Community Profiles

Ontario

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: 300 (February 2022)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 156 (February 2022)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: Average shelter system occupancy: 92%

 

Unique individuals sheltered in February 2022: 172

 

Average people sheltered per night: 84 (February 2022)

 

Individuals staying in transitional housing: 3 (2021)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: In public place: 32

In vehicle: 3

Encampment: 12 (2021)

Number of hidden homeless: Someone else’s place: 10 (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth: Ages 16-18: 3

Ages 18-24: 15 (2021)

Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 27% (2021)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: Non-binary: 5

Asexual: 5

Bisexual: 14

Pansexual: 5

Gay or lesbian: 3 (2021)

 

Individuals identifying as female: 63 (2021)
Indviduals identifying as male: 108 (2021)

 

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  1% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.4% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 0.8% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $875/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,164/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,404/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and Individual vists to food bank (#):  Province wide: 681,292 (March 2023)
Total welfare in Canada (single individual): $10,473 (2023)

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