HOMELESSNESS
Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: | 306 (2020) |
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: | More than one year: 103 (50%) (2020) |
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: | Shelter, safe house, or transition house: 166 (54%) (2020) |
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: | 140 (12.8%) (2020) |
Individuals staying in a facility setting: | Hospital: 11 (3.6%) (2020) |
Individuals staying in transitional housing: | 27 (2.5%) (2020) |
Individuals experiencing unsheltered housing: | 83 (27.1%) (2020) |
Number of hidden homeless: |
Couch-surfing: 30 (9.8%) Staying in vehicles: 16 (5.2%) (2020) |
Individuals identifying as youth: | Ages 15-19: 28 (10.7%) (2020) |
Individuals identifiying as Indigenous: | 38% (2020) |
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: |
15 (2020) |
Individuals identifying as female: | 104 (39.7%) (2020) |
Individuals identifying as male: | 158 (60.3%) (2020) |
HOUSING
Apartment vacancy rate: | 1.3% (2022) |
1-bedroom vacancy rate: | 1.4% (2022) |
2-bedroom vacancy rate: | 1.2% (2022) |
Average cost of rent (bachelor): | $864/month (2022) |
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): | $1,021/month (2022) |
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): | $1,314/month (2022) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Family and individual visits to food bank: | 163,231 (March 2022) |
Income assistance: | $935/month (2023) |