2006 Count of Homeless Persons in Calgary
Description:
A separate Executive Summary for this report exists.
The 2006 count surveyed 51 facilities and nine service agencies. A total of 157 volunteers conducted the street count. A total of 3,436 homeless persons were counted and included homeless persons who stay in emergency and transitional facilities, homeless persons who are served by non-shelter service agencies such as hospital emergency departments, police, transit, and emergency social services, and homeless persons who are living “on the streets”. On the night of the count 82 percent (2,823) of homeless persons enumerated were staying in facilities, 5 percent (184) were counted by service agencies, and 12 percent (429) were staying on the streets. Of those in facilities, 49 percent were staying in emergency beds and 51 percent were staying in transitional beds. More male than female homeless persons were counted. Male homeless persons represented over three-quarters of those counted (78 percent), though differences were seen depending on the location enumerated. In facilities, 77 percent of those enumerated were male and 23 percent were female. Of those enumerated by service agencies, 84 percent were male and 16 percent were female, and on the streets 81 percent were male and 19 percent were female. The most common age group is 25 to 44 and most frequently Caucasian. There were 145 homeless families identified. Overall, there was a 32% increase in the number of homeless from the previous count in 2004.
Read the Executive Summary here.
Summary Credit:
Homelessness-Related Research Capacities in Alberta: A Comprehensive Environmental Scan, prepared by Dr. Katharina Kovacs Burns, MSc, MHSA, PhD and Dr. Solina Richter, PhD, RN for The Alberta Homelessness Research Consortium (2010)
Type of Resource:
Homeless Counts
Publication Date:
2006
Location:
Calgary, AB