USER STATISTICS

Age categories served as % of total, by age group

% 0 – 2 years
4.5
% 3 – 5 years
6.0
% 6 – 11 years
12.0
% 12 – 17 years
10.7
% 18 – 30 years
17.2
% 31 – 44 years
22.4
% 45 – 64 years
19.6
% 65 + years
7.7
% Children
33.1
% Seniors
7.7

Primary source of income

% Social Assistance
27.7
% Disability-Related Income Support
12.2
% Job Income
18.1
% Pension
9.2
% No Income
16.9
% Other Income
7.9
% Employment Insurance (CWLB, CRSB, CRCB) [1]
3.5
% Canada Child Benefit
2.3
% Student Loan
2.2

Household type

% Two-Parent Families
22.8
% Single Parent Families
17.3
% Couples With No Children
9.3
% Single People
41.9
% Other
8.8

Housing type

% Market Rental
69.5
% Social Housing
12.8
% Homeowners
7.1
% Band-Owned Housing
1.1
% Unhoused/Temporary Shelters
6.1
% Other
3.4

Other demographic information

% Women 18+
51.0
% First Nations, Métis, or Inuit people
9.0
% Racialized communities [2]
45.5
% In Canada for less than 10 years
32.0
% Post-secondary students
7.7
[1]

Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (previously CRB), Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit, Canada Recovery Caregiver Benefit.

[2]

 “Racialized communities” refers to whether survey respondents indicated that they belong to a visible minority group as defined by the Employment Equity Act. The question was first included in the 2021 HungerCount survey, and so there are no results from 2019.