Table 3
Annual number of admissions of women to shelters, by selected type of shelter, Canada, provinces and territories, 2009/2010
Province and territory | Transition home | Second-stage housing | Emergency shelter | Women's emergency shelter | Other1 | Total | ||||||
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number | percent of admissions | number | percent of admissions | number | percent of admissions | number | percent of admissions | number | percent of admissions | number | percent of admissions | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 303 | 52 | 56 | 10 | 90 | 16 | 106 | 18 | 23 | 4 | 578 | 100 |
Prince Edward Island | ... | ... | 20 | 11 | 167 | 89 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 187 | 100 |
Nova Scotia | 1,044 | 75 | 47 | 3 | 300 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,391 | 100 |
New Brunswick | 863 | 77 | 74 | 7 | 180 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1,117 | 100 |
Quebec | 13,542 | 85 | 257 | 2 | 223 | 1 | 1,156 | 7 | 784 | 5 | 15,962 | 100 |
Ontario | 6,971 | 37 | 618 | 3 | 6,196 | 32 | 4,486 | 24 | 809 | 4 | 19,080 | 100 |
Manitoba | 191 | 6 | 73 | 2 | 1,284 | 38 | 1,655 | 49 | 156 | 5 | 3,359 | 100 |
Saskatchewan | 916 | 39 | 60 | 3 | 1,134 | 48 | 162 | 7 | 77 | 3 | 2,349 | 100 |
Alberta | 849 | 10 | 281 | 3 | 2,242 | 27 | 4,780 | 58 | 137 | 2 | 8,289 | 100 |
British Columbia | 7,172 | 69 | 319 | 3 | 2,171 | 21 | 500 | 5 | 181 | 2 | 10,343 | 100 |
Yukon | 525 | 98 | 8 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 533 | 100 |
Northwest Territories | 192 | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 727 | 79 | ... | ... | 919 | 100 |
Nunavut | 138 | 33 | ... | ... | 280 | 67 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 418 | 100 |
Canada | 32,706 | 51 | 1,813 | 3 | 14,267 | 22 | 13,572 | 21 | 2,167 | 3 | 64,525 | 100 |
... not applicable 1. Includes any other shelters or facilities not otherwise classified. In 2009/2010, there were 541 admissions to Family Resource Centres (Ontario) and 69 admissions to Interim Housing (Manitoba). Note: About 7 in 10 admissions were for reasons of abuse. In addition, the total number of admissions of women includes women who may have been admitted more than once. Each shelter visit is counted as a separate admission. Not all facilities reported fiscal year admissions data to the Transition Home Survey. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Transition Home Survey. |
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