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Admissions to residential facilities for victims of abuse, by type of facility, Canada, 2017/2018, 2020/2021 and 2022/2023

Short-term - adults Short-term - accompanying children Short-term - total Long-term - adults Long-term - accompanying children Long-term - total Total - adults Total - accompanying children Total - total 0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 number of admissions 2017/20182017/2018 2020/20212020/2021 2022/20232022/2023
Note(s):
An admission refers to the official acceptance of a resident into the facility with the allocation of a bed, child's bed, crib, bedroom or bedroom unit, or apartment. The total number of admissions is based on all admissions for a 12-month reference period and includes those who may have been admitted more than once. Each shelter visit is counted as a separate admission. For example, the same person being admitted to a facility three times in a year would count as three admissions. Accompanying children includes adult children (typically aged 18 or older) accompanying a parent or caregiver, such as adult children with disabilities and those who are caretakers of a parent experiencing abuse. Facilities are defined by their mandated expected length of stay, regardless of practice. Short-term facilities include facilities whose expected length of stay is less than three months, and typically provide individual beds to residents, as opposed to separate apartments or units.
Source(s):
Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse (3328).

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This is a bar clustered chart.

Admissions to residential facilities for victims of abuse, by type of facility, Canada, 2017/2018, 2020/2021 and 2022/2023, number of admissions
  2017/2018 2020/2021 2022/2023
Short-term - adults 38,460 27,271 38,193
Short-term - accompanying children 25,047 16,195 23,210
Short-term - total 63,507 43,466 61,403
Long-term - adults 2,704 1,739 3,626
Long-term - accompanying children 1,895 1,622 2,401
Long-term - total 4,599 3,361 6,027
Total - adults 41,164 29,010 41,819
Total - accompanying children 26,942 17,817 25,611
Total - total 68,106 46,827 67,430
Note(s):
An admission refers to the official acceptance of a resident into the facility with the allocation of a bed, child's bed, crib, bedroom or bedroom unit, or apartment. The total number of admissions is based on all admissions for a 12-month reference period and includes those who may have been admitted more than once. Each shelter visit is counted as a separate admission. For example, the same person being admitted to a facility three times in a year would count as three admissions. Accompanying children includes adult children (typically aged 18 or older) accompanying a parent or caregiver, such as adult children with disabilities and those who are caretakers of a parent experiencing abuse. Facilities are defined by their mandated expected length of stay, regardless of practice. Short-term facilities include facilities whose expected length of stay is less than three months, and typically provide individual beds to residents, as opposed to separate apartments or units.
Source(s):
Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse (3328).
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