Hamilton, like many Canadian cities, faces a range of serious social issues which interact to create homelessness. The purpose of On Any Given Night: Measuring Homelessness in Hamilton (2007) is to identify the central factors that impact homelessness and to provide a basis for the community, the City and senior levels of governments to discuss and address homelessness. This report builds on the information in On Any Given Night (2006) by presenting new data on factors contributing to homelessness, a demographic profile of people experiencing homelessness and key service utilization statistics. (exerpt from introduction of document)