This resource is a centralized hub that brings together Alberta’s rural housing and service needs data across multiple years, offering communities clear, accessible evidence to understand local challenges and plan services. It includes provincial reports, community‑level findings, and visual infographics that highlight trends such as income, employment, Indigenous homelessness, seniors’ needs, and rural‑remote realities.
The page organizes 2018, 2020, and 2023 estimations, each containing:
Together, these resources help municipalities, service providers, and funders better understand the scale and nature of rural homelessness, supporting evidence‑based planning and advocacy.
August 27, 2024
Homelessness
The Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities' Responses to Homelessness in Alberta What We Heard Report was published in May 2024 and funded by Homeward Trust Edmonton and the Government of Canada's Reaching Home: Canada's Homelessness Strategy.
August 26, 2024
Homelessness, National Coordinated Access
The development of the training materials and toolkit builds upon the Housing First philosophy while using a place-based approach along with a person-centred and trauma-informed care lens based on Reconciliation. The was based on a bottom-up, rather than a top-down...