Homelessness In Canada

Homelessness is a worldwide problem however, in Canada the population of homeless people is higher. Homelessness is the situation in which a person or family is unable to provide a stable, appropriate housing for themselves. The Homelessness in Canada has grown in size and complexity by 1997. This issue is often popular around urban centers such as Montreal, Laval, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and Toronto. By the end of the 20th century it was discovered that men included enormous majority of homeless persons previously; now both men and children represent the fastest growing population of the homeless by the youth. Recently, homelessness has become a major social issue in Canada. Throughout the essay, the causes and significance of homelessness in Canada will be discussed as well as the history of the homelessness in Canada.

In Canada, the homeless was not significant until 1960s where homeless came to mean the

There are three main factors that lead to homelessness which are structural factors, system failures and individual and relational factors. The structural factors is when a person is affected by economic and societal issues that affect their opportunities and social environment for example, the lack of adequate income and/or the experience of discrimination may lead to homeless. Furthermore, the system failures occur when the support from individual’s family and care fails resulting people become homeless helplessly. The third factor is individual and relational factors in which family violence and extreme poverty plays a role. The family with violence, abuse, addiction, mental health problems of other family members and extreme poverty can lead to being homeless. All in all, these are all the causes of homelessness in Canada moreover, in order to decrease the growth of homeless population there are several plans that have already been carried