- More than 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness annually, costing the economy $7 billion. On a given night, more than 35,000 Canadians are homeless.
- Women parenting on their own enter shelters at twice the rate of two-parent families.
- Domestic violence against women and children is a contributing factor to homelessness. When women become homeless, they are also at an increased risk of violence, sexual assault and exploitation.
- Stephen Gaetz, Tanya Gulliver and Tim Richter. The State of Homelessness in Canada: 2014. Toronto: The Homeless Hub Press. http://www.homelesshub.ca/SOHC2014
- When there’s no place like home: A snapshot of women’s homelessness in Canada. Page 2. YWCA Canada. http://ywcacanada.ca/data/publications/00000058.pdf
- Who is homeless? The Homeless Hub. http://www.homelesshub.ca/about-homelessness/homelessness-101/who-homeless