- 26% of people in Toronto lacking shelter are Aboriginal. This is significant because they make up less than 1% of Toronto's total population (Menzies, 2008).
- Aboriginal homelessness in Canada is both a historical and contemporary issue. The legacy of colonization and residential schools have contributed to the homeless statuses of many Aboriginal Canadians through trauma, poverty, and mental illness (Menzies, 2008).
- This is related to "anomie": Aboriginals have struggled to find a place to belong amongst Canadian culture and what remains of their own cultures. (Menzies, 2008).
- There is evidence that statistics concerning the homeless Aboriginal population are inaccurate and that this is a much larger issue (Thurston et al, 2013).
- Street-involved Aboriginal youth were 2.5 times more likely to contract HIV than the general population (Marshall et al, 2008)
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