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Homelessness per 1,000 residents

Calculated hereArea: Capital Region compared with Comparison area: All of B.C. Calendar year 2024 · Where this covers · How we calculated this

5.5 per 1,000 residents

Getting worse

Was 5.3 in 2023. All of B.C.: 5.8 in 2024

Source: Calculated here from BC Stats data, 2024 · How we calculated this

What it measures

People who went through homelessness during the year for every 1,000 people living in the Capital Region, shown next to the same rate for all of B.C.

Why it matters

The region’s population keeps growing, so a raw count can rise even if the share of people affected does not. A rate allows a fair comparison over time and with the province.

Over time

People experiencing homelessness per 1,000 residents

  • Capital Region: 5.5 per 1,000 (2024)
  • All of B.C.: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024)
Line chart of 2 lines, 6 periods from 2019 to 2024. Capital Region: starts at 4.6 per 1,000 (2019), ends at 5.5 per 1,000 (2024); highest 5.5 per 1,000 (2024), lowest 4.6 per 1,000 (2019). All of B.C.: starts at 4.8 per 1,000 (2019), ends at 5.8 per 1,000 (2024); highest 5.9 per 1,000 (2023), lowest 4.7 per 1,000 (2020). Every value is in the table.0.02.04.06.02019202020212022202320242019: Capital Region: 4.6 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 4.8 per 1,0002020: Capital Region: 4.8 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 4.7 per 1,0002021: Capital Region: 4.7 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 5.0 per 1,0002022: Capital Region: 4.9 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 5.4 per 1,0002023: Capital Region: 5.3 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 5.9 per 1,0002024: Capital Region: 5.5 per 1,000; All of B.C.: 5.8 per 1,000

The scale starts at 0.0. Tap, hover or drag along the chart to see each value.

How we decided “getting worse”

A lower number means fewer people per 1,000 residents went through homelessness during the year. Using a rate allows for population growth. 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. The rules.

How we calculated this

Calculated here This figure is not published by an agency as is. It is calculated here, by script, from the public data listed below. It belongs with People without a home during the year.

Formula

Rate per 1,000 residents = people experiencing homelessness during the year ÷ population on July 1 of that year × 1,000.

With the latest numbers

  • 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

Keep in mind

  • 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.

Retrieved Nov 11, 2026, 12:38 AM B.C. time. This page’s data and calculation (JSON).

Source

Calculated here from
BC Stats
Period
Calendar year 2024
Updated
Annually
Retrieved
Nov 11, 2026, 12:38 AM B.C. time
Show the numbers as a table
People experiencing homelessness per 1,000 residents (newest first)
PeriodCapital RegionAll of B.C.
20245.55.8
20235.35.9
20224.95.4
20214.75.0
20204.84.7
20194.64.8

Where this covers

Area: Capital Region

The Capital Regional District: 13 municipalities and 3 electoral areas, including the Southern Gulf Islands and Salt Spring Island.

Included

  • The 13 municipalities: Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay, Esquimalt, View Royal, Langford, Colwood, Highlands, Metchosin, Sooke, Central Saanich, North Saanich, Sidney
  • The 3 electoral areas: Juan de Fuca (including East Sooke, Jordan River and Port Renfrew), Salt Spring Island, and the Southern Gulf Islands (Galiano, Mayne, Pender and Saturna)
  • First Nations reserve lands within the region

Not included

  • Communities north of the Malahat, such as the Cowichan Valley, Duncan and Nanaimo

Official definition

Shown for comparison

  • Comparison area: All of B.C. The whole province of British Columbia. No open figure is published for Victoria alone.

How the agency describes it: Capital Regional District (census division), compared with British Columbia.

Connected to: Provincial (shelter funding and income assistance), Municipal and regional (land use and services). This is a label, not a judgement.

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