00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.853144 CaOODSP 20221123120149 cr ||||||||||| 180308s2012 onca ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- YM32-2/2008-30E-PDF Echenberg, Havi. Defining and enumerating homelessness in Canada [electronic resource] / Havi Echenberg and Hilary Jensen, Social Affairs Division, Parliamentary Information and Research Service. Reviewed 17 May 2012. [Ottawa] : Library of Parliament, 2012. i, 7, i p. : ill. Background paper ; publication no. PRB 08-30E Issued also in French under title: L'itinérance au Canada : définitions et recensements. Cover title. "29 December 2008." Includes bibliographical references. “Having no single definition, “homelessness,” is understood to encompass a variety of housing situations and homelessness experiences. Similarly, in large part because measuring this population poses significant methodological challenges, there are no precise statistics on the extent of homelessness in Canada. Therefore, researchers and policy-makers rely on what can be measured. Information about shelter capacities and more local point-in-time counts provide important insights into homelessness in Canada"--Summary, p. 5. gccst Homelessness Jensen, Hilary. Canada. Library of Parliament. Canada. Parliamentary Information and Research Service. L'itinérance au Canada (CaOODSP)9.853145 Background paper (Canada. Parliamentary Information and Research Service) publication no. PRB 08-30E. (CaOODSP)9.504772 PDF 273 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/bdp-lop/bp/YM32-2-2008-30-eng.pdf