{
  "id": "homelessness-per-1000",
  "parent": "people-experiencing-homelessness",
  "category": "Housing and homelessness",
  "title": "People experiencing homelessness per 1,000 residents",
  "geography": "Capital Regional District (census division), compared with British Columbia",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "Provincial (shelter funding and income assistance)",
    "Municipal and regional (land use and services)"
  ],
  "plain_question": "Out of every 1,000 people living in the region, how many went through homelessness during the year?",
  "value": 5.49,
  "display_value": "5.5",
  "unit": "per 1,000 residents",
  "period": "Calendar year 2024",
  "period_start": "2024-01-01",
  "period_end": "2024-12-31",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "Calendar year 2023",
    "previous_value": 5.29,
    "change_percent": 3.8
  },
  "since_text": "Was 5.3 in 2023. All of B.C.: 5.8 in 2024",
  "trend": "worsening",
  "trend_basis": "5.49 per 1,000 residents in the Capital Region in 2024, compared with 5.29 in 2023 (+3.8%). In 2019 it was 4.61. For all of B.C.: 5.82 in 2024 and 4.78 in 2019.",
  "direction_good": "down",
  "right_direction": "A lower number means fewer people per 1,000 residents went through homelessness during the year. Using a rate allows for population growth.",
  "caveats": [
    "Calculated here: BC Stats' yearly estimate of people experiencing homelessness divided by BC Stats' July 1 population estimate for the same area and year.",
    "The estimate counts people who stayed in a BC Housing-funded shelter, or received income assistance with no fixed address, during the year. People staying temporarily with friends or family who use neither service are not counted.",
    "It is a count over the whole year, not on one night, and it can rise when more shelter spaces open and are used.",
    "The Capital Region rate covers the whole Capital Regional District. A City of Victoria figure is not published."
  ],
  "charts": [
    {
      "title": "People experiencing homelessness per 1,000 residents",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "per 1,000",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "Capital Region",
          "area": "crd",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 4.61
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 4.76
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 4.72
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 4.92
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 5.29
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 5.49
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "All of B.C.",
          "area": "bc",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2019",
              "value": 4.78
            },
            {
              "period": "2020",
              "value": 4.67
            },
            {
              "period": "2021",
              "value": 5.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 5.39
            },
            {
              "period": "2023",
              "value": 5.87
            },
            {
              "period": "2024",
              "value": 5.82
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "calc": {
    "formula": "Rate per 1,000 residents = people experiencing homelessness during the year ÷ population on July 1 of that year × 1,000.",
    "steps": [
      "Capital Region 2024: 2,531 ÷ 460,831 × 1,000 = 5.49.",
      "All of B.C. 2024: 32,986 ÷ 5,671,114 × 1,000 = 5.82. The B.C. total is the sum of BC Stats' chronic and non-chronic counts."
    ],
    "inputs": [
      {
        "name": "Annual estimates of the homeless population in B.C. (by census division; by chronicity for the B.C. total)",
        "agency": "BC Stats",
        "url": "https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fbb1584f-7f93-47e7-8001-16e3087bddea/resource/af1592a1-852b-4f1b-bdf9-46454e2c3839/download/hl_geo_summary.csv",
        "dataset_url": "https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/annual-estimates-of-the-homeless-population-in-b-c-",
        "licence": {
          "name": "Open Government Licence - British Columbia",
          "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=A519A56BC2BF44E4A008B33FCF527F61"
        },
        "period": "2019 to 2024",
        "data_published": "2026-02-26"
      },
      {
        "name": "Population estimates, July 1 (Regional Districts (Census Divisions))",
        "agency": "BC Stats",
        "url": "https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/86839277-986a-4a29-9f70-fa9b1166f6cb/resource/36610a52-6f90-4ed6-946d-587641a490df/download/regional-district-population.csv",
        "dataset_url": "https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-sub-provincial-population-estimates-and-projections",
        "licence": {
          "name": "Open Government Licence - British Columbia",
          "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=A519A56BC2BF44E4A008B33FCF527F61"
        },
        "data_published": "2026-05-29",
        "period": "2019 to 2024"
      }
    ]
  },
  "refresh_frequency": "Annually",
  "source": {
    "name": "Calculated here from BC Stats data",
    "url": "https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fbb1584f-7f93-47e7-8001-16e3087bddea/resource/af1592a1-852b-4f1b-bdf9-46454e2c3839/download/hl_geo_summary.csv",
    "dataset_url": "https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/annual-estimates-of-the-homeless-population-in-b-c-"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Open Government Licence - British Columbia",
    "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=A519A56BC2BF44E4A008B33FCF527F61"
  },
  "derived": true,
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11T07:38:20Z",
  "data_published": "2026-05-29",
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "2019",
      "value": 4.61
    },
    {
      "period": "2020",
      "value": 4.76
    },
    {
      "period": "2021",
      "value": 4.72
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "value": 4.92
    },
    {
      "period": "2023",
      "value": 5.29
    },
    {
      "period": "2024",
      "value": 5.49
    }
  ]
}