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Organization: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness; Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
Publication Date: 2014
Canada is nearing an important crossroads in our response to homelessness. Since homelessness emerged as a significant problem – in fact, as a crisis – in the 1990s, with the withdrawal of the federal government’s investment in affordable housing, communities have struggled to respond. Declining wages (even minimum wage has not kept up with inflation in any jurisdiction in Canada), reduced benefit levels–including pensions and social assistance—a...
Organization: Raising the Roof
Publication Date: 2016
Raising the Roof’s Child and Family Homelessness Initiative is a comprehensive, three-year examination of homelessness affecting children and their families across Canada. Much of the research that has been done on homelessness focuses on adult or youth populations, but family homelessness makes up a significant percentage of the overall homeless population in Canada. Families are also one of the highest risk groups for homelessness given the ext...
Organization: Homeless Hub
Publication Date: 2014
Given the lack of a national Point-In-Time count, it is impossible to report on this completely accurately. We have to use some best guesses and estimates and need to rely on those cities that do count or estimate their population of people experiencing homelessness.
In the State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013, we estimated that there are 200,000 people homeless in any given year; 30,000 on any given night. We also feel that about 50,000 may fit...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2013
The evidence for the success of Housing First as a strategy for addressing homelessness is well established by extensive research in Canada and elsewhere. Housing First clearly works, even for the most challenging, chronically homeless individuals and families. Yet in spite of the apparent success of Housing First in many communities, there are barriers to buy-in and implementation. Claims such as ‘It's a fad or a trend’, or ‘It’s an American mod...
Publisher: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
Publication Date: 2013
This document is designed to help create and enhance an understanding of Housing First practice, programs, philosophy and principles in a Canadian context. It is intended to provide practical guidance to service providers across the country on what Housing First is, and how it can be implemented.
Ce document a été conçu afin de mieux faire connaître la pratique, les programmes, la philosophie et les principes de l’approche Logement d’abord dans l...
Organization: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness; Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
Publication Date: 2013
The State of Homelessness in Canada: 2013 is the first extensive Canadian report card on homelessness. This report examines what we know about homelessness, the historical, social and economic context in which it has emerged, demographic features of the problem, and potential solutions. The State of Homelessness provides a starting point to inform the development of a consistent, evidence-based approach towards ending homelessness.
Our goal in de...