Community Profiles

Ontario

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS


Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 1,340 (2021)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 57% (2021)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 55% (2021)
Individuals staying in facility settings: Treatment centres, jail or hospital: 6% (2021)
Individuals staying in transitional housing: 13% (2021)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: 9% (2021)
Number of hidden homeless: Someone else’s place: 11% (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth: 13% (2021)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 32% (2021)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: 11% (2021)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  2.2% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 2.1% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 2.5% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $1,172/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm):  $1,415 (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm):  $1,709/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

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

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