HOMELESSNESS
| No. of individuals estimated to be living in shelters (annually): | 818 (2013) |
| No. of homeless by PiT Count: | 152 (2018) |
| No. of people experiencing absolute homelessness (sleeping rough/emergency sheltered): | 81 (2018) |
| Sheltered (emergency or domestic violence shelter/detox centre/hospital): | 60 (74%) (2018) |
| Unsheltered (parks/tents/street): | 13 (16%) (2018) |
| Staying in transitional housing: | 59 (39%) (2018) |
| Percent surveyed who were chronically homeless: | 50% (2018) |
| Percent surveyed who were episodically homeless: | 16% (2018) |
HOUSING
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No. of rent-geared-to-income social housing units: |
2,003 (2016) |
| No. of homeless system rent-supplement units: |
56 (2016) |
| No. of additional rent-supplement units: |
197 (2016) |
| Households on housing waitlist (#): |
1,115 (2016) |
| Estimated time on affordable housing waitlist before being housed: |
2.11 years avg (2013) |
| No. of applicants housed from waitlist: |
168 (2016) |
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Bachelor vacancy rate: |
1.2% (2018) |
| 1-bedroom vacancy rate: |
0.5% (2018) |
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2-bedroom vacancy rate: |
0.6% (2018) |
| 3+ bedroom vacancy rate: |
0.1% (2018) |
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Average cost of rent (bachelor): |
$745/mo. (2018) |
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Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): |
$1008/mo. (2018) |
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Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): |
$1200/mo. (2018) |
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Average cost of rent (3+ bdrm): |
$1998/mo. (2018) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
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Income assistance for renters/home owners (single person/mo.): |
$706 (2016) |
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Average monthly social assistance caseload: |
2,500 (2008) |
INDIGENOUS DATA
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Percentage of Indigenous households in core housing need: |
13.8% (2011) |
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Percent surveyed in homeless count identifying as Indigenous: |
27% (2018) |