Peel Region

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: 866 (2021)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 38% (2021)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 37% (2021)
Individuals staying in transitional housing: 16% (2021)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: 11% (2021)
Number of hidden homeless: Someone else's place: 3% (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth: Ages 16-24: 16% (2021)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous:

First Nations with status: 0.4%

First Nations without status: 3%

Metis: 1%

Inuit: 0.2% (2021)

Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+:

Bisexual: 3%

Pansexual: 1.5%

Asexual: 0.8%

Queer: 0.4%

Gay: 0.2%

Lesbian: 0.2%

Transgender: 0.3%

Two-spirit: 0.3%

Non-binary: 0.3% (2021)

Individuals identifying as female: 28% (2021)
Individuals identifying as male: 56% (2021)

 

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  Private towhouse and apartments: 1.5% (2022)
1-bedroom vacancy rate: 1.7% (2022)
2-bedroom vacancy rate:  1.5% (2022)

Average cost of rent (bachelor): 

$1,148/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm):  $1,484/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm):  $1,666/month (2022)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and individual visits to food banks (#):  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)