Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,000: documents
Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,000: documents
The province’s shelter system is 97% full and tens of thousands of new supportive housing units are needed, according to a Housing Ministry document
The government of Ontario estimates nearly a quarter of a million people — roughly three of every 200 residents — are homeless, according to information contained in a housing ministry document.
The new “unofficial estimate” of 234,000 homeless people is almost 1.5 per cent of Ontario’s population of about 16 million. If accurate, it would mean that for every 10,000 people in Ontario, nearly 150 are homeless — nine times more than the auditor general calculated.
Fuck.
If all these people were in one place, it would be Ontario's 10th largest city -- bigger than:
Barrie Guelph Kanata Kingston Milton Brantford Thunder Bay Sudbury Peterborough Belleville Sarnia Welland - Pelham Sault Ste. Marie Bowmanville - Newcastle North Bay etc...
Don't give Ford any ideas
I live close to downtown Toronto. When last I passed by a large-ish park close to me a couple weeks ago there appeared to be about 2 dozen tents of people living in the park