Community Profiles

Nova Scotia

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: 325 (2021)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 37% (2021)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 20% (2021)
Individuals in a facility setting: Institutional care: 14.2% (2021)
Individuals staying in provisional accommodations: 32.9% (2021)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: 10.2% (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth: Ages 16-18: 4.1%

Ages 19-24: 11.9% (2021)

Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 14.3% (2021)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: 1.9% (2021)
Individuals identifying as female: 49% (2021)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  0.8% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 0.9% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $697/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $720/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $954/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Number of family and individual visits to Novia Scotia Food Bank: Province wide: 32,498 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (single individual): $9,204 (2023)

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