Shelters in Canada are not designed to meet the physical or mental health needs of the growing number of older adults who are homeless, a report released Tuesday says. People who are experiencing homelessness age faster than those who are housed due to factors such as stress and the inability to properly manage chronic medical […]

In light of Canada’s significant housing supply shortage, dramatically increasing the country’s pace of construction and housing starts are critical steps to restoring affordability. In 2023, housing starts decreased slightly from previous record-highs to 240,267 starts, while roughly 650,000 workers were building homes in Canada, the most ever seen. In the article, What is Canada’s

Homeless people spend twice as long in hospital and cost the system more than double than people who have a place to live, a new analysis of data shows. Last year across Canada, nearly 30,000 people who were homeless were hospitalized and spent an average of 15 days in the hospital, compared to an eight-day

Ryan Heron and his partner have packed up the last of their belongings from their three-bedroom home on K’atl’odeeche First Nation in the Northwest Territories. Their landlord has decided to move back in. Heron’s family paid a reasonable $1,000 per month for rent, which is considered low nowadays. In exchange, they also helped fix up

Almost three months after 60 tiny homes opened in downtown Kelowna, B.C., a second transitional housing site is finally complete. “We’re going to be providing housing to 60 people who are currently experiencing homelessness in our community and this is going to be a stepping stone for them so it’s transitional housing for individuals,” said

People living at a homeless encampment in Gatineau are facing an uncertain future as a developer that has provided heated tents and other services on the property for the past five months prepares to discontinue those services and eventually clear the site. The camp, located in a parking lot adjacent to the Robert Guertin Centre

Indigenous youth from across Canada are being celebrated in a brand new television series called ‘Warrior Up!’. They’re advocating for change in their classrooms, by helping homeless youth, with music, and through powwows. Joel Oulette, the star of Trickster, is one of the show’s hosts, which air Saturday mornings at 10:30 on APTN. He joins

On Monday, residents of an encampment at Milligan’s Park in Barrie, Ont., were issued a bylaw violation notice for camping in a public park without authority and placing debris on city property. The roughly 13 people in the encampment were given 24 hours to pack up and move. However, with no other options and having

Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi has high hopes that a new task force will put a dent in the city’s housing and homelessness crisis. Sohi delivered a state of the city address Friday, during which he announced the formation of the community mobilization task force on housing and houselessness. The 16-member group will try to solve

Yukon MLA’s have unanimously passed a motion urging the Liberal government to do an in-depth review on Connective, the non-profit organization that operates the Whitehorse emergency shelter. Last month, a three week inquest examined the deaths of four First Nations women who died while accessing services at the shelter, two of whom died under Connective’s