York Region Geography
York Region Policy and Programs
Homelessness Statistics
Who Knows?!
100

Number of towns and cities in York Region

a.5

b. 7

c. 8

d. 9

e. York Region??

What is 9?

100

Number of Drop-In Programs in York Region

a. 4

b. 6

c. 7

d. 8

e. None of the above.

What is 6?

100

Number of people on the By-Name List in 2024

a. 572

b. 1,805

c. 2,525

d. 3,300

e. Just Christian McCaffrey

What is 2,525?

100

NOT a Hogwarts House

a. Ravenclaw

b. Slytherin

c. Gryffindor

d. Drumstrang

e. Hufflepuff

What is Drumstrang?

200

Most northern town or city in York Region

a. Stouffville

b. Georgina

c. East Gwillimbury

d. Innisfil

e. Pefferlaw

What is Georgina?

200

Number of Homelessness Service System Plan goals

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

e. 5

What is 2?

200

Amount per month for housing for Ontario Works recipients

a. $390

b. $450

c. $600

d. $700

e. $850

What is $390?

200

Rarest M&M colour

a. Purple

b. Blue

c. Red

d. Brown

e. Yellow

What is brown?

300

Location of York Region and 360Kids Youth Hub

a. Newmarket

b. Markham

c. Vaughan

d. Richmond Hill

e. East Gwillimbury

Where is Richmond Hill?

300

NOT a part of the housing continuum

a. Private Market

b. Affordable Housing

c. Mars

d. Emergency and Transitional Housing

e. Community Housing

What is Mars?

300

Active encampment locations in York Region in 2024

a. 91

b. 292

c. 361

d. 570

e. 1

What is 330?

300

Most common food allergen

a. Nuts

b. Grass

c. Pollen

d. Shellfish

e. Allergies aren’t real

What is nuts?

400

City in York Region with the largest population

a. Markham

b. Vaughan

c. Richmond Hill

d. Newmarket

e. Stouffville

What is Markham?

400

Number of people supported by HCP in 2024

a. 1,000

b. 2,000

c. 3,000

d. 4,000

e. Over 5,000

What is Over 5,000?

400

Average cost for a rental unit in York Region

a. $1,525

b. $1,600

c. $1,786

d. $1,922

e. $3,241

What is $1,786?

400

National animal of Scotland

a. Unicorn

b. Loch Ness

c. Bear

d. Lion

e. Dragon

What is the unicorn?

500

Town/city with most emergency and transitional housing locations

a. Georgina

b. Markham

c. Richmond Hill

d. East Gwillimbury

e. Newmarket

What is Newmarket?

500

Not a form of financial assistance provided by York Region

a. Down Payments Program

b. Homelessness Prevention Program

c. Housing Stability Program

d. Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit

e. Home Now Program

What is down payments?

500

Definition of chronic homelessness

a. move more than twice a year

b. evicted by more than one landlord

c. choose to live off-grid

d. experienced homelessness for longer than six months in the past year.

e. experienced homelessness for the last two years or more.

What is people who have experienced homelessness for longer than six months in the past year

500

Colour bananas glow under black light

a. Green

b. Blue

c. Purple

d. Yellow

e. Orange

What is blue?