HOMELESSNESS
No. of surveys completed in province wide PiT Count: | 118 (2018) |
Proportion in transitional housing (province wide): | 49% (2018) |
Proportion in systems-hospitals, jails etc (province wide): | 13% (2018) |
Proportion staying in emergency shelters (province wide): | 15% (2018) |
Proportion staying at someone else's place/couch surfing (province wide): | 23% (2018) |
Homeless for 6≤ months: | 30% (2018) |
Homeless 3≤ times in last year: | 11% (2018) |
HOUSING
No. of social housing units: |
2,530 (2015) |
No. of seniors' housing units: |
1,118 (2015) |
Wait list for sensors' housing: |
801 (2015) |
Turnover rate for seniors' housing: |
16.1% (2015) |
No. of family housing units: |
463 (2015) |
Wait List for family housing: |
308 (2015) |
Turnover rate for family housing: |
16.9% (2015) |
Bachelor Vacancy Rate: |
4.5% (2018) |
1-bedroom Vacancy Rate (Summerside-exclusive): |
1.5% (2018) |
2-bedroom Vacancy Rate (Summerside-exclusive): |
0.8% (2018) |
3+ bedroom Vacany Rate: |
0.0% (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (bachelor) (Summerside-exclusive): |
$737 (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (1 bdrm) (Summerside-exclusive): |
$860 (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (2 bdrm) (Summerside-exclusive): |
$808 (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (2 bdrm) (Summerside-exclusive): |
$837 (2018) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Income assistance (single individual): |
$593 (2015) |
Social assistance recipients: |
5,335 (2015) |
No. of Islanders accessing food banks in a month: |
3,370 (2016) |
Islanders experiencing food insecurity (unable to afford healthy food): |
15.1% (2014) |
INDIGENOUS DATA
Percentage of Indigenous households in core housing need (Summerside-exclusive): |
0.0% (2011) |
Number of Indigenous households tested for core housing need (Summerside-exclusive): |
80 (2011) |
Percentage of those surveyed in homeless count identifying as First Nations or Indigenous (province wide): |
14% (2018) |