Community Profiles

New Brunswick

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 397 (2023)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 78% (2023)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 64% (2023)
Individuals staying in facility settings: Incarcerated: 33%

Hospitalized: 33% (2023)

Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness:  Public space: 17% (2023)
Number of hidden homeless:  Someone else’s place: 13% (2018)
Individuals identifying as youth:  Age 16-24: 19% (2018)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous:  19% (2023)
Individuals identifying as female:  24% (2023)
Individuals identifying as male:  71% (2023)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  1.6% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 2.5% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.0% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $834/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $966/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,223/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

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

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