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The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and sex work.
The 100-block of East Hastings Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, the heart of that city's "skid road" neighborhood, lies on a historical skid road. [63] The Vancouver Skid Road was part of a complex of such roads in the dense forests surrounding the Hastings Mill and adjacent to the settlement of Granville, Burrard Inlet . [64]
By 2008, half of Vancouver's homeless population had been homeless for over one year, and 90 percent of them were homeless by themselves without a partner, child, dog, or companion of any kind. [10] Homeless youth in Vancouver tend to have lower rates of being alone, and the number of homeless youth for each gender is evenly split. [10]
In 2018, more than 2,100 people live on the streets of Vancouver, Canada — a record number for the city. Over the past three years, homelessness in the Greater Vancouver area has also increased ...
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In April 2011, UGM officially opened a new headquarters at 601 East Hastings in Vancouver, marking the largest expansion in its history. The new facility is 70,000 square feet and equipped to provide 92 shelter beds, 37 affordable housing units, extended meal capacity and a live-in drug and alcohol recovery program for men.
240 Northern Street, operated by the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre 320 Hastings Street, operated by the First United Church of Canada In March 2009 the province of British Columbia provided an additional $1.5 million to keep the shelters open until the end of June.
East Vancouver (also called East Van or the East Side) is a region within the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Geographically, East Vancouver is bordered to the north by Burrard Inlet , to the south by the Fraser River , and to the east by the city of Burnaby .