Community Profiles

Ontario

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: Cochrane District: 312

 

Timmins: 85

 

Total surveyed: 242 (2021)

Surveyed individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 149 (62%) (2021)
Surveyed individuals staying in emergency shelters: 81 (2021)
Surveyed individuals in provisional accommodations: 47 (2021)
Surveyed individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: 39 (2021)
Surveyed number of hidden homeless: Staying in a vehicle, couch-surfing: 75 (2021)
Surveyed individuals identifying as youth: Ages 18-29: 22% (2021)
Surveyed individuals identifying as Indigenous: 198 (82%)

 

Timmins: 111 (56%) (2021)

Surveyed individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: Non-binary: <1% (2021)
Surveyed individuals identifying as female: 89 (37%) (2021)
Surveyed individuals identifying as male: 150 (62%) (2021)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate: 3.8% (2022)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 2% (2022)
Average cost of rent (bachelor): $570/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $942/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,070/month (2022)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and individual visits to food bank (#):

Total welfare income (single individual):

Province wide: 486,299 (March 2022)

$10,473 (2023)