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Consultation reports

The Advisory Committee on Homelessness, chaired by Adam Vaughan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (Housing and Urban Affairs), spoke to individuals and organizations across Canada about the state of homelessness in their communities.

Developed by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the Homelessness Partnering Strategy What We Heard Report captures what individuals and organizations across Canada said about the state of homelessness in their communities.

Evaluation reports

Developed by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), this evaluation report examines the first two years of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) 2014 to 2019 funding cycle, which represent the formal adoption of the Housing First approach.

Homelessness Partnering Strategy Community Plans

Find Community Plans summaries submitted by the 61 HPS designated communities.

National Homelessness Statistics

Presented in this section are up-to-date national statistics on homelessness across Canada, offering key data and insights into the scope of those experiencing homelessness.

Nationally Coordinated Point-in-Time Counts

Everyone Counts 2025, the fifth nationally coordinated Point-in-Time (PiT) Count of homelessness, was held in October and November 2025, with a few communities participating in March and April 2025. The results include a single-night enumeration of the number of people experiencing homelessness in unsheltered locations, shelters, and transitional housing across 75 communities in every Canadian province and territory. Previous enumerations were held in October-November 2024, between March 2020-December 2022, in March-April 2018, and in January-April 2016. A total of 32 Canadian communities participated in the first PiT Enumeration, which increased to 61 communities in 2018, 66 communities in 2020-2022, and 74 communities in 2024.

Every three years, the PiT Counts also include the Survey on Homelessness, providing information on people experiencing homelessness in unsheltered locations, shelters, transitional housing, public health and correctional systems, and in hidden homelessness locations (e.g., couch-surfing). The most recent survey, administered in 2024, collected over 37,000 responses across 90 communities in every Canadian province and territory. The survey will be administered again in 2027.

National Shelter Study

The National Shelter Study is a national analysis using emergency shelter data to estimate the number of individuals using homeless shelters each year, and describes their demographic characteristics.

Reaching Home: Homelessness data snapshots

The Homelessness data snapshots are a new series of publications that present key statistics related to homelessness in Canada.

Shelter Capacity Report

The annual Shelter Capacity Report provides capacity statistics for emergency homeless shelters, transitional housing and violence against women (VAW) shelters in Canada.

Tools and training materials

The Homelessness Learning Hub offers training and resources based on promising practices and evidence-based research on homelessness. Learning is designed to be self-paced with videos and short, practical readings. New knowledge can be tested through interactive quizzes and activities, and then discussed in the forum. Training and resources have been developed and/or curated by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness in collaboration with leading academics and practitioners in the homeless-serving sector.

The Canadian Housing First Toolkit of the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) was developed to assist communities that are interested in adopting the Housing First approach. Primarily based on the experiences of the At Home/Chez Soi project. The Toolkit includes tools and resources that are practical and user-friendly.

ESDC's Literacy and Essential Skills Guide for Service Providers Assisting Homeless or At-risk Clients provides information about the many essential skills tools available to help your clients learn about the skills needed to enter the work force.

Your Financial Toolkit has been designed to help Canadians manage their personal finances. Developed by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), Investor Education Fund (IEF) and l'Autorité des Marchés financiers (AMF), the Toolkit provides information and tools that people can use to become more capable and confident financial consumers. Material is also available for organizations or trainers who wish to present the information in a workshop setting.

Raising the Roof has released a ‘one stop' hub for resources, insights, practical help and inspiration to help youth connect with employment. Of the two Raising the Roof toolkits, the first is directed at employers interested in providing highly motivated but disadvantaged youth job training and employment opportunities. The second toolkit is for community agencies aiding the unemployed youth attempting to find their place in today's workforce.


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