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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.
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 ]
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]
Those in absolute homelessness are more susceptible to health problems; however, it is not limited to them and affects people in relative homelessness as well. In Vancouver, the number of homeless found on the street had grown by about 205 percent from 2002 to 2005, and it was noted that more homeless tend to sleep outdoors than in shelters. [8]
It is estimated that 150 million people are homeless worldwide. [1] Habitat for Humanity estimated in 2016 that 1.6 billion people around the world live in "inadequate shelter". [2] Different countries often use different definitions of homelessness. It can be defined by living in a shelter, being in a transitional phase of housing and living ...
Someone Lives Here is a 2023 Canadian documentary film, directed by Zack Russell. [1] The film profiles Khaleel Seivwright, a carpenter who has launched a project of building small private shelters for homeless people in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic, against the bureaucratic resistance of the city government.
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With 424 housing units per 1,000 people, Canada ranks lowest of the G7 nations [f] in "average housing supply per capita" compared to France, which has 540 units per 1,000—the largest housing supply per capita. Within Canada, the available housing supply inventory is the lowest on record. [81] It reflects a chronic insufficiency of home supply.