HOMELESSNESS
| Iqaluit Homelessness Street Outreach Program – Estimated number of people living in shacks, boats or other places not meant to be shelter in city depending on time of year: | Â 10-20 (2018/2019) |
| Average number of Nunavummiut staying in the territory’s three homeless shelters per month: | 97 (2018/2019) |
| Total number of unique clients staying in the territory’s three homeless shelters over the course of a year:Â | 252 (2018/2019) |
| Number of people seeking safety within the territory’s five Family Violence Shelters yearly: | 569 (2018/2019) |
| Number of unique clients staying at Iqaluit’s pilot Damp Shelter:Â | 211 (January – June 2019) |
HOUSING
| Percentage of Nunavummiut living in social housing:Â | 52% (2016) |
| Housing need as a percentage of public housing stock (Iqaluit): | 35% (2017/2018) |
| Percentage of social housing tenants living in over crowded conditions (Iqaluit): | 38% (2018) |
| Highest percentage of social housing tenants living in over crowded conditions (areas outside of Iqaluit): | Â 72% (2018) |
| Average cost of private market rent (2 bdrm): | $2,648/mo. (2018) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
| Family and individual visits to the food bank:
Total welfare income (single individual): |
*Provincial: 6,575 (March 2023)
$11,960 (2023) |
*Note: the data of food bank visits for Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut have been combined.
INDIGENOUS DATA
| Percentage of Indigenous households in core housing need (territory-wide): | 46.9% (2011) |