HOMELESSNESS
Total number of people experiencing homelessness: | 251 (2021) |
Individuals experiencing chonric homelessness: | 77% (2021) |
Individuals experiencing episodic homelessness: | 8% (2021) |
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: | 21% (2021) |
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: | 47% (2021) |
Individuals staying in transitional housing: | 6 (2021) |
Individuals identifying as youth: | Doesn't specify age: 5% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: | 22% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as female: | 29% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as male: | 70% (2021) |
HOUSING
Apartment vacancy rate: | 1.7% (2022) |
1-bedroom vacancy rate: | 1.9% (2022) |
2-bedroom Vacancy Rate: |
1.5% (2022) |
Average cost of rent (bachelor): |
$791/month (2022) |
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): |
$1,012/month (2022) |
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): |
$1,192/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) |