More than 5800 visible homeless in Quebec

Last year’s census of the homeless found 5,800 visible homeless people in Quebec, mostly men between 30 and 49. The number in Montreal is substantially the same as were counted in 2015 – 3,149. A homeless person was defined as someone sleeping outdoors or in a shelter on April 24 last year.

Immigrants, indigenous and LGBTQ folks are disproportionately represented among Quebec’s homeless.