For years, Peel and its area municipalities have known emergency shelter space dedicated to youth is significantly lacking. The current affordability crisis has exacerbated the already bleak situation a growing number of young people find themselves in.
According to the 2016 Without a Home report, the first Canadian-wide study of young people experiencing homelessness, youth aged 13-24 made up roughly 20 percent of the country’s population. Between 35,000 and 40,000 young people experience homelessness each year in Canada, and 6,000 to 7,000 on any given night.
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