HOMELESSNESS
Chronically homeless (homeless for 6 months or more of the past year): | 64% (2018) |
Sheltered: | 109 (2018) |
Episodically homeless (homeless 3 or more times in the past year): | 22% (2018) |
Staying in emergency shelter: | 61 (2018) |
Staying outdoors (incl.parks, bus shelters, disewalks, tents, abandoned vehicle): | 24 (2018) |
In transitional housing: | 24 (2018) |
HOUSING
1-bedroom Vacancy Rate: |
5.7% (2018) |
2-bedroom Vacancy Rate: |
2.9% (2018) |
Average cost of rent (bachelor): |
$640/mo. (2018) |
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): |
$727/mo. (2018) |
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): |
$871/mo. (2018) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Income Assistance (single person/mo.): |
$760 (2019) |
Income assistance for those with a disability (single person/mo.): |
$1,133 (2017) |
INDIGENOUS DATA
Percentage of individuals surveyed in homeless count identifying as being of Indigenous descent: |
79% (2018) |
Number of individuals identifying themselves as being of Indigenous descent (in homeless count): |
141 (April 2016) |