Community Profiles

Quebec

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 3,149 (2018)
Sleeping on the streets: 678 (2018)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 775 (2018)
In transitional housing: 1,051 (2018)
In mixed housing – emergency and transitional: 168 (2018)
Resources for women victims of domestic violence: 172 (2018)
In hospitals: 30 (2018)
In detention facilities or neighborhood police stations: 142 (2018)

 

 HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  1.6% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.0% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.9% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $818/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $944/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,046/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Number of family and individual visits to Quebec Food Bank: Province wide: 682,724 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (single individual): $14,484 (2023)

*These statistics are for the whole province of Quebec

 

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