HOMELESSNESS
No. of people experiencing homelessness: | 115 (2018) |
Unsheltered: | 9 (2018) |
Emergency sheltered (including domestic violence shelters): | 20 (2018) |
In transitional housing: | 7 (2018) |
In institutional care (addiction treatment, correctional facility, hospital etc.): | 58 (2018) |
Staying at someone else's place: | 21 (2018) |
Homeless for more than 6 months: | 41% (2018) |
HOUSING
Bachelor Vacancy Rate: |
N/A (2018) |
1-bedroom Vacancy Rate: |
0.5% (2018) |
2-bedroom Vacancy Rate: |
3.4% (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (bachelor): |
$558/mo. (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (1 bdrm): |
$626/mo. (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (2 bdrm): |
$777/mo. (2018) |
Average Cost of Rent (3+ bdrm): |
$969/mo. (2018) |
Public housing units (#): |
3,254 (2017) |
Number of people housed in public housing: |
5,200 (2017) |
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
Income Assistance for renter or home-owner (single person/mo.): |
$575 (2017) |
On CB Island Housing Authority waitlist (as of September 2018): |
approx. 653 (182 family/471 senior) |
INDIGENOUS DATA
Percentage of Indigenous households in core housing need: |
22.1 % (2011) |
Percentage of PiT Count respondents self-identifying as Indigenous: | 25.93% (2018) |