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Table 2
Beds, units and admissions, by type of shelter for victims of abuse, and region, 2017/2018

Table 2
Beds, units and admissions, by type of shelter for victims of abuse, and region, 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Beds. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Indigenous shelters, Non-Indigenous shelters, Short-term, Long-term, Shelters, Beds, Admissions and Units, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region	Indigenous shelters^{Table 2 Note 1}						Non-Indigenous shelters
	Short-term^{Table 2 Note 2}			Long-term^{Table 2 Note 2}			Short-term^{Table 2 Note 2}			Long-term^{Table 2 Note 2}
	Shelters	Beds^{Table 2 Note 3}	Admissions^{Table 2 Note 4}	Shelters	Units^{Table 2 Note 5}	Admissions^{Table 2 Note 4}	Shelters	Beds^{Table 2 Note 3}	Admissions^{Table 2 Note 4}	Shelters	Units^{Table 2 Note 5}	Admissions^{Table 2 Note 4}
	number
Atlantic^{Table 2 Note 6}	8	83	270	x	x	x	29	427	2,905	15	90	159
Quebec	9	84	554	x	x	x	90	1,109	11,775	18	146	521
Ontario	14	181	1,550	x	x	x	92	1,941	14,975	36	506	1,322
Manitoba	4	64	1,153	x	x	x	11	175	1,454	x	x	x
Saskatchewan	5	80	966	x	x	x	10	166	2,262	x	28	84
Alberta	10	150	1,604	x	x	x	28	632	8,632	10	196	610
British Columbia	21	247	2,689	x	x	x	52	564	6,406	18	195	700
Territories^{Table 2 Note 7}	8	73	995	x	x	x	5	47	844	x	x	x
Canada	79	962	9,781	6	20	743	317	5,061	49,253	110	1,218	3,598
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note 1 Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse include shelters that are part of an Indigenous organization, located in an Indigenous community, located on reserve, or owned or operated by a First Nations government (band council). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Shelters are defined by their mandated expected length of stay, regardless of practice. Short-term shelters include shelters whose expected length of stay is less than three months, and typically provide individual beds to residents, as opposed to separate apartments or units. Long-term shelters include shelters whose expected length of stay is three months or longer, and typically provide residential units (e.g. apartments) to residents. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Beds refers only to the number of funded beds, including children's beds and cribs if applicable, regardless of source of funding. Excludes unfunded beds, which may include emergency beds such as cots, sofas or sleeping bags. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 An admission refers to the official acceptance of a resident into the shelter with the allocation of a bed, child’s bed, crib, bedroom or bedroom unit, or apartment. The total number of admissions is based on all admissions for a 12-month reference period and includes those who may have been admitted more than once. Each shelter visit is counted as a separate admission. For example, the same person being admitted to a shelter three times in a year would count as three admissions. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Units refers to the number of apartments or houses available. An individual unit may house multiple people and are typical of long-term shelters. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Return to note 7 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.

Date modified:: 2020-07-22