Table 1
Number of shelters, beds, and women and children residents, Canada, provinces and territories, April 18, 2012

Table 1
Number of shelters, beds, and women and children residents, Canada, provinces and territories, April 18, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of shelters. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Shelters, Beds, Women residents and Children residents (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Shelters^Note 1	Beds	Women residents	Children residents
Province or territory	number
Newfoundland and Labrador	14	174	58	44
Prince Edward Island	6	59	24	8
Nova Scotia	17	288	70	69
New Brunswick	24	380	112	85
Quebec	128	1,928	917	504
Ontario	173	4,032	1,703	1,489
Manitoba	31	927	190	160
Saskatchewan	28	656	185	207
Alberta	53	1,618	549	541
British Columbia	110	1,534	691	413
Yukon	6	83	37	31
Northwest Territories	6	80	12	8
Nunavut	5	61	18	11
Canada	601	11,820	4,566	3,570
Note 1. For the purposes of the Transition Home Survey (THS), the term 'shelter' is used broadly to refer to all residential facilities for abused women. The scope of the Transition Home Survey is limited to those facilities that come to the attention of Statistics Canada through its consultations with provincial and territorial governments, transition home associations and other associations. Return to note 1 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Transition Home Survey.

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