HOMELESSNESS
Number of people counted as experiencing homelessness: | 228 (2018) |
Unsheltered: | 12 (2018) |
Emergency sheltered: | 139 (2018) |
Provisionally accommodated: | 79 (2018) |
In facility/institutional settings: | 56 (2018) |
In Alberta Health Services: | 4 (2018) |
In transitional housing: | 5 (2018) |
Couch surfing: | 10 (2018) |
Chronically homeless: | 51% (2018) |
Episodically homeless: | 8% (2018) |
HOUSING
Number of permanent affordable housing units: | 723 (2017) |
Number of temporary affordable housing units: | 420 (2017) |
Number of people in need of affordable housing: | 2770 (2014) |
Number of people on a housing wait list: | 1767 (2014) |
Number of households in core housing need: | 1,725 (2011) |
Total percentage of households in core housing need: | 8% (2011) |
1-bedroom Vacancy Rate: | 2.8% (2018) |
2-bedroom Vacancy Rate: | 3.7% (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (bachelor): | $806/mo. (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (1 bdrm): | $943/mo. (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (2 bdrm): | $1122/mo. (2018) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Income Support (barriers to full employment, private housing): | $866/mo.(2019) |
Total number of families being helped with housing costs: | 462 (2015) |
Families still needing help with housing costs: | 1320 (2015) |
INDIGENOUS DATA
Percentage of Indigenous households in core housing need: | 13.9% (2011) |
Percentage of homeless self-identifying as Indigenous Peoples: | 40% (2018) |