2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan Survey Results - Housing and Homelessness

This visual product displays the survey results for questions related to housing and homelessness in a disaggregated manner, by showing results for related questions broken down by the respondent’s gender, age, sexual orientation, population group and Indigenous identity, disability status, province of residence and more.

Housing Situation

1. Which of the following best describes where you live?

Survey respondents overall

The majority of survey respondents live in a house (attached or detached) or in an apartment/condominium.

2. Which of the following best describes how you pay for housing?

Survey respondents overall

66% of survey respondents either rent at full market price or have a mortgage on their own home.

3. Which of the following best describes how you pay for housing?

Response by gender identity

Compared to respondents from other gender identity groups, transgender men and non-binary/agender respondents were more likely to report that they don’t pay for housing and less likely to have a mortgage on their own home. Cisgender respondents were less likely than non-cisgender respondents to rent at a subsidized price.

4. Which of the following best describes how you pay for housing?

Response by population group and Indigenous identity

Latin American respondents were more likely to say that they rent at full market price (53%), whereas East Asians were least likely (30%). Over 10% of Black Caribbean and Black African respondents declared renting at a subsidized price.

South East Asian (29%), East Asian (27%) and Black African (24%) respondents were more likely to report that they did not pay for housing than respondents from other groups.

5. Which of the following best describes how you pay for housing?

Response by age

Respondents 18-24 were slightly more likely (9%) than respondents from other age groups to report that they rent at a subsidized price.

Response by disability status

Respondents with a disability (17%) were much less likely than those without a disability (31%) to have a mortgage on their own home.

COVID-19 Pandemic

Has the COVID-19 pandemic changed your living situation and/or your ability to pay your housing costs?

Survey respondents overall

20% of respondents said that the COVID-19 pandemic changed their living situation and/or ability to pay for their housing costs.

Response by gender identity

35% of Two-Spirit respondents said that the COVID-19 pandemic changed their living situation and/or their ability to pay for their housing costs, as did over 25% of transgender, gender diverse and non-binary/agender respondents.

Response by age

Respondents aged 18-24 (27%) and respondents aged 25-34 (25%) were more likely than respondents from other age groups to report that that the COVID-19 pandemic changed their living situation and/or their ability to pay for their housing costs.

Shelter System

Have you ever accessed the shelter system?

Survey respondents overall

The majority of respondents said that they had never accessed the shelter system.

Response by gender identity

Two-Spirit respondents reported they accessed the shelther system much more (19%) than respondents from other gender identity groups. Transgender respondents were also more likely than cisgender respondents to report having accessed the shelter system.

Response by age

Respondents aged 35-44 and respondents aged 45-54 were more likely to report that they had accessed the shelter system than respondents from other age groups.

Response by disability status

8% of respondents with a disability said that they had accessed the shelter system.

Have you ever accessed the shelter system?

Response by population group and Indigenous identity

17% of Black African respondents and 12% of Indigenous respondents said that they had accessed the shelter system.

Navigating the Shelter System

For those respondents that did access the shelter system, 51% reported that it was difficult for them to navigate because of their sexual orientation, while 57% reported that it was difficult to navigate due to their gender identity.

Housing Stability

In the past five years, has the stability of your housing situation or your ability to access stable housing been impacted by discrimination based on your actual or perceived sexual orientation?

Response by sexual orientation

Two-Spirit (14%) and queer (10%) respondents were more likely than respondents from other sexual orientation groups to report that discrimination based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation had affected their housing stability in the past 5 years.

Response by population group and Indigenous identity

Black African respondents (16%) were more likely than respondents from other groups to indicate that discrimination based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation had affected their housing stability in the past 5 years.

In the past five years, has the stability of your housing situation or your ability to access stable housing been impacted by discrimination based on your actual or perceived sexual orientation?

Response by age

Respondents aged 18-24 (8%) and respondents aged 25-34 (8%) were more likely than respondents from other age groups to report that discrimination based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation had affected their housing stability in the past 5 years.

Response by disability status

Respondents with a disability (11%) were more likely than respondents without a disability (4%) to report that discrimination due to their actual or perceived sexual orientation had impacted their housing stability or their ability to access stable housing in the five years preceding the survey.

Among respondents experiencing such discrimination, respondents with a disability said that they were harassed by neighbours (36%) and/or by those they live with (36%) more frequently than respondents without a disability (25% and 25% respectively). They were also more likely to feel unsafe in their neighbourhoods (48% for respondents with a disability compared to 39% for respondents without a disability).

In the past five years, has the stability of your housing situation or your ability to access stable housing been impacted by discrimination based on your actual or perceived gender identity?

Response by gender identity

Transgender respondents and Two-Spirit respondents were more likely than respondents from other gender identity groups to indicate that discrimination based on their actual or perceived gender identity had affected their housing stability in the past 5 years.

Response by population group and Indigenous identity

Respondents belonging to the “Racialized: Other Groups” category (14%) were more likely than respondents from other groups to indicate that discrimination based on their actual or perceived gender identity had affected their housing stability in the past 5 years.

In the past five years, has the stability of your housing situation or your ability to access stable housing been impacted by discrimination based on your actual or perceived gender identity?

Response by age

Respondents aged 16-17 (10%) and respondents aged 18-34 (10%) were more likely than respondents from other age groups to report that discrimination based on their actual or perceived gender identity had affected their housing stability in the past 5 years.

Response by disability status

Respondents with a disability (13%) were more likely than respondents without a disability (4%) to report that discrimination due to their actual or perceived gender identity had impacted their housing stability or their ability to access stable housing in the five years preceding the survey.

Among respondents experiencing such discrimination, respondents with a disability said that they were harassed by neighbours (34%) and/or by those they live with (42%) more frequently than respondents without a disability (25% and 34% respectively). They were also more likely to feel unsafe in their neighbourhoods (53% for respondents with a disability compared to 43% for respondents without a disability).