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Barrie Creeks, Lovers Creek, and Hewitt's Creek Subwatershed Plan

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The <strong>Barrie</strong> <strong><strong>Creek</strong>s</strong>, <strong>Lovers</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>and</strong> Hewitt’s <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>Subwatershed</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />

The economy of the bedroom communities tends to focus around real estate, general retail <strong>and</strong><br />

services that are oriented to serving residents. Industrial <strong>and</strong> technological industries are not a<br />

main focus <strong>and</strong> have fewer employment opportunities. This is evident in the Town of Innisfil<br />

where the industries that saw the largest growth between the 2001 <strong>and</strong> 2006 census were<br />

finance <strong>and</strong> real estate (24.8%), health, social <strong>and</strong> educational services (28.8%) <strong>and</strong> agriculture<br />

<strong>and</strong> other resource-based industries (31.2). The ones with the lowest included construction <strong>and</strong><br />

manufacturing (5.4%) while business services saw a 0.7% decrease (Table 2-4).<br />

The City of <strong>Barrie</strong>, with more residents working within the municipality, saw an increase in all<br />

industries with the largest percent increase in agriculture <strong>and</strong> other resource-based industries<br />

(82.8%). Most of the other industries saw an increase of at least 25%, with the smallest increase<br />

being in construction <strong>and</strong> manufacturing (18.9%) <strong>and</strong> wholesale <strong>and</strong> retail trade (20.4%).<br />

Table 2-4: Changes in industry in the City of <strong>Barrie</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Town of Innisfil (Data Source:<br />

Statistics Canada, 2001 <strong>and</strong> 2006).<br />

City of <strong>Barrie</strong><br />

Town of Innisfil<br />

Industry<br />

<strong>Barrie</strong><br />

2001<br />

census<br />

<strong>Barrie</strong><br />

2006<br />

census<br />

%<br />

change<br />

Innisfil<br />

2001<br />

census<br />

Innisfil<br />

2006<br />

census<br />

%<br />

change<br />

Agriculture <strong>and</strong> other resourcebased<br />

industries<br />

495 905 82.8 385 505 31.2<br />

Construction<br />

5,315<br />

1735<br />

13,150<br />

18.9 4320<br />

Manufacturing 10,315 2820<br />

Wholesale trade<br />

3,705<br />

1100<br />

11,095<br />

20.4 2685<br />

Retail trade 9,655 1945<br />

5.4<br />

13.4<br />

Finance <strong>and</strong> real estate 2,840 3,610 27.1 630 785 24.8<br />

Health care <strong>and</strong> social services<br />

6,555<br />

1130<br />

8,125<br />

38.9 1510<br />

Educational services 4,735 815<br />

28.8<br />

Business services 9,610 12,030 25.2 2880 2860 -0.7<br />

Other services 10,575 14,320 35.4 2575 3180 23.5<br />

Total Experienced work force 55,885 71,140 27.3 14,980 16,880 12.7<br />

* Red font indicates a decrease<br />

Chapter 2: Study Area: The <strong>Barrie</strong> <strong><strong>Creek</strong>s</strong>, <strong>Lovers</strong> <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>and</strong> Hewitt’s <strong>Creek</strong> <strong>Subwatershed</strong>s 28

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