Community Profiles

Ontario

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Number of people experiencing homelessness: 329 (2021)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 51% (2021)
Individuals experiencing episodic homelessness: 9% (2021)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 238 (2021)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters:  198 (2021)
Individuals staying in a facility setting (violence against women shelters):  40 (2021)
Individuals staying in transitional housing: 53 (2021)
Individuals in provisional accommodations:  74 (2021)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness:  17 (2021)
Number of hidden homeless: 80% (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth: Ages 16-24: 14% (2021)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous:  12% (2021)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: 10% (2021)
Individuals identifying as female: 46% (2021)
Individuals identifying as male:  53% (2021)

 

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Apartment vacancy rate:  1.8% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.6% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.8% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $1,161/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm):  $1,493/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm):  $1,732/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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