Community Profiles

New Brunswick

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 128 (2023)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 77% (2023)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness:

Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness:

59% (2023)

Public space: 13% (2023)

Individuals in facility settings: Incarcerated: 27%

Hospitalized: 26% (2023)

Individuals identifying as Indigenous:  12% (2023)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+:  12% (2023)
Individuals identifying as female:  30% (2023)
Individuals identifying as male:  66% (2023)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  2.4% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 2.3% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 2.5% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $764/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $915/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,090/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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