Table 2
Percent of residential facilities for victims of abuse reporting a great extent of impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by type of impact and region, 2020/2021


Table 2
Percent of residential facilities for victims of abuse reporting a great extent of impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by type of impact and region, 2020/2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percent of residential facilities for victims of abuse reporting a great extent of impact due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The information is grouped by Type of impact (appearing as row headers), Atlantic region, Quebec , Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Territories and Canada, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of impact Atlantic regionTable 2 Note 1 Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia TerritoriesTable 2 Note 2 Canada
percent
Facility's current ability to provide services being impacted by the following challenges
Accommodation capacity 37 60 61 18 50 36 28 54 47
Shortage of funding 11 10 11 23 X X 5 0 9
Difficulties accessing resources such as food or clothing X 19 14 X X X 5 0 11
Difficulties accessing personal protective equipment (PPE) or cleaning products 11 12 5 X X X X 0 7
Difficulties providing professional services or programs 31 35 29 23 50 36 26 X 31
Difficulties communicating with victims outside facility or residents 15 20 22 55 X 17 14 38 21
Difficulties communicating or working with other agencies 13 17 13 X X 21 15 X 15
Difficulties following or applying government or public health recommendations and measures related to COVID-19 X 8 12 X X 0 5 X 8
Facility's current ability to provide services being impacted by the following staffing challenges
Staff availability or reluctance to work due to health concerns or mental health challenges 11 25 16 27 X 14 9 X 17
Staff availability due to self-isolation requirements X 18 13 X X 17 7 X 13
Staff availability due to family or caregiving responsibilities 11 24 19 27 X 14 5 X 17
Challenges related to staff shifting to working from home 0 13 13 X 0 19 X X 9
Challenges related to hiring or training new staff 22 48 41 50 X 31 22 X 34
Challenges related to volunteer work 15 30 44 36 X 38 23 X 31
Staff being restricted to work at one location only 9 17 37 18 0 14 8 X 19
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
X suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1

Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

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Note 2

Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

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Note: Information in this tables excludes between 27% and 28% of facilities nationally that did not provide a response to these questions. The percentage of excluded facilities varies by region. Other possible valid responses included "To a moderate extent", "To a minor extent", "Not at all" and "Not applicable".
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.
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