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User Statistics

Age categories served as % of total, by age group

% 0 – 2 years
4.1
% 3 – 5 years
5.3
% 6 – 11 years
11.9
% 12 – 17 years
11.2
% 18 – 30 years
15.6
% 31 – 44 years
22
% 45 – 64 years
21
% 65 + years
8.9
% Children
32.5
% Seniors
8.9

Primary source of income

% Social Assistance
26.9
% Disability-Related Income Support
13.8
% Job Income
17.9
% Pension
10.2
% No Income
16.6
% Other Income
9.2
% Employment Insurance [1]
2.6
% Canada Child Benefit
1.8
% Student Loan
1

Household type

% Two-Parent Families
20.1
% Single Parent Families
17.4
% Couples With No Children
7.7
% Single People
44.1
% Other
10.6

Housing type

% Market Rental
71.8
% Social Housing
11.1
% Homeowners
8
% Band-Owned Housing
0.5
% Unhoused/Temporary Shelters
6.3
% Other
2.2

Other demographic information

% Women 18+
53.4
% First Nations, Métis, or Inuit People
9.9
% Racialized Communities [2]
49.9
% In Canada for Less than 10 Years
30.6
% Post-Secondary Students
7.2
[1]


[2]

 “Racialized communities” refers to whether survey respondents indicated that they belong to a visible minority group as defined by the Employment Equity Act. The question was first included in the 2021 HungerCount survey, and so there are no results from 2019.