Employment and Social Development Canada, Homeless Shelters

Type of shelter, category

Type refers to a general character, form, or a characteristic that distinguishes a particular group or class of things.

Shelter refers to an establishment for persons lacking a fixed address or for persons needing transitional shelter or assistance. Included are shelters for persons lacking a fixed address (such as homeless shelters or shelters for street youth), shelters for abused women and children, and transition homes or halfway houses for ex-inmates or persons on conditional release.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Shelter type
  Data tables

  • Homeless shelter capacity, bed and shelter counts for emergency shelters, transitional housing and violence against women shelters for Canada and provinces, Employment and Social Development Canada Table: 278-0016