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Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,000: documents (www.thetrillium.ca)

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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.

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[–] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If all these people were in one place, it would be Ontario's 10th largest city -- bigger than:

Barrie Guelph Kanata Kingston Milton Brantford Thunder Bay Sudbury Peterborough Belleville Sarnia Welland - Pelham Sault Ste. Marie Bowmanville - Newcastle North Bay etc...

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Don't give Ford any ideas