Saskatoon

HOMELESSNESS:

Total number of people experiencing homelessness: 550 (2022)
Individuals experiencing chronic homelessness: 59% (2022)
Individuals experiencing sheltered homelessness: 69 (2022)
Individuals staying in emergency shelters: 77% (2022)
Individuals staying in transitional housing: 97 (2022)
Individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness: 31 (2022)
Number of hidden homeless: 30 (2022)
Individuals identifying as youth: Ages 13-24: 15.3% (2022)
Individuals identifying as Indigenous: 90.1% (2022)
Individuals identifying as LGBTQ2S+:

Bisexual: 8.5%

 Two-spirit: 4.7%

Pansexual: 1.9%,

Asexual: 0.9% 

Gay: 0.9%

Non-binary: 0.9%

Trans man: 0.9%

Trans woman: 0.9% (2022).

Individuals identifying as female: 42.7% (2022)
Individuals identifying as male: 50% (2022)

 

HOUSING

Apartment vacancy rate:  3.2% (2022)
1-bedroom vacancy rate:  3.9% (2022)
2-bedroom vacancy rate:  3.1% (2022)
Average cost of rent (bachelor):  $780/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): $1,025/month (2022)
Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): $1,252/month (2022)

SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

Family and individual visits to food bank: Province wide: 44,851 (2022)
Income assistance (single person):

$630/month (2023)