Red Deer

HOMELESSNESS

Total number of people experiencing homelessness captured in Point-in-Time (PiT) Count:

144 (2018)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 55% (2018)
Individuals experiencing episodic homelessness: 12% (2018)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 125 (2018)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 86 (2018)
Individuals staying in transitional housing: 9 (2018)
Individuals in provisional accommodations: 30 (2018)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: 19 (2018)
Individuals identifying as youth: Under 25: 17% (2018)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 44% (2018)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+: 3.8% (2018)
Individuals identifying as female: 31% (2018)
Individuals identifying as male: 69% (2018)

 

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  5.6% (2021)
1-bedroom vacancy rate:  7% (2021)
2-bedroom vacancy rate:  5.3% (2021)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $720/month (2021)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $851/month (2021)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,023/month (2021)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Income assistance (single individual):

$866/month (2019)

Number of family and individual visits to Calgary Food Bank: 

Province wide: 116,396 (2021)