HOMELESSNESS
Total number of people experiencing homelessness: | 221 (2021) |
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: | 585 (2021) |
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: | 43% (2021) |
Individuals staying in a facility setting: | Foster care and/or group home: 45% (2021) |
Individuals staying in transitional housing: | 8% (2021) |
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: | 10% (2021) |
Number of hidden homelessness: | Couch surfing: 17% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as youth: | Ages 16-24: 11% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: | 68% (2021) |
Percentage of respondents self-identifying as LGBTQ2S+: | 7% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as female: | 34% (2021) |
Individuals identifying as male: | 63% (2021) |
HOUSING
Apartment vacancy rate: | |
1-bedroom vacancy rate: | 2.2% (2022) |
2-bedroom vacancy rate: | 1% (2022) |
Average cost of rent (bachelor): | $757/month (2022) |
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): | $964/month (2022) |
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): | $1,176/month (2022) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Family and Individual vists to food bank (#): | Province wide: 486,299 (March 2022) |
Income assistance (basic needs, single individual, no dependents): |
$343/mo (2022) |
Income assistance (shelter allowance, single individual, no dependents): | $390/mo (2022) |