California has THREE TIMES as many people as Ontario yet Ontario has 54,000 more homeless people.
Number of Homeless people in Ontario 2018: 21,000.
Number of Homeless people in Ontario 2024: 234,000. – Source
More than a 10x increase in 6 years. Both Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford are responsible for this disaster.
Canada is on track to adding over 500,000 new permanent residents in 2024 as the nationwide housing and health care crises continue.
The government of Ontario estimates nearly a quarter of a million people — roughly three of every 200 residents — are homeless, according to information contained in a housing ministry document.
The number is about nine times higher than the auditor general’s most recent estimate, and still likely drastically undercounts the true number of people experiencing homelessness in the province, experts say.
Canada will welcome 485,000 newcomers through permanent resident pathways by the end of 2024. This target is set to rise to 500,000 in 2025 and stabilize at the same target for 2026.
Canadian food banks are on the brink: ‘This is not a sustainable situation’ – CBC
Canada ranks seventh for dollars spent on foreign aid, according to the OECD. the organization released its analysis of aid spending in 2023. It shows Canada spent just over US$8 billion in aid last year. – CTV
There are hundreds of charities if not thousands that receive millions in federal funding.
Tim Richter, the CEO of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. CEO he is well-compensated. According to the organization’s tax returns, his salary is between $250,000 and $300,000.
The CAEH is very, very good at obtaining grants. Richter has put his lobbying expertise to good use. In the most recent 12-month reporting period, he has listed 39 separate lobbying contacts with federal officials. Last year, the CAEH received $1,522,079 in grants from the federal government, $540,832 from provincial and territorial governments, and $329,359 from other registered charities. Along with membership fees ($83,750), its own fundraising ($760,511), sales of services ($1,118,994) and some incidentals, it had total revenues of $4,408,177.
Where’d that money go?
More than half of it ($2,511,225) went to salaries, and more than a quarter ($1,321,202) went to conferences. A whopping $345,008 went to professional and consulting fees.
According to StatsCan, the fastest growing industry in Canada is homeless support — with a 60.7% employment growth rate per year.
Homelessness is a big business.