{"id":595784,"date":"2026-04-10T23:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/595784\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T23:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T23:23:09","slug":"quebec-homelessness-rising-sharply-in-regions-outside-montreal-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/595784\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec homelessness rising sharply in regions outside Montreal, report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New numbers released by the Quebec government are showing that homelessness has increased across the province, with the sharpest rises outside Montreal.<\/p>\n

The survey conducted April 15, 2025, counted more than 12,000 people who were visibly homeless, representing an increase of about 20 per cent from the last count in October 2022.<\/p>\n

The Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Laurentians, C\u00f4te-Nord, Laval and Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regions all recorded increases of over 50 per cent.<\/p>\n

Those regions have also seen increases in the percentages of unhoused people who spend the night outside instead of in a shelter or hospital.<\/p>\n

WATCH | Laval, Que., organizations struggling to meet demand:\"\"<\/p>\n

Inside the Laval, Que., shelter overwhelmed by rising homelessness rates<\/p>\n

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Laval, Que., has risen sharply, increasing by 60 per cent between 2022 and 2025. Some organizations, including shelters, are struggling to provide beds.<\/p>\n

Montreal had by far the largest number of visibly unhoused people, with 5,036, as well as the highest proportion of unhoused people per 100,000 residents.<\/p>\n

The survey does not include hidden homelessness \u2014 people who are living temporarily with a friend or relative, or in a hotel or rooming house.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-595784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}