Community Profiles

New Brunswick

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HOMELESSNESS

Individuals staying in emergency shelter:  70% (2018)
Individuals staying in transitional housing:  30% (2018)
Individuals identifying as youth:  Age 16-24: 20% (2018)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous:  20% (2018)
Individuals identifying as female:  50% (2018)
Individuals identifying as male:  50% (2018)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate: 0.0% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: n/a
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 0.0% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor): $533/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $618/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $748/month (2022)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and Individual visits to food bank (#):  Province wide: 29.846 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (single individual): $8,690 (2023)

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