HOMELESSNESS
Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: | 406 (2023) |
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: | 81% (2023) |
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: | 23% (2023) |
Individuals staying in a facility setting: | Hospital: 7%
Jail: 0.5% (2023) |
Individuals staying in transitional housing: | 1% (2023) |
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness:
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: |
47% (2023)
53% (2023) |
Number of hidden homeless: | Couch-surfed: 5%
Vehicle: 10% (2023) |
Individuals identifying as youth: | 19 or younger: 3% (2023) |
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: | 32% (2023) |
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: | Transgender, two-spirit, non-binary, other: 1%
Bisexual: 3.8% Gay: 0.3% Pansexual: 1.3% (2023) |
Individuals identifying as female: | 29% (2023) |
individuals identifying as male: | 70% (2023) |
HOUSING
Apartment vacancy rate: | 1.2% (2023) |
1-bedroom vacancy rate: | 0.9% (2023) |
2-bedroom vacancy rate: | 1.1% (2023) |
Average cost of rent (bachelor): | $1,069/month (2023) |
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): | $1,207/month (2023) |
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): | $1,521/month (2023) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Family and individual visits to food bank (#): | Province wide: 195,925 (March 2023) |
Income assistance (single person): | $1,060/month (2024) |