registered in the
Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Simcoe (No. 51), being the
lands described as:
i. Lot
27, Part of Lot 15, RCP 1730, Vespra; Part of Lots 21, Concession 8, Vespra;
Part of the East Half of Lots 18 and 19, Part of the South Half of the East
Half of Lots 18 and 19; Part of Lots 18 - 21, Concession 7, Vespra; Part of
Lots 18 and 19, Concession 6, Vespra; Parcel 18-2
Section 51, Vespra 6, Part of
the East Half of Lots 18 and 19, Concession 6; Part of the West Half of Lot 18,
Concession 6; Parcels 19-3 and 21-1
Section 51, Vespra 7; Part of the Road
Allowance Between Concessions 6 and 7, Vespra; The Road Allowance Between
Concessions 7 and 8, Lying Between Edgehill Rd and the Road Allowance Between
Lots 20 and 21 Barrie/Vespra being Miller Dr.; Part of the Road Allowance
Between Concessions 7 and 8; Lot 3 RCP Vespra, Being Miller Dr Lying Between
Sunnidale Rd and the Road Allowance between Lots 20 and 21 Barrie/Vespra; Part
of the West Half of Lots 19 and 20, Concession 7, Vespra.
ii. Part
of Lots 17 and18, Concession 5, Vespra; Part of Lots 17 and 18, Concession 4,
Vespra; Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 3 and 4, Vespra; Part of
Lots 17 and 20, Concession 3, Vespra; Part of the West Half of Lot 18,
Concession 3, Vespra; Part of the West Half of the East Half and East Part of
Lot 18, Concession 3, Vespra; Part of the East Part of Lot 19, Concession 3,
Vespra; Parcel 19-1
Section 51-Vesp-3.
iii. Part
of the North Half of the East Part of Lot 19, Concession 3, Blocks A and B RCP
1491, Vespra; Parcel A-1
Section 51-1491; Part of the Road Allowance Between
Concession 1 and 2 Vespra lying between Little Lake and the Road Allowance
Between Lots 15 and 16, Concession 2; Part of Lot 15, Concession 2.
iv. Part
of Lots 6-16, Concession 1, Vespra; Part of the Road Allowance Between Lots 10 and
11, Concession 1; Part of the Road Allowance between Lots 15 and 16, Concession
1, Vespra Lying West of Hwy #400; Part of Lots 12-15, Concession 1, East of Penetanguishene
Road, Oro; Part of the Road Allowance Between the Township of Oro-Medonte and
the Township of Vespra, being the Kings Highway No. 93 (AKA Penetanguishene Rd)
Between the Kings Highway No. 11 and the Road Allowance Between Lots 15 and 16,
Concession 1 East of Penetanguishene Road, Oro.
v. Those
small portions of lands that abut Miller Drive being Part of the East Half of
Lot 23 Concession 8 consisting of Part of Property Identification Number
58355-0112 (LT).
vi. Those portions of lands
identified as 120 Miller Drive, being Part of the East Half of Lot 23,
Concession 8, consisting of the back portion of the property as identified as
Part of Property Identification Number 58355-0129 (LT).
vii. Those
portions of lands abutting 120 Miller Drive, being Part of the East Half of Lot
23, Concession 8, being Part of Property Identification Number 58355-0131 (LT).
viii. Those
portions of lands identified as 92 Miller Drive being Part of the East Half of
Lot 23, Concession 8, being Part of Property Identification Number 58355-0135
(LT).
ix. Those
portions of lands abutting Property Identification Number 583550107 (LT)
running to the limit of the North said Property Identification Number being the
Road Allowance Between Lots 20 and 21, Concession 8 consisting of Part of
Property Identification Number 58355-0043 (LT).
x. Those
portions of lands beginning from Dobson Road until the end of the Parcel, being
Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 7 and 8, Vespra; Part of Lot 26
RCP 1730, consisting of Part of Property Identification Number 58356-0448 (LT).
xi. Those
small portions of lands being the tip of the Parcel being Part of Lot 19,
Concession 8, consisting of Part of Property Identification Number 58356-1142
(LT).
xii. Those
portions of lands known as Dobson Road running up until the limit of the
abutting lands Identified by Property Identification Number 583560132 (LT),
being the Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 7 and 8 consisting of
Part of Property Identification Number 58356-1169 (LT).
xiii. Those
portions of lands known as Wilson Drive running until the limit of the abutting
lands identified by property Identification Number 588960016 (LT), being the
Road Allowance Between Concession 6 and 7 consisting of Part of Property
Identification Number 58896-0001(LT).
xiv. Those
portions of lands known as Anne Street running until the limit of the abutting
lands identified by Property Identification Numbers 589260639 (LT) and
588960009 (LT), being Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 5 and 6,
consisting of Part of Property Identification Number 58926-0001(LT).
xv. Those
portions of lands being Part of Lots 6 to 8, Concession 1, Vespra, Save and
Except the bottom triangle portion of lands, consisting of the majority of
Property Identification Number 58361-0355 (LT).
xvi. Those
portions of lands being Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 2 and 3,
Lying Between Little Lake, running for only a portion, consisting of Property
Identification Number 58361-0453 (LT).
xvii. Those
portions of lands being the Road Allowance Between Lots 15 and 16 Concession 2,
Vespra Lying Between the Road Allowance Between Concession 2 and 3 and the Road
Allowance Between Concession 1 and 2, up until the North limit of the abutting
parcel identified by Property Identification Number 583610323 (LT), consisting
of Property Identification Number 58361-0454 (LT).
xviii. Those
portions of lands known as Vincent Street, being Part of the Road Allowance
Between Concession 3 and 4 Vespra and Part of the West Half of Lot 18,
Concession 3, Vespra, consist of Part of Property Identification Number
58361-0819 (LT).
xix. Those
portions of lands being Part of the Road Allowance Between Concessions 2 and 3
Vespra Lying Between Little Lake and Duckworth Street, running until the limit
of the abutting parcel identified by Property Identification Number 583610275
(LT), consisting of Part of Property Identification Number 58361-0830 (LT).
xx. Those
portions of lands known as Old Second South, being The Road Allowance Between
Concession 1 and 2, running a small limit until the end of the abutting Road
being Property Identification Number 583620002 (LT), consisting of Property
Identification Number 58362-0001 (LT).
xxi. The
portions of lands known as Saint Vincent Street, being Part of the Road
Allowance Between Concessions 3 and 4, running up until the limit of the
abutting parcel identified by Property Identification Number 583610264 (LT),
consisting of Property Identification Number 58361-0821 (LT).
xxii. Those
Portions of Lands known as Miller Drive, being the Road Allowance Between
Concessions 7 and 8 Vespra Lying Between Edge Hill Rd and the Road Allowance
Between Lots 20 and 21 Barrie/Vespra Being Miller Drive, running parallel with
the abutting parcel identified as Property Identification Number 58355-0107
(LT) until the end of said parcel, consisting of Property Identification Number
58907-0001(LT).
2. All
the lands as identified by the following Property Identification Numbers and
all registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of
Simcoe (No. 51):
i. 58355-0107
(LT).
ii. 58355-0108(LT).
iii. 58355-0109
(LT).
iv. 58355-0218
(LT).
v. 58356-0100
(LT).
vi. 58356-0728
(LT).
vii. 58356-0729
(LT).
viii. 58356-0730
(LT).
ix. 58356-0756
(LT).
x. 58356-0758
(LT).
xi. 58356-1761
(LT).
xii. 58356-1762
(LT).
xiii. 58356-1763
(LT).
xiv. 58896-0010
(LT).
xv. 58896-0011
(LT).
xvi. 58896-0016
(LT).
xvii. 58896-0017
(LT).
xviii. 58896-0018
(LT).
xix. 58904-0096
(LT).
xx. 58904-0099
(LT).
xxi. 58904-0100
(LT).
xxii. 58904-0101
(LT).
xxiii. 58907-0003
(LT).
xxiv. 58907-0004
(LT).
xxv. 58907-0053
(LT).
xxvi. 58907-0054
(LT).
xxvii. 58908-0002
(LT).
xxviii. 58908-0285
(LT).
xxix. 58908-0286
(LT).
xxx. 58908-0606
(LT).
xxxi. 58908-0607
(LT).
xxxii. 58908-0608
(LT).
xxxiii. 58908-0609
(LT).
xxxiv. 58926-0030
(LT).
xxxv. 58926-0251
(LT).
xxxvi. 58926-0639
(LT).
xxxvii. 58926-0640
(LT).
xxxviii. 58361-0264
(LT).
xxxix. 58361-0265
(LT).
xl. 58361-0266
(LT).
xli. 58361-0267
(LT).
xlii. 58361-0268
(LT).
xliii. 58361-0269
(LT).
xliv. 58361-0270
(LT).
xlv. 58361-0271
(LT).
xlvi. 58361-0272
(LT).
xlvii. 58361-0273
(LT).
xlviii. 58361-0274
(LT).
xlix. 58361-0275
(LT).
l. 58361-0323
(LT).
li. 58361-0324
(LT).
lii. 58361-0325
(LT).
liii. 58361-0326
(LT).
liv. 58361-0327
(LT).
lv. 58361-0328
(LT).
lvi. 58361-0329
(LT).
lvii. 58361-0330
(LT).
lviii. 58361-0333
(LT).
lix. 58361-0335
(LT).
lx. 58361-0337
(LT).
lxi. 58361-0339
(LT).
lxii. 58361-0340
(LT).
lxiii. 58361-0341
(LT).
lxiv. 58361-0343
(LT).
lxv. 58361-0344
(LT).
lxvi. 58361-0345
(LT).
lxvii. 58361-0348
(LT).
lxviii. 58361-0349
(LT).
lxix. 58361-0350
(LT).
lxx. 58361-0351
(LT).
lxxi. 58361-0352
(LT).
lxxii. 58361-0353
(LT).
lxxiii. 58361-0354
(LT).
lxxiv. 58361-0356
(LT).
lxxv. 58361-0357
(LT).
lxxvi. 58361-0358
(LT).
lxxvii. 58361-0359
(LT).
lxxviii. 58361-0360
(LT).
lxxix. 58361-0361
(LT).
lxxx. 58361-0363
(LT).
lxxxi. 58361-0444
(LT).
lxxxii. 58361-0448
(LT).
lxxxiii. 58361-0449
(LT).
lxxxiv. 58361-0450
(LT).
lxxxv. 58361-0451
(LT).
lxxxvi. 58361-0455
(LT).
lxxxvii. 58361-0457
(LT).
lxxxviii . 58361-0458 (LT).
lxxxix. 58361-0463
(LT).
xc. 58361-0473
(LT).
xci. 58361-0627
(LT).
xcii. 58361-0786
(LT).
xciii. 58361-0793
(LT).
xciv. 58361-0794
(LT).
xcv. 58361-0808
(LT).
xcvi. 58361-0809
(LT).
xcvii. 58361-0825
(LT).
xcviii. 58361-0865
(LT).
xcix. 58361-0866
(LT).
c. 58361-0868
(LT).
ci. 58361-0869
(LT).
cii. 58361-0870
(LT).
ciii. 58361-0871
(LT).
civ. 58361-0872
(LT).
cv. 58362-0002
(LT).
cvi. 58362-0003
(LT).
cvii. 58544-0001
(LT).
cviii. 58926-0028
(LT).
cix. 58926-0031
(LT).
cx. 58928-0121
(LT).
cxi. 58928-0123
(LT).
cxii. 58928-0124
(LT).
cxiii. 58928-0125
(LT).
cxiv. 58928-0127
(LT).
cxv. 58928-0128
(LT).
cxvi. 58928-0129
(LT).
cxvii. 58928-0130
(LT).
cxviii. 58928-0131
(LT).
cxix. 58928-0132
(LT).
cxx. 58928-0133
(LT).
cxxi. 58908-0001
(LT).
cxxii. 58361-0364
(LT).
cxxiii. 58361-0785
(LT).
cxxiv. 58896-0009
(LT).
cxxv. 58896-0013
(LT).
cxxvi. 58896-0015
(LT).
Bill 76 Original (PDF)
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
The
Bill enacts the Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary
Adjustment Act, 2025 , which provides for the annexation of portions of the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater to the City of Barrie.
Various matters are dealt with, including the application of by-laws,
resolutions and official plans, the continuation of procedures in process and
arrangements with respect to real property taxes and other tax matters.
Provision is made for payments between the respective municipalities, as may be
required and determined by regulation. The Minister is authorized to make regulations
in respect of wards. The annexed areas are described in
Schedule 1. However,
the Minister is authorized to make regulations prescribing the annexed area
and, if the Minister does so, that description is deemed to be the annexed area
as of the effective date and the description in
Schedule 1 is deemed not to
have been the annexed area.
Bill 76 2025
Act respecting the adjustment of the boundaries between the City of Barrie, the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater
CONTENTS
Definition
Annexation
By-laws
and resolutions
Official
plan
Other
matters in process
Property
taxes due and unpaid
disqualification
Compensation
Regulations
Conflict
Amendments
to this Act
Commencement
Short
title
Schedule 1
His
Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the
Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
Definition
(1) In this Act,
“effective
date” means the date determined in accordance with subsection (2).
Interpretation
(2) The
effective date is the later of January 1, 2026 and the day the Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025
receives Royal Assent.
Reference
(3) A
reference in this Act to the County of Simcoe, the City of Barrie, the Township
of Oro-Medonte or the Township of Springwater is a reference to the geographic
area comprising that municipality or a reference to the municipal corporation
bearing that name, as the context requires.
Annexation
(1) On the effective date, the portions of the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater described in
Schedule 1
to this Act are annexed to the City of Barrie.
Real
property
(2) Except
as otherwise prescribed by the regulations, all real property of the Township
of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe in the
annexed areas vests in the City of Barrie on the effective date including,
without limitation,
(
a) any
highway, fixture, waterline and sewer in the annexed area; and
(
b) any
easement and restrictive covenant running with land in the annexed area.
Other
assets and liabilities
(3) All
assets and liabilities of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of
Springwater or the County of Simcoe that are located in or associated with any
of the annexed areas, other than those described in subsection (2), remain the
assets and liabilities of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of
Springwater or the County of Simcoe, as the case may be.
Materials
(4) As
soon as reasonably possible after the effective date, the Township of
Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe shall
transfer to the City of Barrie any studies, plans, records, data, designs or
similar materials it has prepared, regardless of whether they were prepared for
public access, that relate to any of the annexed areas.
Funds
(5) Any
fund or proportionate amount of a fund held by the Township of Oro-Medonte, the
Township of Springwater or the County of Simcoe on the effective date, which is
held for the sole purpose of maintenance, improvement or operation of any of
the real property referenced in subsection (2) shall be transferred to the City
of Barrie on the effective date.
Reserve
funds under the Development Charges Act, 1997
(6) Subsection
(5) does not include reserve funds established under
section 33 of the Development Charges Act, 1997 .
Proceedings
re real property
(7) Any
proceeding, including any arbitral, administrative or court proceeding,
relating to real property of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of
Springwater or the County of Simcoe in the annexed areas that commenced prior
to the effective date remains the obligation of the Township of Oro-Medonte,
the Township of Springwater or the County of Simcoe, as the case may be.
By-laws
and resolutions
(1) On the effective date,
(
a) the
by-laws and resolutions of the City of Barrie extend to the annexed areas; and
(
b) subject
to subsections (3) and (4), the by-laws and resolutions of the Township of
Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe cease to
apply to the annexed area.
By-laws
passed under the Development Charges Act, 1997
(2) For
greater certainty, by-laws referred to in clause (1) (
a) include by-laws of the
City of Barrie passed under the Development Charges Act,
1997 .
Exception,
subs. (1) (b)
(3) To
the extent that they apply to any of the annexed areas, the following by-laws
of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of
Simcoe are deemed to be by-laws of the City of Barrie and remain in force in
the annexed area until they expire or are repealed or are amended to provide
otherwise:
1. By-laws
passed under
section 34 or 41 of the Planning Act , or
a predecessor of those sections.
2. By-laws
passed under the Highway Traffic Act or the Municipal Act, 2001 , or a predecessor of either of those
Acts, to regulate,
i. the
use of highways by vehicles and pedestrians, or
ii. the
encroachment or projection of buildings upon or over highways.
3. By-laws
passed under
section 45, 58 or 61 of the Drainage Act ,
or a predecessor of any of those sections.
4. By-laws
passed under
section 10 of the Weed Control Act or
a predecessor of that section.
5. Any
other by-laws that may be prescribed by the regulations.
Same
(4) To
the extent that they apply to any of the annexed areas, any by-laws and
resolutions of the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the
County of Simcoe that confer rights, privileges, franchises, immunities or
exemptions and could not lawfully be repealed by the Township of Oro-Medonte,
the Township of Springwater or the County of Simcoe are deemed to be by-laws
and resolutions of the City of Barrie.
By-laws
in process
(5) If
the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater or the County of
Simcoe has commenced procedures to enact a by-law under any Act and that by-law
applies to the annexed areas and is not in force on the effective date, the City
of Barrie may continue the procedures to enact the by-law to the extent that it
applies to the annexed area.
Official
plan
(1) The official plans of the Township of
Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe in respect of
any of the annexed areas are each deemed to be an official plan of the City of Barrie
on the effective date, and remain in force until they are revoked or amended to
provide otherwise.
Official
plan and amendments in process
(2) If
the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater or the County of
Simcoe has commenced procedures to adopt an official plan or an amendment to
its official plan and that official plan or amendment applies to any of the
annexed area and is not in force on the effective date, the City of Barrie may
continue the procedures to adopt the official plan or amendment to the extent
that it applies to the annexed area.
Other
matters in process
(1) If the Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township
of Springwater or the County of Simcoe has commenced procedures with respect to
any matter other than those described in subsections 3 (5) and 4 (2), and the
matter applies to any of the annexed areas and, on the effective date, has not
been completed, the City of Barrie may continue the procedures to complete the
matter to the extent that it applies to the annexed area.
Tax
sales
(2) For
clarity, a reference to procedures in subsection (1) includes tax sales
procedures under
Part XI of the Municipal Act, 2001 .
Property
taxes due and unpaid
(1) All real property taxes or special rates
assessed against the land in the annexed areas that are due and unpaid on the
day before the effective date become, on the effective date, taxes that are due
and payable to the City of Barrie and may be collected by the City.
Special
tax roll
(2) Within
two months after the effective date, the clerks of the Township of Oro-Medonte
and the Township of Springwater shall prepare and furnish to the clerk of the City
of Barrie a special tax roll showing,
(
a) all
arrears of real property taxes or special rates assessed against the land in
the annexed area up to and including the day before the effective date; and
(
b) the
persons assessed for those arrears.
Tax
arrears, etc
(3) Within
seven months after the effective date, the City of Barrie shall pay to the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater an amount, in respect
of each township, equal to the arrears of real property taxes or special rates
contained on the special tax roll, together with any accumulated interest or
penalty, but excluding any amount that the treasurer of the City of Barrie
removes from the roll under
section 354 of the Municipal
Act, 2001 .
Property
tax phase-in
(4) Unless
the regulations provide otherwise, if the property tax rate in respect of a
property located within any of the annexed areas is higher in 2026 than it was
in 2025 because the 2026 property tax rate in the City of Barrie is higher than
the 2025 property tax rate in the township the property was in before the effective
date, the following rules apply with respect to the property tax rate for that
property:
1. In
the case of a property in the farm property class or managed forests property
class under the Assessment Act , the property tax
rate difference for the property shall be phased in over the years 2026 to 2045
in accordance with the regulations, subject to such exceptions as are provided
for in the regulations.
2. In the case of all other classes of property, the property
tax rate difference for the property shall be phased in over the years 2026 to
2030 in accordance with the regulations, subject to such exceptions as are
provided for in the regulations.
Same
(5) For
greater certainty, if in a year a property is subject to the rules in
subsection (4) the property tax rate in the City of Barrie for that year is
lower than the 2025 property tax rate in the township the property was in
before the effective date, the property tax rate for the property in that year
will be the property tax rate for the City of Barrie.
Exception
(6) Despite
subsection (4), if any of the following events occurs in respect of a property,
the phasing in of the increased property tax rate under subsection (4) or in
accordance with the regulations, as the case may be, shall cease to apply and, in
the years following the event, the property tax rate shall be the property tax
rate in the City of Barrie in each year:
1. There
is a change in ownership of the property.
2. An
official plan amendment, that applies to some or all of the property, adopted
in response to a request made under
section 22 of the Planning
Act comes into effect.
3. An
amendment to a zoning by-law, that applies to some or all of the property,
passed in response to an application under
section 34 of the Planning Act comes into force.
4. Plans
and drawings for development, that apply to some or all of the property, within
a designated site plan control area under
section 41 of the Planning Act have been approved.
5. A
final plan of subdivision, for some or all of the property, under
section 51 of
the Planning Act is deposited with the land
registrar for registration.
6. Consent
has been given under
section 53 of the Planning Act
in respect of a transaction related to the property.
7. There
is a change in classification of the property under the Assessment
Act .
8. Such
other events as may be prescribed by the regulations.
Same
(7) Paragraph
1 of subsection (6) does not apply if,
(
a) in
the case of a property in the farm property class or managed forests property
class under the Assessment Act , the change in
ownership is between a parent and their child; or
(
b) in
the case of all other classes of property, the change in ownership is between
spouses.
Assessment
roll for 2026 taxation
(8) For
the purposes of the City of Barrie’s assessment roll for the 2026 taxation
year, the annexed areas are deemed to be part of the City of Barrie for the portion
of the year commencing on the effective date and ending on the last day of
Definitions
(9) In
this section,
“child”
has the same meaning as in
section 1 of the Municipal
Conflict of Interest Act ; (“enfant”)
“real
property taxes” has the same meaning as in subsection 371 (1) of the Municipal Act, 2001 . (“impôts fonciers”)
disqualification
7 Despite subsection 258 (2) of the Municipal
Act, 2001 , a person who is a member of the council of the Township of
Oro-Medonte or the Township of Springwater on the effective date is not, during
the term of office ending November 14, 2026, disqualified from holding office
because of any disqualification resulting solely from the annexation under this
Act.
Compensation
(1) The City of Barrie shall make such payment
or payments, or provide such other forms of compensation, as required and
determined by the regulations, if any, to the Township of Oro-Medonte, the
Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe.
Same
(2) The
Township of Oro-Medonte, the Township of Springwater and the County of Simcoe
shall make such payment or payments, or provide such other forms of
compensation, as required and determined by the regulations, if any, to the
City of Barrie.
Regulations
(1) The Minister of Municipal Affairs and
Housing may make regulations providing for any matters which, in the opinion of
the Minister, are necessary or advisable for the purposes of this Act,
including,
(
a) providing
for any of the matters described in Ontario Regulation 204/03 (Powers of the
Minister or a Commission in Implementing a Restructuring Proposal) made under
the Municipal Act, 2001 , with respect to the
annexation under this Act;
(
b) governing property rights of the
Township of Oro-Medonte and the Township of Springwater in respect of real
property of the township within the annexed areas that would otherwise transfer
to the City of Barrie under subsection 2 (2);
(
c) altering
the wards of the City of Barrie to address the annexation under this Act and
governing the division of the annexed areas into one or more wards of the City
of Barrie, including by providing that such division will be in accordance with
a designated map or document;
(
d) prescribing
by-laws for the purposes of subsection 3 (3);
(
e) governing
property tax rates for the purposes of subsection 6 (4), including defining
property tax rate difference, governing how to determine the property tax rate
difference for a property and how the property tax rate difference for a
property will be phased in, prescribing exceptions to the phasing in and
prescribing equations, rules or other methods for calculating or determining
the property tax rate or amount of property tax owing for a property;
(
f) prescribing
events for the purposes of subsection 6 (6);
(
g) requiring
and determining payments or other forms of compensation for the purposes of
section 8;
(
h) providing
for transitional matters which, in the opinion of the Minister, are necessary
or desirable to,
(
i) facilitate
the implementation of this Act or any provision of this Act, or
(ii) deal
with problems or issues arising as a result of the enactment of this Act.
Retroactivity
(2) A
regulation made under subsection (1) may be made retroactive to a date not
earlier than the effective date.
effect of s. 30 of O. Reg. 204/03
(3) For
greater certainty,
section 30 of Ontario Regulation 204/03 (Powers of the
Minister or a Commission in Implementing a Restructuring Proposal) made under
the Municipal Act, 2001 does not apply to a
regulation made under this section.
Conflict
(1) This Act applies despite any general or special Act and despite any regulation
made under any other Act and, in the event of a conflict between this Act and
another Act or a regulation made under another Act, this Act prevails.
Same
(2) In
the event of a conflict between a regulation made under subsection 9 (1) and
another provision of this Act, a provision of another Act or a provision of a
regulation made under another Act, the regulation made under subsection 9 (1)
prevails.
Amendments
to this Act
11 (1) Subsection 2 (1) of this Act is repealed
and the following substituted:
Annexation
(1) Any
portion of the Township of Oro-Medonte or the Township of Springwater as
prescribed by the regulations is annexed to the City of Barrie.
Same
(1.1) If
a regulation is made for the purposes of subsection (1), the area prescribed by
that regulation is deemed to be annexed as of the effective date and the area
described in
Schedule 1 to this Act, as it read immediately before its repeal,
is deemed not to have been annexed.
(2) Subsection
9 (1) of this Act is amended by adding the following clause:
(a.1) prescribing
the annexed area for the purposes of subsection 2 (1).
(3) Schedule
1 to this Act is repealed.
Commencement
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
(2) Section
11 of this Act comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant
Governor in Council.
Short
title
13 The
short title of this Act is the Barrie – Oro-Medonte – Springwater
Boundary Adjustment Act, 2025 .
Schedule 1
The portion of the Township of Oro-Medonte is described as follows:
1. Lands
located in the Township of Oro-Medonte, County of Simcoe, being the lands
described as Part of Lots 2 to 10, 12-15 Concession 1, East of Penetanguishene
Road, Oro; and Part of the Road Allowance Between Lots 5 and 6, Concession 1,
East of Penetanguishene Road, Oro, Lying between Penetanguishene Road and the
Road Allowance between Concessions 1 and 2, East of Penetanguishene Road; and
Lots 17 to 24, South Side of Steel Street, Lots 17 to 24 North Side of Adam
Street; Steel Street; Block S; Part of Block E, Northside of Adam Street; Lots
13-16, 18-24 South Side of Adam Street; Lots 13-16, 18-24 North Side of Monk
Street; Part of Monk Street Block G, Lying between Ely Limit of Penetanguishene
Street and Wly Limit of Colborne Street; Part of Lots 13 to South Side of Monk
Street Block G, Part of Adam Street, Part of O’Brien Street, North of Ride
Road; Part of Adam Street, Between Penetanguishene Rd and O’Brien Street; Part
of McVity Street; Part of Colborne Street; and Part of Block E, North Side of
Adam Street, all on Registered Plan 1, Oro.
2. Part of Lots 11-15, West
Penetanguishene Road, Oro; Part of the Road Allowance between the Township of
Vespra and Oro; Part of the Road Allowance Between Lots 5 and 6, Concession 1
East of Penetanguishene Road Oro; Lying Between Penetanguishene Rd and the Road
Allowance between Concessions 1 and 2, East of Penetanguishene Road, Oro; Part
of the Road Allowance between Lots D and 10 Concession 1, East of
Penetanguishene Road, Part of the Road Allowance between Lots 11 and E; Part of
Lot 11 Concession 1, Part of Lot 11 Concession 2, East of Penetanguishene Road,
Oro; Part of Lot 21 Concession 3; Part of Lot A, Concession 2, East of Penetanguishene
Road, Oro; Part of Lot E Concession 1; Part of the Road Allowance Between
Township of Oro and Vespra Oro; Part of the Road Allowance between Lot E and
Lot 11, Concession 1, East of Penetanguishene Road, Part of the Road Allowance
between Concession 1 and 2, Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 2 and
3; Part of the Road Allowance between the Kings Highway No. 11 and the Road
Allowance Between Lots 15 and 16, Concession 1, East of Penetanguishene Road,
Oro.
3. All
the lands as identified by the following Property Identification Numbers and
all registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of
Simcoe (No. 51):
i. 58553-0029.
ii. 58553-0039.
iii. 58553-0028.
iv. 58553-0036.
v. 58553-0027.
vi. 58553-0034.
vii. 58553-0014.
viii. 58553-0013.
ix. 58553-0011.
x. 58553-0010.
xi. 58553-0012.
xii. 58553-0145.
xiii. 58553-0146.
xiv. 58553-0007.
xv. 58553-0006.
xvi. 58553-0005.
xvii. 58552-0002.
xviii. 58552-0047.
xix. 58552-0049.
xx. 58552-0048.
xxi. 58552-0046.
xxii. 58552-0044.
xxiii. 58552-0045.
xxiv. 58552-0043.
xxv. 58552-0042.
xxvi. 58552-0041.
xxvii. 58552-0039.
xxviii. 58552-0040.
xxix. 58552-0161.
xxx. 58543-0001.
xxxi. 58543-0002.
xxxii. 58544-0001.
xxxiii. 58552-0002.
xxxiv. 58552-0080.
xxxv. 58552-0302.
xxxvi. 58552-0303.
xxxvii. 58553-0024.
xxxviii. 58553-0025.
xxxix. 58553-0026.
xl. 58553-0030.
xli. 58553-0035.
xlii. 58553-0077.
xliii. 58553-0122.
xliv. 58553-0130.
4. Those
portions of lands known as Hwy 93 only, identified as being
part of Property Identification Number 58544-0068 (LT), beginning from the
abutting parcel identified by Property Identification Number 58552-0080 (LT),
following the Hwy 93 up until the end of the Parcel as identified as being part
of Property Identification Number 58544-0068 (LT), registered in the Land
Registry Office for the Lands Title Division of Simcoe (No. 51).
5. Those
portions of lands known as Penetanguishene Rd being part of Property
Identification Number 58553-0117 (LT), beginning from the abutting parcel
identified as by Property Identification Number 58553-0130 (LT), following the
Penetanguishene Rd, as identified as being part of Property Identification
Number 58553-0117 (LT), registered in the Land Registry Office for the Lands Title
Division of Simcoe (No. 51).
The portion of the Township of Springwater is described as follows:
1. Lands
located in the Township of Springwater, County of Simcoe, all registered in the
Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of Simcoe (No. 51), being the
lands described as:
i. Lot
27, Part of Lot 15, RCP 1730, Vespra; Part of Lots 21, Concession 8, Vespra;
Part of the East Half of Lots 18 and 19, Part of the South Half of the East
Half of Lots 18 and 19; Part of Lots 18 - 21, Concession 7, Vespra; Part of
Lots 18 and 19, Concession 6, Vespra; Parcel 18-2
Section 51, Vespra 6, Part of
the East Half of Lots 18 and 19, Concession 6; Part of the West Half of Lot 18,
Concession 6; Parcels 19-3 and 21-1
Section 51, Vespra 7; Part of the Road
Allowance Between Concessions 6 and 7, Vespra; The Road Allowance Between
Concessions 7 and 8, Lying Between Edgehill Rd and the Road Allowance Between
Lots 20 and 21 Barrie/Vespra being Miller Dr.; Part of the Road Allowance
Between Concessions 7 and 8; Lot 3 RCP Vespra, Being Miller Dr Lying Between
Sunnidale Rd and the Road Allowance between Lots 20 and 21 Barrie/Vespra; Part
of the West Half of Lots 19 and 20, Concession 7, Vespra.
ii. Part
of Lots 17 and18, Concession 5, Vespra; Part of Lots 17 and 18, Concession 4,
Vespra; Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 3 and 4, Vespra; Part of
Lots 17 and 20, Concession 3, Vespra; Part of the West Half of Lot 18,
Concession 3, Vespra; Part of the West Half of the East Half and East Part of
Lot 18, Concession 3, Vespra; Part of the East Part of Lot 19, Concession 3,
Vespra; Parcel 19-1
Section 51-Vesp-3.
iii. Part
of the North Half of the East Part of Lot 19, Concession 3, Blocks A and B RCP
1491, Vespra; Parcel A-1
Section 51-1491; Part of the Road Allowance Between
Concession 1 and 2 Vespra lying between Little Lake and the Road Allowance
Between Lots 15 and 16, Concession 2; Part of Lot 15, Concession 2.
iv. Part
of Lots 6-16, Concession 1, Vespra; Part of the Road Allowance Between Lots 10 and
11, Concession 1; Part of the Road Allowance between Lots 15 and 16, Concession
1, Vespra Lying West of Hwy #400; Part of Lots 12-15, Concession 1, East of Penetanguishene
Road, Oro; Part of the Road Allowance Between the Township of Oro-Medonte and
the Township of Vespra, being the Kings Highway No. 93 (AKA Penetanguishene Rd)
Between the Kings Highway No. 11 and the Road Allowance Between Lots 15 and 16,
Concession 1 East of Penetanguishene Road, Oro.
v. Those
small portions of lands that abut Miller Drive being Part of the East Half of
Lot 23 Concession 8 consisting of Part of Property Identification Number
58355-0112 (LT).
vi. Those portions of lands
identified as 120 Miller Drive, being Part of the East Half of Lot 23,
Concession 8, consisting of the back portion of the property as identified as
Part of Property Identification Number 58355-0129 (LT).
vii. Those
portions of lands abutting 120 Miller Drive, being Part of the East Half of Lot
23, Concession 8, being Part of Property Identification Number 58355-0131 (LT).
viii. Those
portions of lands identified as 92 Miller Drive being Part of the East Half of
Lot 23, Concession 8, being Part of Property Identification Number 58355-0135
(LT).
ix. Those
portions of lands abutting Property Identification Number 583550107 (LT)
running to the limit of the North said Property Identification Number being the
Road Allowance Between Lots 20 and 21, Concession 8 consisting of Part of
Property Identification Number 58355-0043 (LT).
x. Those
portions of lands beginning from Dobson Road until the end of the Parcel, being
Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 7 and 8, Vespra; Part of Lot 26
RCP 1730, consisting of Part of Property Identification Number 58356-0448 (LT).
xi. Those
small portions of lands being the tip of the Parcel being Part of Lot 19,
Concession 8, consisting of Part of Property Identification Number 58356-1142
(LT).
xii. Those
portions of lands known as Dobson Road running up until the limit of the
abutting lands Identified by Property Identification Number 583560132 (LT),
being the Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 7 and 8 consisting of
Part of Property Identification Number 58356-1169 (LT).
xiii. Those
portions of lands known as Wilson Drive running until the limit of the abutting
lands identified by property Identification Number 588960016 (LT), being the
Road Allowance Between Concession 6 and 7 consisting of Part of Property
Identification Number 58896-0001(LT).
xiv. Those
portions of lands known as Anne Street running until the limit of the abutting
lands identified by Property Identification Numbers 589260639 (LT) and
588960009 (LT), being Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 5 and 6,
consisting of Part of Property Identification Number 58926-0001(LT).
xv. Those
portions of lands being Part of Lots 6 to 8, Concession 1, Vespra, Save and
Except the bottom triangle portion of lands, consisting of the majority of
Property Identification Number 58361-0355 (LT).
xvi. Those
portions of lands being Part of the Road Allowance Between Concession 2 and 3,
Lying Between Little Lake, running for only a portion, consisting of Property
Identification Number 58361-0453 (LT).
xvii. Those
portions of lands being the Road Allowance Between Lots 15 and 16 Concession 2,
Vespra Lying Between the Road Allowance Between Concession 2 and 3 and the Road
Allowance Between Concession 1 and 2, up until the North limit of the abutting
parcel identified by Property Identification Number 583610323 (LT), consisting
of Property Identification Number 58361-0454 (LT).
xviii. Those
portions of lands known as Vincent Street, being Part of the Road Allowance
Between Concession 3 and 4 Vespra and Part of the West Half of Lot 18,
Concession 3, Vespra, consist of Part of Property Identification Number
58361-0819 (LT).
xix. Those
portions of lands being Part of the Road Allowance Between Concessions 2 and 3
Vespra Lying Between Little Lake and Duckworth Street, running until the limit
of the abutting parcel identified by Property Identification Number 583610275
(LT), consisting of Part of Property Identification Number 58361-0830 (LT).
xx. Those
portions of lands known as Old Second South, being The Road Allowance Between
Concession 1 and 2, running a small limit until the end of the abutting Road
being Property Identification Number 583620002 (LT), consisting of Property
Identification Number 58362-0001 (LT).
xxi. The
portions of lands known as Saint Vincent Street, being Part of the Road
Allowance Between Concessions 3 and 4, running up until the limit of the
abutting parcel identified by Property Identification Number 583610264 (LT),
consisting of Property Identification Number 58361-0821 (LT).
xxii. Those
Portions of Lands known as Miller Drive, being the Road Allowance Between
Concessions 7 and 8 Vespra Lying Between Edge Hill Rd and the Road Allowance
Between Lots 20 and 21 Barrie/Vespra Being Miller Drive, running parallel with
the abutting parcel identified as Property Identification Number 58355-0107
(LT) until the end of said parcel, consisting of Property Identification Number
58907-0001(LT).
2. All
the lands as identified by the following Property Identification Numbers and
all registered in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of
Simcoe (No. 51):
i. 58355-0107
(LT).
ii. 58355-0108(LT).
iii. 58355-0109
(LT).
iv. 58355-0218
(LT).
v. 58356-0100
(LT).
vi. 58356-0728
(LT).
vii. 58356-0729
(LT).
viii. 58356-0730
(LT).
ix. 58356-0756
(LT).
x. 58356-0758
(LT).
xi. 58356-1761
(LT).
xii. 58356-1762
(LT).
xiii. 58356-1763
(LT).
xiv. 58896-0010
(LT).
xv. 58896-0011
(LT).
xvi. 58896-0016
(LT).
xvii. 58896-0017
(LT).
xviii. 58896-0018
(LT).
xix. 58904-0096
(LT).
xx. 58904-0099
(LT).
xxi. 58904-0100
(LT).
xxii. 58904-0101
(LT).
xxiii. 58907-0003
(LT).
xxiv. 58907-0004
(LT).
xxv. 58907-0053
(LT).
xxvi. 58907-0054
(LT).
xxvii. 58908-0002
(LT).
xxviii. 58908-0285
(LT).
xxix. 58908-0286
(LT).
xxx. 58908-0606
(LT).
xxxi. 58908-0607
(LT).
xxxii. 58908-0608
(LT).
xxxiii. 58908-0609
(LT).
xxxiv. 58926-0030
(LT).
xxxv. 58926-0251
(LT).
xxxvi. 58926-0639
(LT).
xxxvii. 58926-0640
(LT).
xxxviii. 58361-0264
(LT).
xxxix. 58361-0265
(LT).
xl. 58361-0266
(LT).
xli. 58361-0267
(LT).
xlii. 58361-0268
(LT).
xliii. 58361-0269
(LT).
xliv. 58361-0270
(LT).
xlv. 58361-0271
(LT).
xlvi. 58361-0272
(LT).
xlvii. 58361-0273
(LT).
xlviii. 58361-0274
(LT).
xlix. 58361-0275
(LT).
l. 58361-0323
(LT).
li. 58361-0324
(LT).
lii. 58361-0325
(LT).
liii. 58361-0326
(LT).
liv. 58361-0327
(LT).
lv. 58361-0328
(LT).
lvi. 58361-0329
(LT).
lvii. 58361-0330
(LT).
lviii. 58361-0333
(LT).
lix. 58361-0335
(LT).
lx. 58361-0337
(LT).
lxi. 58361-0339
(LT).
lxii. 58361-0340
(LT).
lxiii. 58361-0341
(LT).
lxiv. 58361-0343
(LT).
lxv. 58361-0344
(LT).
lxvi. 58361-0345
(LT).
lxvii. 58361-0348
(LT).
lxviii. 58361-0349
(LT).
lxix. 58361-0350
(LT).
lxx. 58361-0351
(LT).
lxxi. 58361-0352
(LT).
lxxii. 58361-0353
(LT).
lxxiii. 58361-0354
(LT).
lxxiv. 58361-0356
(LT).
lxxv. 58361-0357
(LT).
lxxvi. 58361-0358
(LT).
lxxvii. 58361-0359
(LT).
lxxviii. 58361-0360
(LT).
lxxix. 58361-0361
(LT).
lxxx. 58361-0363
(LT).
lxxxi. 58361-0444
(LT).
lxxxii. 58361-0448
(LT).
lxxxiii. 58361-0449
(LT).
lxxxiv. 58361-0450
(LT).
lxxxv. 58361-0451
(LT).
lxxxvi. 58361-0455
(LT).
lxxxvii. 58361-0457
(LT).
lxxxviii . 58361-0458 (LT).
lxxxix. 58361-0463
(LT).
xc. 58361-0473
(LT).
xci. 58361-0627
(LT).
xcii. 58361-0786
(LT).
xciii. 58361-0793
(LT).
xciv. 58361-0794
(LT).
xcv. 58361-0808
(LT).
xcvi. 58361-0809
(LT).
xcvii. 58361-0825
(LT).
xcviii. 58361-0865
(LT).
xcix. 58361-0866
(LT).
c. 58361-0868
(LT).
ci. 58361-0869
(LT).
cii. 58361-0870
(LT).
ciii. 58361-0871
(LT).
civ. 58361-0872
(LT).
cv. 58362-0002
(LT).
cvi. 58362-0003
(LT).
cvii. 58544-0001
(LT).
cviii. 58926-0028
(LT).
cix. 58926-0031
(LT).
cx. 58928-0121
(LT).
cxi. 58928-0123
(LT).
cxii. 58928-0124
(LT).
cxiii. 58928-0125
(LT).
cxiv. 58928-0127
(LT).
cxv. 58928-0128
(LT).
cxvi. 58928-0129
(LT).
cxvii. 58928-0130
(LT).
cxviii. 58928-0131
(LT).
cxix. 58928-0132
(LT).
cxx. 58928-0133
(LT).
cxxi. 58908-0001
(LT).
cxxii. 58361-0364
(LT).
cxxiii. 58361-0785
(LT).
cxxiv. 58896-0009
(LT).
cxxv. 58896-0013
(LT).
cxxvi. 58896-0015
(LT).
Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee
December 11, 2025
Royal Assent
Royal Assent received
December 9, 2025
Third Reading
Vote
Carried on division
December 8, 2025
Third Reading
Question put
Vote deferred
December 8, 2025
Third Reading
Debated
December 8, 2025
Second Reading
Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House
December 8, 2025
Second Reading
Vote
Carried on division
December 8, 2025
Second Reading
Question put
December 8, 2025
Second Reading
Time allocated
December 1, 2025
Second Reading
Debated
Debate adjourned
November 27, 2025
Second Reading
Debated
Debate adjourned
November 26, 2025
Second Reading
Debated
Debate adjourned
November 25, 2025
First Reading
Ordered for Second Reading
November 25, 2025
First Reading
Vote
Carried
First Reading
November 25, 2025
Carried
Ordered for Second Reading
Second Reading
November 26, 2025
Principal Debaters
Blais, Stephen
Orléans
Burch, Jeff
Niagara Centre
Downey, Hon. Doug
Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
Fife, Catherine
Waterloo
Hsu, Ted
Kingston and the Islands
McKenney, Catherine
Ottawa Centre
McMahon, Mary-Margaret
Beaches—East York
Rae, Matthew
Perth—Wellington
Saunderson, Brian
Simcoe—Grey
Smith, Hon. Graydon
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Vanthof, John
Timiskaming—Cochrane
Questions and Responses
Bailey, Robert
Sarnia—Lambton
Begum, Doly
Scarborough Southwest
Cerjanec, Rob
Ajax
Dowie, Andrew
Windsor—Tecumseh
Fairclough, Lee
Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Gallagher Murphy, Dawn
Newmarket—Aurora
Gélinas, France
Nickel Belt
Glover, Chris
Spadina—Fort York
Hamid, Hon. Zee
Milton
Kernaghan, Terence
London North Centre
Oosterhoff, Hon. Sam
Niagara West
Pang, Billy
Markham—Unionville
Sabawy, Sheref
Mississauga—Erin Mills
Shamji, Adil
Don Valley East
Shaw, Sandy
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
Smith, Laura
Thornhill
Vaugeois, Lise
Thunder Bay—Superior North
November 27, 2025
Principal Debaters
Begum, Doly
Scarborough Southwest
Flack, Hon. Rob
Elgin—Middlesex—London
Glover, Chris
Spadina—Fort York
Racinsky, Joseph
Wellington—Halton Hills
Smyth, Stephanie
Toronto—St. Paul's
Questions and Responses
Bell, Jessica
University—Rosedale
Dowie, Andrew
Windsor—Tecumseh
Hamid, Hon. Zee
Milton
McMahon, Mary-Margaret
Beaches—East York
Oosterhoff, Hon. Sam
Niagara West
Pierre, Natalie
Burlington
Pinsonneault, Steve
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
Rakocevic, Tom
Humber River—Black Creek
Smith, Hon. Graydon
Parry Sound—Muskoka
Vickers, Paul
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Williams, Hon. Charmaine
Brampton Centre
December 1, 2025
Principal Debaters
Pasma, Chandra
Ottawa West—Nepean
Questions and Responses
Saunderson, Brian
Simcoe—Grey
West, Jamie
Sudbury
December 8, 2025
Time allocated
December 8, 2025
Question put
Carried on division
Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House
Third Reading
December 8, 2025
Principal Debaters
Flack, Hon. Rob
Elgin—Middlesex—London
Gates, Wayne
Niagara Falls
Kernaghan, Terence
London North Centre
Kerzner, Hon. Michael
York Centre
McKenney, Catherine
Ottawa Centre
McMahon, Mary-Margaret
Beaches—East York
Saunderson, Brian
Simcoe—Grey
Schreiner, Mike
Guelph
Shamji, Adil
Don Valley East
West, Jamie
Sudbury
Question put
December 9, 2025
Carried on division
Royal Assent
December 11, 2025
Royal Assent received
Vote on third reading - Carried (December 9, 2025)
Ayes
(70) Tyler Allsopp
Deepak Anand
Aris Babikian
Robert Bailey
Will Bouma
Ric Bresee
Hon. Paul Calandra
Hon. Raymond Sung Joon Cho
Hon. Stan Cho
Monica Ciriello
Hon. Steve Clark
Michelle Cooper
Hon. Stephen Crawford
Rudy Cuzzetto
George Darouze
Jess Dixon
Andrew Dowie
Hon. Doug Downey
Hon. Jill Dunlop
Hon. Victor Fedeli
Mohamed Firin
Hon. Rob Flack
Hon. Doug Ford
Dawn Gallagher Murphy
Hardeep Singh Grewal
Silvia Gualtieri
Hon. Zee Hamid
Hon. Mike Harris
Hon. Sylvia Jones
Hon. Trevor Jones
John Jordan
Logan Kanapathi
Hon. Michael S. Kerzner
Hon. Andrea Khanjin
Hon. Natalia Kusendova-Bashta
Anthony Leardi
Hon. Stephen Lecce
Hon. Neil Lumsden
Hon. Todd J. McCarthy
Hon. Graham McGregor
Hon. Caroline Mulroney
Hon. Sam Oosterhoff
Billy Pang
Hon. Michael Parsa
Hon. David Piccini
Natalie Pierre
Steve Pinsonneault
Hon. George Pirie
Hon. Nolan Quinn
Joseph Racinsky
Matthew Rae
Brian Riddell
Bill Rosenberg
Sheref Sabawy
Amarjot Sandhu
Hon. Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria
Stéphane Sarrazin
Brian Saunderson
Hon. Laurie Scott
Dave Smith
David Smith
Hon. Graydon Smith
Laura Smith
Hon. Nina Tangri
Hon. Vijay Thanigasalam
Hon. Lisa M. Thompson
Effie J. Triantafilopoulos
Paul Vickers
Daisy Wai
Hon. Charmaine A. Williams
Nays
(34) Teresa J. Armstrong
Jessica Bell
Stephen Blais
Guy Bourgouin
Stephanie Bowman
Rob Cerjanec
Aislinn Clancy
Lucille Collard
Lee Fairclough
Catherine Fife
John Fraser
Jennifer K. French
Wayne Gates
France Gélinas
Alexa Gilmour
Chris Glover
Ted Hsu
Terence Kernaghan
Karen McCrimmon
Catherine McKenney
Mary-Margaret McMahon
Chandra Pasma
Tom Rakocevic
Peggy Sattler
Mike Schreiner
Adil Shamji
Stephanie Smyth
Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens
Marit Stiles
Peter Tabuns
John Vanthof
Lise Vaugeois
Tyler Watt
Kristyn Wong-Tam
Vote on second reading - Carried (December 8, 2025)
Ayes
(66) Tyler Allsopp
Aris Babikian
Robert Bailey
Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy
Will Bouma
Ric Bresee
Hon. Paul Calandra
Hon. Raymond Sung Joon Cho
Hon. Stan Cho
Hon. Steve Clark
Michelle Cooper
Hon. Stephen Crawford
Rudy Cuzzetto
George Darouze
Billy Denault
Jess Dixon
Andrew Dowie
Hon. Doug Downey
Hon. Jill Dunlop
Mohamed Firin
Hon. Rob Flack
Dawn Gallagher Murphy
Silvia Gualtieri
Hon. Zee Hamid
Hon. Ernie Hardeman
Hon. Kevin Holland
Hon. Trevor Jones
John Jordan
Logan Kanapathi
Hon. Michael S. Kerzner
Hon. Andrea Khanjin
Hon. Natalia Kusendova-Bashta
Anthony Leardi
Hon. Stephen Lecce
Hon. Neil Lumsden
Hon. Graham McGregor
Hon. Caroline Mulroney
Hon. Sam Oosterhoff
Billy Pang
Hon. Michael Parsa
Natalie Pierre
Steve Pinsonneault
Hon. George Pirie
Hon. Nolan Quinn
Joseph Racinsky
Matthew Rae
Brian Riddell
Bill Rosenberg
Sheref Sabawy
Amarjot Sandhu
Hon. Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria
Stéphane Sarrazin
Brian Saunderson
Hon. Laurie Scott
Dave Smith
David Smith
Hon. Graydon Smith
Laura Smith
Hon. Nina Tangri
Hon. Vijay Thanigasalam
Hon. Lisa M. Thompson
Hon. Michael A. Tibollo
Effie J. Triantafilopoulos
Paul Vickers
Daisy Wai
Hon. Charmaine A. Williams
Nays
(30) Teresa J. Armstrong
Doly Begum
Jessica Bell
Stephen Blais
Guy Bourgouin
Bobbi Ann Brady
Rob Cerjanec
Aislinn Clancy
Lucille Collard
Lee Fairclough
Catherine Fife
John Fraser
Jennifer K. French
France Gélinas
Alexa Gilmour
Chris Glover
Ted Hsu
Terence Kernaghan
Karen McCrimmon
Catherine McKenney
Mary-Margaret McMahon
Chandra Pasma
Tom Rakocevic
Peggy Sattler
Mike Schreiner
Adil Shamji
Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens
Tyler Watt
Jamie West
Kristyn Wong-Tam
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