Community Profiles

Ontario

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: 221 (2021)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: Homeless shelter: 36 (2021)
Individuals staying in a facility setting: Jail, prison, remand centre: 3

Hospital: 1

Treatment centre: 1 (2021)

Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: Unsheltered in a public place: 29

Encampment: 6

Cabin in the bush: 2 (2021)

Number of hidden homeless: Someone else’s place: 28

Vehicle: 2

Hotel/motel: 3 (2021)

Individuals identifying as youth: Under 25: 34 (2021)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 104 (88.14%) (2021)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: 13 (10.92%)

 

Transgender, Two-Spirit, Genderqueer: 5 (2.26%) (2021)

Individuals identifying as female: 94 (42.53%) (2021)
Individuals identifying as male: 120 (54.3%) (2021)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate: 4.9% (2022)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $836/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,008/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)