Study examines rural homelessness in New Brunswicks Acadian Peninsula – New Brunswick [Video]

While most people picture urban centres like Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver when they think of homelessness, rural areas like New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula are also seeing an increase.

Cédric Landry, development director for the Acadian Peninsula Regional Service Commission, says his organization has been made aware of more requests for help and services related to homelessness since 2023.

“That’s why we’re going ahead with a study with the Université de Moncton in partnership, and trying to make sense of what is homelessness in a rural area like the Acadian Peninsula,” he said in an interview.

There are no shelters in the Acadian Peninsula, a large area covering a portion of northeastern New Brunswick.

The closest ones are in Miramichi and Bathurst.

Plans for a possible out of the cold shelter in Tracadie were met with controversy from community members in the fall of 2024.

The project didn’t materialize, and Global News was not able to reach mayor Denis …