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Homelessness: Social Exclusion
Every community in Canada has homeless people, even if you don't see them on the street. Most homeless people don't live on the street. It is estimated that more than 80% of Canada's homeless are improperly housed or on the verge of eviction. Many are sleeping in temporary "beds" - with friends or relatives, in church basements, in cheap motels, in abandoned buildings and vehicles, and other places where they go unnoticed.

Children who live in persistent poverty are twice as likely to live in a "dysfunctional" family, are twice as likely to live with violence, and more than three times as likely to live with a depressed parent – all risk factors for social exclusion and eventual criminality. Unfortunately, child poverty in Canada shows no signs of diminishing. While the rate decreased slightly in the latter half of the 1990s, the latest figures indicate a child poverty rate of 15.6% – nearly one in six children.

Because people who are socially exclu...ded are vulnerable, some may choose to assert themselves or to push back in inappropriate ways. People who are socially excluded commit a disproportionate number of crimes. As the gap between the rich and the poor grows, concentrated areas of deprivation and exclusion are also growing in Canada's urban centres. Certain groups that are at particularly high risk of being socially excluded and resigned to these deprived areas include: new immigrants, young workers, and Aboriginal people.

AUTHOR: Gaetz, Stephen (2008) Homeless Hub. [Show More][Show Less]
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A Canadian Homelessness Research Network (CHRN) initiative. The CHRN has received financial support from the Government of Canada’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada