Nipissing/North Bay

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: 300 (2021)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 46.5% (2021)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 62 (2021)
Individuals staying in a facility setting: Public institutions: 43 (2021)
Individuals staying in transitional housing: 18 (2021)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: 12 (2021)
Number of hidden homelessness: 31 (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth: Under 25: 13.61% (2021)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 42.25% (2021)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: 12.67% (2021)
Individuals identifying as female: 31.92% (2021)
Individuals identifying as male: 61.03% (2021)

 

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  2.6% (2022)
1-bedroom vacancy rate:  3.5% (2022)
2-bedroom vacancy rate:  0.4% (2022)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $691/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $927/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,152/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)