Canadian Annual Shelter Capacity Report
The Annual Shelter Capacity Report provides capacity statistics for emergency homeless shelters, transitional housing and violence against women (VAW) shelters in Canada. The number of shelter facilities and the number of permanent beds are reported for each province and territory, as well as by community.
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Province/Territory | Community | General Shelters | General Beds | Men's Shelters | Men's Beds | Women's Shelters | Women's Beds | Youth Shelters | Youth Beds | Family Shelters | Family Beds | Total Shelters | Total Beds |
Newfoundland and Labrador | St.John's | 1 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 53 |
New Brunswick | Bathurst | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
New Brunswick | Fredericton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
New Brunswick | Miramichi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
New Brunswick | Moncton | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 |
New Brunswick | Saint John | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
Nova Scotia | Halifax | 0 | 0 | 2 | 115 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 171 |
Nova Scotia | Sydney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Quebec | Amos | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Quebec | Baie-Comeau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
Quebec | Drummondville | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
Quebec | Fermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Quebec | Gatineau | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 |
Quebec | Granby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Quebec | Grand-Mère | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Quebec | Ham Sud | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
Quebec | Joliette | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
Quebec | Mont-Laurier | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Quebec | Montréal | 7 | 114 | 9 | 916 | 12 | 259 | 17 | 197 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 1,493 |
Quebec | Québec City | 3 | 49 | 2 | 102 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 178 |
Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Quebec | Saguenay | 2 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58 |
Quebec | St-Eugène-de-Guigues | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
Quebec | Sherbrooke | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 |
Quebec | St-Georges | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
Quebec | Thetford Mines | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Quebec | Trois-Rivières | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 |
Quebec | Valleyfield | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
Quebec | Victoriaville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Ontario | Barrie-Simcoe | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 |
Ontario | Brantford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 |
Ontario | Dufferin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
Ontario | Durham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
Ontario | Guelph | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 83 |
Ontario | Halton Region | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 37 |
Ontario | Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 215 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 103 | 6 | 358 |
Ontario | Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Ontario | Kenora | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
Ontario | Kingston | 2 | 39 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 96 |
Ontario | Lindsay | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
Ontario | London | 1 | 45 | 2 | 255 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 5 | 372 |
Ontario | Niagara Region | 3 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 147 |
Ontario | Nipissing/North Bay | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
Ontario | Ottawa | 1 | 12 | 4 | 522 | 2 | 125 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 362 | 12 | 1,045 |
Ontario | Owen Sound | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
Ontario | Peel Region | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 344 | 4 | 418 |
Ontario | Peterborough | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 65 |
Ontario | Sarnia | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 63 |
Ontario | Sault Ste. Marie | 1 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 |
Ontario | Sioux Lookout | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
Ontario | Sudbury | 1 | 20 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 |
Ontario | Thunder Bay | 1 | 42 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 |
Ontario | Toronto | 4 | 250 | 13 | 1,483 | 10 | 572 | 10 | 416 | 4 | 496 | 41 | 3,217 |
Ontario | Waterloo | 1 | 40 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 60 | 7 | 184 |
Ontario | Windsor | 2 | 23 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100 |
Ontario | York Region | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 79 |
Manitoba | Brandon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
Manitoba | Dauphin | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Manitoba | Flin Flon | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
Manitoba | Swan River | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Manitoba | The Pas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 34 |
Manitoba | Thompson | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
Manitoba | Winnipeg | 5 | 507 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 60 | 9 | 601 |
Saskatchewan | Lloydminster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
Saskatchewan | Moose Jaw | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
Saskatchewan | Prince Albert | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96 |
Saskatchewan | Regina | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 177 |
Saskatchewan | Saskatoon | 1 | 20 | 4 | 78 | 4 | 91 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 200 |
Alberta | Calgary | 5 | 1,262 | 2 | 304 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1,617 |
Alberta | Edmonton | 3 | 287 | 2 | 319 | 2 | 136 | 2 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 828 |
Alberta | Grande Prairie | 2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84 |
Alberta | High Level | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
Alberta | Lethbridge | 1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88 |
Alberta | Medicine Hat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 36 |
Alberta | Red Deer | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 |
Alberta | Wood Buffalo | 2 | 80 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 129 |
British Columbia | Abbotsford | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
British Columbia | Campbell River | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
British Columbia | Chetwynd | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
British Columbia | Chilliwack | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
British Columbia | Courtenay | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
British Columbia | Dawson | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
British Columbia | Duncan | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
British Columbia | Fort Nelson | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
British Columbia | Fort St. John | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
British Columbia | Kamloops | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 |
British Columbia | Kelowna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 |
British Columbia | Nanaimo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 |
British Columbia | Nelson | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
British Columbia | Penticton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
British Columbia | Port Alberni | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
British Columbia | Prince George | 1 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 91 |
British Columbia | Prince Rupert | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
British Columbia | Quesnel | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
British Columbia | Smithers | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
British Columbia | Squamish | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
British Columbia | Terrace | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
British Columbia | Vancouver | 13 | 545 | 7 | 291 | 9 | 238 | 7 | 90 | 2 | 30 | 38 | 1,194 |
British Columbia | Vernon | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
British Columbia | Victoria | 1 | 84 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 145 |
British Columbia | Williams Lake | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
Yukon | Dawson City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Yukon | Whitehorse | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
Northwest Territories | Yellowknife | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 109 |
Nunavut | Iqaluit | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 |