Homelessness in Canada: Causes, Effects and Solutions

Homelessness in Canada
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Introduction
• Average of 200,000 Canadians roughly involved in
homelessness in a year
• 20,000 people use emergency shelters
• 150,000 of Canadians used homeless shelter at any
point of time

Reason for Homelessness in Canada
• Structural factors
Children, who have received less foster care
High price of the estates
People from 25 to 49 years age group are more likely to opt
for shelter
• Individual circumstances
People with metal disorders and serious
mental illness
Peoplee with domestic violence, poverty
and family instability
Job loss during recession