Peterborough

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of individuals experiencing homelessness: 300 (February 2022)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 156 (February 2022)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness:

Average shelter system occupancy: 92%

 

Unique individuals sheltered in February 2022: 172

 

Average people sheltered per night: 84 (February 2022)

 

Individuals staying in transitional housing: 3 (2021)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness:

In public place: 32

In vehicle: 3

Encampment: 12 (2021)

Number of hidden homeless: Someone else's place: 10 (2021)
Individuals identifying as youth:

Ages 16-18: 3

Ages 18-24: 15 (2021)

Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 27% (2021)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+:

Non-binary: 5

Asexual: 5

Bisexual: 14

Pansexual: 5

Gay or lesbian: 3 (2021)

 

Individuals identifying as female: 63 (2021)
Indviduals identifying as male: 108 (2021)
   

 

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  1% (2022)
1-bedroom vacancy rate:  1.1% (2022)
2-bedroom vacancy rate:  1.2% (2022)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $875/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,084/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,343/month (2022)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and Individual vists 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)