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An employee of Rainbow Metal Products works at YESS in 1986. In 2016, YESS introduced the tagline "YESS is more than a shelter." Although YESS provides housing for at-risk youth in the Edmonton Capital Region, the organization is also dedicated to providing individualized support that addresses both diversion out of homelessness and general prevention of homelessness.
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.
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Early public housing policy in Canada consisted of public-private lending schemes which focused on expanding home ownership among the middle class. [1] The first major housing initiative in Canada was the Dominion Housing Act of 1935, which increased the amount of credit available for mortgage loans. [1]
The Edmonton CMA is the largest of the 41 CMAs [a] in Canada by area, at 9,416.19 km 2 (3,635.61 sq mi). [5] In the 2021 Canadian census, it had a population of 1,418,118, making it the sixth largest CMA in Canada by population, with the second largest percentage increase in national CMA population (37.0% versus 37.3% for the Calgary CMA ) over ...
Southeast Edmonton is a residential area in the southeast portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 2005 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Southeast Area Structure Plan, which guides the overall development of the area.
The Grange is a residential area in the west portion of the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It was established in 1998 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of The Grange Area Structure Plan, which guides the overall development of the area.
Edmonton's mature area sector, or inner city, corresponds with those neighbourhoods deemed mature neighbourhoods in the city's municipal development plan. [3] The sector's neighbourhoods, primarily residential in nature, were essentially built out prior to 1970. [3] It includes the city's central core, which includes its downtown. [3]