Canada's nursing and residential care facilities were adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The number of employees in this subsector dropped 2.1% year over year. The number of residents in this subsector on the last day of the fiscal period fell 4.3% year over year, primarily due to fewer residents in nursing care facilities and community care facilities for the elderly. This decrease was largely driven by fewer admissions to those facilities.
Of the 9,150 facilities represented by the Nursing and Residential Care Facility Survey, 2,079 were nursing care facilities; 2,745 were residential developmental handicap, mental health and substance abuse facilities; 3,138 were community care facilities for the elderly; and 1,188 were other residential care facilities, such as transition homes for women.
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