HOMELESSNESS
Total number of people experiencing homelessness: | 200 (2024) |
Individuals experiencing episodic homelessness: | One single time: 61%
Two different times: 13% Three or more different times: 26% (2023) |
Individuals staying in emergency shelters:
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: |
35 (2024)
91 (2024) |
Individuals staying in a facility setting: | Public systems: 10 (2024) |
Individuals in transitional housing: | 17 (2024) |
Individuals staying in provisional accommodation: | 71% (2024) |
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: | 9 (2024) |
Number of hidden homeless: | Hotel/motel: 23
Someone else’s place: 64 (2024) |
Individuals identifying as youth: | Under 25: 12 (6%)
Under 20: 0 (0%) (2024) |
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: | 68% (2024) |
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: | Non-binary: 2
Other: 1 (2024) |
Individuals identifying as female: | 49% (2024) |
Individuals identifying as male: | 50% (2024) |
*To note, much of this data derives from the Safe at Home Society’s Whitehorse June 2024 by-name list (BNL) count, though the full report has not been published yet. A link to the source cannot be provided yet.
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Family and Individual visits to food bank: | *Province wide: 6,575 (March 2023) |
Total welfare income (single individual): | $22,097 (2023) |
*Note: the total visits for Yukon Territories, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut were combined.