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DEMOGRAPHICS OF SENIORS IN BARRIE - BARRIE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Christopher Vanderkruys, Director of Business and Development from the Barrie Public Library provided a presentation concerning the demographics of the City of Barrie through statistics gathered from Environics Analytics.
Mr. Vanderkruys discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• A map illustrating the City’s demographic area;
• Statistics associated to the City’s:
o Population and household information;
o Housing and income;
o Education and employment; and
o Diversity.
• The demographic statistic highlights associated to:
o Household and dwelling characteristics;
o Income, education and employment; and
o Language, immigration and visible minority status.
• The percentages for the top five segments of households in Barrie;
• A summary of the demographic statistic trends associated to:
o Population;
o Families;
o Household and housing;
o Income, education and labour;
o Diversity; and
o Population/household/income change by year.
Members of the Committee asked a number of questions to Mr. Vanderkruys and received responses.