Community Profiles

Ontario

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people identified as experiencing homelessness: 293 (2021)
Individuals in transitional housing: 130 (44%) (2021)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 76 (26%) (2021)
Number of hidden homeless: Couch surfing: 53 (18%) (2021)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: Hospitals/corrections: 28 (10%) (2021)
Number of individuals staying in public or undisclosed location: 6 (2%) (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth: <25: 32% (2021)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: 8% (2021)

Individuals who did not identify as cis-gender: 3% (2021)

Individuals identifying as female: 49% (2021)
Individuals identifying as male: 48% (2021)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  0.7% (2021)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.4% (2021)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 0.3% (2021)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,048/month (2021)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,652/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and Individual visits to food bank (#):  Province wide: 681,292 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (single individual): $10,473 (2023)

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