Canada is one of the world’s largest & wealthiest economies.

Tonight, over 27,000 of the pioneers who helped build this Canadian wealth
are abandoned to back alleys and crowded shelters.

Elder homelessness is a choice our society makes every single night.
It is a hidden crisis of abandonment.
If you believe this couldn't happen to someone you love,
you haven't seen the data.

I am sailing into the extreme Arctic ice because that is the only environment
that matches the bitter coldness of our deadly streets.

Our elders are being socially evicted from the country they helped build.

Don't look away — Get the facts

  • The Hidden (estimated) 25,000:
    For every elder you see on the street, three more are "hidden homeless",
    freezing in cars, couch-surfing with strangers, or trapped in filthy, mouldy motels.

  • The Car is the New Shelter:
    1 in 10 Canadian elders have experienced hidden homelessness.
    They are your former neighbours, now reduced to living out of a trunk
    to maintain a shred of "middle-class" dignity.

  • The Cliff:
    60% of these hidden homeless elders will transition to the street within 12 months unless
    an intervention (like our partners provide) happens today.

Data compiled from:
The Government of Canada National Shelter Studies
The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness
The Mental Health Commission of Canada

CANADA’S UGLY ELDER TRUTH

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