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Hope Awaits Statistics


​We Have Served
124 Clients
Since Opening in 2018
Average Length of Stay
33 Days

Longest Stay
436 Days

​Annual Statistics

2022
From January 1, 2022 - May 17, 2022 Hope Awaits housed 29 different men
  • Shortest Stay in 2022 = 1 night
  • Longest Stay in 2022 = 80 nights
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2021
From January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021 Hope Awaits housed 35 different men
  • Shortest Stay in 2021 = 1 night
  • Longest Stay in 2021 = 146 nights

2020
From January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 Hope Awaits housed 22 different men
  • Shortest Stay in 2020 = 1 night
  • Longest Stay in 2020 = 108 nights
Note: the shelter was temporarily closed from April 18 - September 14

​​2019
From January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019 Hope Awaits housed 36 different men
  • Shortest Stay in 2019 = 1 night
  • Longest Stay in 2019 = 347 nights

​2018
From May 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018 Hope Awaits housed 23 different men
  • ​Shortest Stay in 2018 = 1 night
  • ​Longest Stay in 2018 = 208 nights

Homelessness In North Bay - 2021

In October 2021, Nipissing District conducted a 24-hour point in time count.

Based on the 213 surveys in the count, it was found that there were 300 homeless in our region, a 2.4% increase since the 2020 count.

Gender
Out of the 300 individuals, 61% identified as male.

Age
26% of participants are young adults between the ages of 25-34.

29% or participants are adults between the ages of 35-44.

Indigenous Status
Over 42% of participants identified as indigenous.

Length of Time Homeless
Out of those surveyed, 46.5% identified that they had been homeless for at least six months of the last year.

Reasons for Housing Loss
The top five reasons for housing loss in 2021 were:
  1. Reasons not indicated (18%)
  2. Conflict with spouse/partner (14%)
  3. Substance abuse (14%)
  4. Incarceration (12%)
  5. Not enough income for housing (11%)

Barriers to Obtaining Housing
The top five barriers to obtaining housing in 2021 were:
  1. Low income (50%)
  2. Rent is too high (49%)
  3. Rental units not available (34%)
  4. Substance use (26%)
  5. ​Addiction (24%)

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All of the information, statistics, and pictures above (in the Homelessness in North Bay 2021 section) were taken from the Nipissing Counts 2021 Findings.
District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board. (2021). Nipissing Counts 2021.  Accessed January 12, 2022. <
https://dnssab.ca/housing-services/nipissing-counts-2021/​>

Homelessness In North Bay - 2020

​In March 2020, Nipissing District conducted a 24-hour point in time count.

​Based on the 254 surveys that were conducted, it was found that there were 293 homeless in our region, a 62% increase since the count was last conducted in 2018.

​Gender
Out of the 293 individuals, 67% identified as male.

Age
36% of participants are young adults between the ages of 25-34.

44% of participants are adults between the ages of 35-65.

Indigenous Status
Over 40% of participants identified as indigenous.

Length of Time Homeless
Out of those surveyed, 19% identified that they had been homeless for at least a year.

Shelter Stays
65% of participants answered that they had stayed in a shelter in the past 12 months.
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All of the information, statistics, and pictures above (in the Homelessness in North Bay 2020 section) were taken from the Everyone Counts - PIT Count 2020 Findings.
District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board. (2020). Everyone Counts Nipissing District.  Accessed February 5, 2021. <https://dnssab.ca/housing-services/everyone-counts-pit-count-2020/
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