HOMELESSNESS
Total number of people experiencing homelessness: | 1,340 (2021) |
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: | 57% (2021) |
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: | 55% (2021) |
Individuals staying in facility settings: | Treatment centres, jail or hospital: 6% (2021) |
Individuals staying in transitional housing: | 13% (2021) |
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: | 9% (2021) |
Number of hidden homeless: | Someone else's place: 11% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as youth: | 13% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: | 32% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: |
11% (2021) |
HOUSING
Apartment vacancy rate: | 2.2% (2022) |
1-bedroom vacancy rate: | 2% (2022) |
2-bedroom vacancy rate: | 2.6% (2022) |
Average cost of rent (bachelor): |
$1,121/month (2022) |
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): | $1,348 (2022) |
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): | $1,633/month (2022) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Family and individual visits to food banks (#): | Province wide: 486,299 (March 2022) |
Income assistance (basic needs, single individual, no dependents): |
$343/mo (2022) |
Income assistance (shelter allowance, single individual, no dependents): | $390/mo (2022) |