New numbers launched by the Quebec authorities are displaying that homelessness has elevated throughout the province, with the sharpest rises exterior Montreal.
The survey performed April 15, 2025, counted greater than 12,000 individuals who had been visibly homeless, representing a rise of about 20 per cent from the final rely in October 2022.
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The Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Laurentians, Côte-Nord, Laval and Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean areas all recorded will increase of over 50 per cent.
These areas have additionally seen will increase within the percentages of unhoused individuals who spend the night time exterior as an alternative of in a shelter or hospital.
Montreal had by far the biggest variety of visibly unhoused folks, with 5,036, in addition to the very best proportion of unhoused folks per 100,000 residents.
The survey doesn’t embrace the so-called “hidden homeless” — people who find themselves dwelling briefly with a good friend or relative, or in a resort or rooming home.
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