Table 5
Frequency of women's shelter stays, by type of shelter, Canada, April 15, 2010
| Type of shelter | No previous stays in the last 12 months | 1 previous stay in the last 12 months | 2 to 4 previous stays in the last 12 months | 5 or more previous stays in the last 12 months | More than 12 months since last stay | Number of previous stays unknown | Total residents | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | number | |
| Transition home | 1,128 | 69 | 195 | 12 | 121 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 160 | 10 | 23 | 1,669 |
| Second-stage housing | 708 | 80 | 120 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 57 | 946 |
| Emergency shelter | 634 | 65 | 93 | 10 | 135 | 14 | 74 | 8 | 35 | 4 | 12 | 983 |
| Women's emergency shelter | 408 | 58 | 126 | 18 | 86 | 12 | 48 | 7 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 710 |
| Family Resource Centre | 13 | 57 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 |
| Safe home network | 24 | 86 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Other1 | 198 | 85 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 52 | 286 |
| Total | 3,113 | 69 | 549 | 12 | 367 | 8 | 172 | 4 | 296 | 7 | 148 | 4,645 |
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1. Includes any other shelters or facilities not otherwise classified, such as Interim Housing (Manitoba), Rural Family Violence Prevention Centres (Alberta) and other types of emergency shelters. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Transition Home Survey. |
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