Community Profiles

British Columbia

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: 413 (2023)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 80% (2023)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 55% (2023)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 18.3% (2023)
Individuals staying in a facility setting: Hospital: 6% (2023)
Individuals staying in transitional housing: 1.4% (2023)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered housing: 45% (2023)
Number of hidden homeless: Couch-surfing: 10%

Staying in vehicles: 5 (2023)

Individuals identifying as youth: 19 or younger: 3% (2023)
Individuals identifiying as Indigenous: 40% (2023)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: Transgender, two-spirit, non-binary, other: 1%

Bisexual: 6.8%

Gay: 0.9%

Pansexual: 0.6%

Lesbian: 1.2% (2023)

Individuals identifying as female: 31% (2023)
Individuals identifying as male: 68% (2023)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate: 1.4% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 0.6% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 2.4% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor): $867/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,111/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,425/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and individual visits to food bank: Province wide: 195,925 (March 2023)
Income assistance: $1,060/month (2024)