Community Profiles

Ontario

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 604 (2024)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 303 (2024)
Individuals experiencing episodic homelessness: 5% (2021)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 89 (2021)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 55% (2021)
Individuals in transitional housing:  16% (2021)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness:  134 (2021)
Number of hidden homeless:  38 (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth:  Age 16-24: 9% (2021)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous:  18% (2021)
Percentage of respondents self-identifying as LGBTQ2S+:  9% (2021)
Individuals identifying as female:  36% (2021)
Individuals identifying as male:  58% (2021)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate (Oshawa):  1.5% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate (Oshawa):  3.0% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate (Oshawa):  1.0% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $1,068/month (2023)
Average cost of rent in Oshawa (1 bdrm): $1,425/month (2023)
Average cost of rent in Oshawa (2 bdrm): $1,665/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and Individual visits to food bank (#):  Province wide: 681,292 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (single individual): $10,473 (2023)

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