Table 1.
Characteristic | n | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Region | ||
West (BC) | 108 | 15.4 |
Prairies (AB, SK, MB) | 95 | 13.6 |
North (YK, NT, NU) | 7 | 1.0 |
Central (ON, QC) | 416 | 59.3 |
East (NB, NS, NL, PE) | 73 | 10.4 |
Gender | ||
Female | 561 | 80.0 |
Male | 114 | 16.3 |
Transgender/nonbinary | 21 | 3.0 |
Ethnicitya | ||
White | 614 | 87.6 |
Indigenous | 54 | 7.7 |
Black (Africa, Canada/North America, and Caribbean region) | 37 | 5.3 |
Asian (East, South, and South East) | 33 | 4.7 |
Middle Eastern | 12 | 1.7 |
Latin American | 12 | 1.7 |
Indian-Caribbean | 3 | 0.4 |
Other | 33 | 4.7 |
Education | ||
High school or less | 52 | 7.4 |
College diploma | 224 | 32.0 |
Bachelor’s degree | 338 | 48.2 |
Graduate school degree | 86 | 12.3 |
Occupational service setting | ||
Homeless serviceb | 280 | 39.9 |
Supportive housingc | 197 | 28.1 |
Community health serviced | 102 | 14.6 |
Harm reduction programe | 75 | 10.7 |
Otherf | 47 | 6.7 |
Work term | ||
Full-time | 569 | 81.2 |
Part-time | 131 | 18.7 |
Lived experience of mental health or substance use problems | 403 | 57.5 |
Lived experience of homelessness | 108 | 15.4 |
Note. N = 701. BC = British Columbia; AB = Alberta; SK = Saskatchewan. MB = Manitoba; YK = Yukon; NT = Northwest Territories; NU = Nunavut; ON = Ontario; QC = Quebec; NB = New Brunswick; NS = Nova Scotia; NL = Newfoundland and Labrador; PE = Prince Edward Island.
a Exceeds 100% due to mixed heritages and multiple self-identified ethnicities.
b For example, emergency shelter, drop-in program, soup kitchen and meal program, street outreach, and respite program/warming centre.
c That is, permanent or transitional housing program with supports.
d For example, intensive case management, assertive community treatment, community health centre, and inner-city health team.
e For example, supervised consumption and overdose prevention site, needle exchange/safer inhalation service, opioid agonist therapy clinic, naloxone training/provision program, and managed alcohol or opioid program.
f For example, income support and employment programs, youth outreach and diversion, and victim prevention and protection services.