Where the pressure
shows up.
Homelessness, food bank demand, and the cost of keeping a roof overhead—seen together, with the limits of each count in plain sight.
One night.
Many missing.
Point-in-time counts record people found in shelters and unsheltered locations on a particular night. They do not capture everyone facing hidden homelessness, and coverage changes across years.
people across 75 participating communities. This is a count of those communities, not an estimate for all of Canada.
Read the federal report ↗Local figures use different dates, boundaries, and methods. Cornwall & SD&G is a regional By-Name List snapshot. These figures are not a city ranking.
Why there is no postal-code heat map
Public homelessness counts and Food Banks Canada’s HungerCount are not consistently published by postal code. Assigning city or provincial totals to a postal area would imply precision the data does not have. Use the provincial food bank view below, or follow a city’s linked count for local detail.
A month of
visits.
Food Banks Canada recorded 2,165,776 visits in March 2025. Visits are not unique people: one person may visit more than once. Select a province or territory grouping to inspect the reported total.
How much pay
goes to rent?
For someone working 40 hours every week at the general minimum wage, compare estimated gross monthly pay with the average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment.
Gross monthly pay = hourly wage × 40 hours × 52 weeks ÷ 12, before tax and deductions. Asking rents cover available two-bedroom units in census metropolitan areas, rather than what all tenants currently pay. This illustration does not account for part-time work or other living costs. Comparable rental figures are unavailable here for Cornwall, North Bay, Iqaluit, and Yellowknife.
Read the data.
Read the limits.
Different years, boundaries, and methods mean these figures should be read side by side, not added together or treated as proof of cause and effect. Updated September 2026.