Community Profiles

Newfoundland and Labrador

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: 183 (2022)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: Shelter count: 44

 

Domestic violence shelters: 14 (2022)

Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 145 (2022)
Individuals staying in transitional housing: Transitional residential treatment: 8 (2022)
Number of hidden homeless: Staying in a hotel: 1 (2022)
Individuals identifying as youth: 38% (2022)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 13% (2022)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: LGBTQ2S+ total: 13%

 

Gender diverse: 4%

 

Bisexual: 10%

 

Gay: 1.5%

 

Queer: 1.5% (2022)

Individuals identifying as female: 35% (2022)
Individuals identifying as male: 62% (2022)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  1.7% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.7% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.3% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $727/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $916/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,188/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and individual visits to food bank: *Province wide: 6,575 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (single individual): $12,241 (2023)

*Note: the data for food banks visits in Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut have been combined.

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