Facts and Figures
The situation of an individual, family or community without stable, safe, permanent, or appropriate housing.
What is homelessness.
Who can you connect with to discover how you can help?
Who are local service providers.
This simple, friendly action is the first thing you can do when you see a neighbour who is unhoused.
What is saying 'hello'.
Encampment residents must be treated with respect and dignity because of these rights that everyone has
What are human rights.
Structural, system, and individual and relational factors are examples of this.
What are the causes of homelessness?
What are two barriers people who are homeless face when trying to find and keep a job?
What are the lack of phone numbers and access to transportation.
You can write a letter here to express your concerns and opinions surrounding community policy.
What is your local government.
What is a polite response if an unhoused person does not engage with you after you say hello?
Politely, leave them alone.
If someone must move, new housing must be this.
What is Safe, suitable, and ready for move in.
Family violence, conflict, and job loss, are examples of this cause of homelessness?
What is Individual and relational factors
The number of Canadians who experience homelessness each night.
What is 40 000.
If you don’t feel ready to help directly, one helpful thing you can do online is this.
What is engaging with and following local service providers and mutual aid communities on social media.
Respecting a tent or makeshift shelter as someone’s personal space means treating it like this.
What is their home.
It is a human rights violation to do this without warning, consent, or safe alternatives.
What is forced evictions or removing people from their homes.
If you are an activist or someone who isn’t afraid to be loud, you can do this to make a change to homelessness.
Attend a protest or solidarity walk.
The average life expectancy of an unhoused person.
What is 40-47
If you have the skills or time, what three types of support could you provide to people experiencing homelessness?
What are food preparation, hair cutting, or driving/delivery.
Three things you can give to an unhoused person who asks for support.
What are money, food, and water.
In Canada, everyone is entitled to the same human rights, no matter their housing situation. This group must be recognized as human rights holders.
Who are people living in homeless encampments.
To honour the distinct rights of Indigenous Peoples, including during engagement with homeless encampments, we must do these three things.
What is Respect, protect, and fulfil Indigenous Peoples’ rights.
What is the percentage of homeless people who have jobs?
What is 30%.
If you want to make a change and educate those around you to understand homelessness, you may talk to them about this.
What are the root causes of homelessness.
If you are an activist or someone who isn’t afraid to be loud, you can do this to make a change to homelessness
What is attend a protest or solidarity walk
When discussing encampments, the rights of Indigenous Peoples must be respected, including these two important rights.
The right to land and the right to give full consent before changes are made.
An example of a structural causes of homeless.
What is lack of affordable housing across Canada.