Montreal

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing \homelessness: 3,149 (2018)
Sleeping on the streets: 678 (2018)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 775 (2018)
In transitional housing:  1,051 (2018)
In mixed housing - emergency and transitional: 168 (2018)
Resources for women victims of domestic violence: 172 (2018)
In hospitals: 30 (2018)
In detention facilities or neighborhood police stations: 142 (2018)

 

 HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  3.6% (2021)
1-bedroom vacancy rate:  4.5% (2021)
2-bedroom vacancy rate:  2.5% (2021)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $718/month (2021)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $815/month (2021)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $917/month (2021)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Number of family and individual visits to Quebec Food Bank: Province wide: 493,972 (2022)
Income assistance (single individual): $337/month (2023)

*These statistics are for the whole province of Quebec