HOMELESSNESS
| Homeless: | 72 (2016) |
| Stayed in an emergency shelter: | 24/26 (84%) (2016) |
| Living at risk of homelessness: | 90 (2016) |
| Surveyed homeless for over a year: | 11 (42.3%) (2016) |
HOUSING
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Bachelor vacancy rate: |
4.3% (2018) |
| 1-bedroom vacancy rate: |
5.4% (2018) |
| 2-bedroom vacancy rate: |
6.6% (2018) |
|
3+ bedroom vacancy rate: |
1.9% (2018) |
| Average cost of rent (bachelor): |
$603 (2018) |
| Average cost of rent (1 bdrm): |
$772 (2018) |
| Average cost of rent (2 bdrm): |
$968 (2018) |
|
Average cost of rent (3+ bdrm): |
$929 (2018) |
| No. of affordable housing units (Sault Ste. Marie Housing Corporation): |
752 (2017) |
| No. of rent supplement units (Sault Ste. Marie Housing Corporation): |
483 (2017) |
| No. of active households on housing waitlist: |
1,186 (2015) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
| Income assistance for renters/home owners (single person/mo.): |
$706 (2016) |
| Ontario Works caseload (no. of households drawing social assistance): |
2,159 (August 2010) |
| Single-person Ontario Works caseload: |
1,191 (August 2010) |
INDIGENOUS DATA
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Percentage of Indigenous households in core housing need: |
19.2% (2011) |
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Those surveyed (n=26) identifying as Indigenous or having Indigenous ancestry: |
11 (42.3%) (2016) |