Community Profiles

Ontario

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing homelessness:  251 (2021)
Individuals experiencing chonric homelessness:  77% (2021)
Individuals experiencing episodic homelessness:  8% (2021)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness:  21% (2021)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters:  47% (2021)
Individuals staying in transitional housing:  6 (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth:  Doesn’t specify age: 5% (2021)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous:  22% (2021)
Individuals identifying as female:  29% (2021)
Individuals identifying as male:  70% (2021)

 

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate: 2.1% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.7% (2023)
2-bedroom Vacancy Rate: 2.6% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor): $841/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,042/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,220/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and individual visits to food banks (#): Province wide: 681,292 (March 2023)
Total welfare income (single individual): $10,473 (2023)

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