Without A Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey

TABLE 25
People you can count on
Do you have someone you can count on to:
DISAGREE
(STRONGLY OR
SOMEWHAT)
NEITHER
DISAGREE
NOR AGREE
AGREE
(STRONGLY OR
SOMEWHAT
Provide help in an emergency? 21.3% (227) 12.3% (131) 66.4% (708)
Provide you with emotional support? 22.2% (237) 15.9% (170) 61.8% (659)
Check in to see how you are doing? 22.1% (234) 13.8% (146) 64.2% (680)
On a positive note, over 60% of the youth agreed
that they did have someone who could help in an
emergency, provide emotional support, or check
in to see how they were doing. In total, 73% of
participants agreed that they had at least one of
these types of support.
These supports are important assets. Unfortunately,
one in five youth reported they didn’t have supports
in any one of these three areas.
66.4%
of new Canadians
indicated they had at
least one type of
support
AMONGST POPULATIONS IN THE SAMPLE, THOSE WHO WERE LEAST LIKELY
TO IDENTIFY SUPPORTS IN AT LEAST ONE AREA INCLUDE:
67.2%
transgender/
gender nonbinary
youth
vs
74%
cisgender
youth
65%
racialized
youth
71.3%
Indigenous
youth
vs
77.4%
white
71.6%
youth with a history
of child protection
involvement (e.g., foster
care, group homes)
vs
youth 76.4%
youth with no history
of child protection
involvement
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