- Note 1
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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).
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- Note 2
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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.
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- Note 3
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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.
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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.
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- Note 5
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Units refers to the number of apartments or houses available. An individual unit may house multiple people and are typical of long-term shelters.
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Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
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Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
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