A by-the-numbers look at shelter usage and homelessness in Canada

OTTAWA – Key figures on shelter usage and homelessness from Canadian communities:

33: Percentage of shelter users in Kelowna in 2014 who were aboriginal;

12.3: Percentage of shelter users in Peel Region who are immigrants;

18.6: Percentage of women experiencing episodic homelessness in Prince George, a higher percentage than men — an anomaly in most communities outside the North;

17: Number of homeless deaths in Thunder Bay in 2015;

3,016: Number of homeless people in Montreal, based on a 2015 count of the homeless population;

77: Percentage of homeless people in Hamilton who said they didn’t have enough money to pay for housing;

45: Percentage of people in Moncton, N.B., who said they were homeless because of family conflict or domestic abuse.

(Source: National Homelessness Information System, Lakehead Social Planning Council, City of Montreal, City of Hamilton, Saint John Human Development Council)