HOMELESSNESS
Number of people experiencing homelessness: | 329 (2021) |
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: | 51% (2021) |
Individuals experiencing episodic homelessness: | 9% (2021) |
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: | 238 (2021) |
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: | 198 (2021) |
Individuals staying in a facility setting (violence against women shelters): | 40 (2021) |
Individuals staying in transitional housing: | 53 (2021) |
Individuals in provisional accommodations: | 74 (2021) |
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: | 17 (2021) |
Number of hidden homeless: | 80% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as youth: | Ages 16-24: 14% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: | 12% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: | 10% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as female: | 46% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as male: | 53% (2021) |
HOUSING
Apartment vacancy rate: | 1.7% (2022) |
1-bedroom vacancy rate: | 1.7% (2022) |
2-bedroom vacancy rate: | 1.5% (2022) |
Average cost of rent (bachelor): |
$1,161/month (2022) |
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): | $1,493/month (2022) |
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): |
$1,732/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) |