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Graffiti of homeless in Quebec City. Homelessness in Canada was not a social problem until the 1980s. [1] The Canadian government housing policies and programs in place throughout the 1970s were based on a concept of shelter as a basic need or requirement for survival and of the obligation of government and society to provide adequate housing for everyone.
In collaboration with the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, the COH (then CHRN) released the State of Homelessness in Canada in 2013, what they call the first national report card on homelessness in Canada. The report card stated that 30,000 Canadians are homeless every day, 200,000 in any given year. [6]
However, territories with significant populations often compile their statistics or generate news on homelessness. For example, in Hong Kong in 2017, media reports indicated that 1,800 people were homeless, with the problem mainly attributed to high costs of living.
Research shows that indigenous people, who make up about 5% of the country's population, are disproportionately represented among Canada's homeless. FEATURE-'Death sentence': Indigenous groups ...
The two main causes of homelessness in Vancouver are lack of income and cost of housing. [8] These two factors could be attributed to about 66 percent of Vancouver's homeless population according to a 2005 survey done by the City; however, this decreased to a total of 44 percent by 2008. [8]
A comprehensive survey released in December 2024, conducted by Abacus Data in conjunction with the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness (CAEH), documented the widespread impacts of Canada's housing crisis on citizens' financial stability and mental health.
In 2024, the city ended the year with 96 homicide victims—down from 99 in 2023, and a record 121 in 2022.
A Nanos survey found in 2020 that 72% of Canadians believed it was urgent to work toward ending homelessness in Canada. [1] A 2020 report from the Wellesley Institute argues that there were disproportionately higher rates of evictions in Black neighborhoods, and that Black residents were among the worst hit by COVID-19. [ 2 ]