A new survey launched by the John Howard Society of P.E.I. looks to get a better sense of homelessness across the province, not just in Charlottetown and Summerside. Executive director Keith Hiller says this is the society’s first provincewide survey.
The John Howard Society is trying to determine the number of people on P.E.I. who are experiencing homelessness.
The last count in 2021 only looked at Summerside and Charlottetown. For the first time, the tally will include people across the whole Island, said executive director Keith Hillier.
He expects the numbers to be higher than the 147 unhoused individuals counted three years ago.
“There are homeless people, sadly, from tip to tip on this Island,” Hillier said.
“Some of them may be more visible in the urban areas because we tend to see them in the downtown area. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t homeless people in rural P.E.I.”
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