Community Profiles

British Columbia

Profiles of 61 communities across Canada

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: 406 (2023)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 81% (2023)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 23% (2023)
Individuals staying in a facility setting: Hospital: 7%

Jail: 0.5% (2023)

Individuals staying in transitional housing: 1% (2023)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness:

Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness:

47% (2023)

53% (2023)

Number of hidden homeless: Couch-surfed: 5%

Vehicle: 10% (2023)

Individuals identifying as youth: 19 or younger: 3% (2023)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 32% (2023)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: Transgender, two-spirit, non-binary, other: 1%

Bisexual: 3.8%

Gay: 0.3%

Pansexual: 1.3% (2023)

Individuals identifying as female: 29% (2023)
individuals identifying as male: 70% (2023)

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate: 1.2% (2023)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 0.9% (2023)
2-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.1% (2023)
Average cost of rent (bachelor): $1,069/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,207/month (2023)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,521/month (2023)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and individual visits to food bank (#): Province wide: 195,925 (March 2023)
Income assistance (single person): $1,060/month (2024)