Chilliwack

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)