Housing advocate says Indigenous people overrepresented in homeless population – APTN News
Feb 15, 2024
Canada’s housing advocate says a staggering number of Indigenous people are part of the country’s growing homeless population.
“Manitoba reported that in Winnipeg in 2018 two-thirds of people experiencing homelessness were Indigenous and that number climbs to 94 per cent in Thompson,” Marie-Josée Houle told Nation to Nation. “In Saskatoon an estimated 90 per cent of people experiencing homelessness are Indigenous.
“In Edmonton, it is 60 per cent and in Prince George, it’s 80 per cent. So, there’s a huge disproportionate representation of Indigenous folks experiencing homelessness in Canada.”
