Community Profiles

New Brunswick

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 119 (2023)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 74% (2023)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 60% (2023)
Individuals in facility settings: Incarcerated: 30%

Hospitalized: 25% (2023)

Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness:  Public space: 35% (2023)
Number of hidden homeless: Someone else’s place: 12% (2018)
Individuals identifying as youth:  Age 16-24: 18% (2018)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous:  23% (2023)
Individuals identifying as female:  27% (2023)
Individuals identifying as male:  70% (2023)

 

 HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  1.3% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.4% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.3% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $907/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,064/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,285/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and Individual visits to food bank (#):  Province wide: 29,846 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (Single individulal): $8,690 (2023)

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