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Table 8
Occupancy for short-term Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse, by urban or rural designation and region, April 14, 2021

Table 8
Occupancy for short-term Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse, by urban or rural designation and region, April 14, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Occupancy for short-term Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), All short-term shelters, Urban short-term shelters, Rural short-term shelters, Shelters, Beds, Occupancy and Shelters full, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region	All short-term shelters				Urban short-term shelters^{Table 8 Note 1}				Rural short-term shelters^{Table 8 Note 1}
	Shelters	Beds^{Table 8 Note 2}	Occupancy^{Table 8 Note 3}	Shelters full^{Table 8 Note 3}	Shelters	Beds^{Table 8 Note 2}	Occupancy^{Table 8 Note 3}	Shelters full^{Table 8 Note 3}	Shelters	Beds^{Table 8 Note 2}	Occupancy^{Table 8 Note 3}	Shelters full^{Table 8 Note 3}
	number		percent		number		percent		number		percent
Atlantic^{Table 8 Note 4}	9	97	49	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	45	29	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	52	67	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Quebec	9	83	40	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	15	7	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	68	47	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Ontario	20	307	46	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	10	172	59	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	10	135	30	0
Manitoba	4	61	41	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	18	44	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	43	40	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Saskatchewan	5	94	32	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	36	31	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	58	33	0
Alberta	9	162	26	0	4	87	23	0	5	75	29	0
British Columbia	20	241	41	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	14	200	37	0	6	41	66	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Territories^{Table 8 Note 5}	10	78	53	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	8	50	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	70	53	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Canada	86	1,123	41	12	37	581	40	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	49	542	42	16
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note 1 Shelters were designated as being located in either rural or urban areas based on Statistics Canada’s Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) tool. Rural shelters are those that are situated outside of a census metropolitan area (CMA) or census agglomeration (CA), or in some cases those served by a rural post office. Urban shelters are those that are situated within a CMA or CA, and are not served by a rural post office. A CMA or a CA is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more must live in the core. A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CMA or CA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core as measured by commuting flows derived from previous census place of work data, where 50% or more of the population commutes into the core. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 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 2 referrer Note 3 Occupancy is calculated by dividing the total number of residents on the snapshot date by the total number of funded beds, multiplied by 100. A shelter was considered full if its occupancy was 90% or more. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Return to note 5 referrer Note: The April 14, 2021 reference period reflects the survey snapshot day, a predetermined business day meant to represent a typical day of operations for shelters across Canada. 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. Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse include shelters that are part of an Indigenous organization, are located in an Indigenous community, are located on a reserve, or are owned or operated by a First Nations government (band council). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.

Date modified:: 2022-09-16