Community Profiles

Saskatchewan

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS:

Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 550 (2022)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 59% (2022)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 69 (2022)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 77% (2022)
Individuals staying in transitional housing: 97 (2022)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: 31 (2022)
Number of hidden homeless: 30 (2022)
Individuals identifying as youth: Ages 13-24: 15.3% (2022)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 90.1% (2022)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: Bisexual: 8.5%

Two-spirit: 4.7%

Pansexual: 1.9%,

Asexual: 0.9%

Gay: 0.9%

Non-binary: 0.9%

Trans man: 0.9%

Trans woman: 0.9% (2022).

Individuals identifying as female: 42.7% (2022)
Individuals identifying as male: 50% (2022)

 

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  2.0% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 2.7% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.6% (2022)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $829month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,104/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,372/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and individual visits to food bank: Province wide: 55,753 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (single individual): $12,955 (2023)