Number of women, children in shelters dropping: StatsCan

From EndCanadianPoverty.ca

• Date: June 29th, 2007
• Source: CBC News
• Link to article: Number of women, children in shelters dropping: StatsCan

"The number of women and children admitted to shelters has dropped over the past nine years, a Statistics Canada survey reports.

The number of children staying in shelters fell by eight per cent during this period, while the number of women declined by three per cent, it said. The most common reason for seeking shelter was to escape abuse.

The report is based on data from the latest Transition Home Survey, a bi-annual national survey of shelter use by women and their children.

From April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006, nearly 106,000 women and children were admitted to shelters. Children accounted for 41 per cent of these admissions, and women, 59 per cent."