Kingston

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 207 (2021)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 58% (2021)
Individuals experiencing episdoic homelessness: 18% (2021)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 75% (2021)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 37% (2021)
Individuals in transitional housing:  29% (2021)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness:  13% (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth:  Age 18-24: 26% (2021)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous:  31% (2021)
Percentage of respondents self-identifying as LGBTQ2S+:  22% (2021)
Individuals identifying as female:  40% (2021)
Individuals identifying as male:  51% (2021)

 

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  1.2% (2022)
1-bedroom vacancy rate:  1% (2022)
2-bedroom vacancy rate:  1.3% (2022)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $975/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,211/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,335/month (2022)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and Individual visits to food bank (#):  Province wide: 486,299 (March 2022)

Income assistance (basic needs, single individual, no dependents): ​

$343/mo (2022)
Income assistance (shelter allowance, single individual, no dependents): $390/mo (2022)