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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