coronavirus pandemic hit Canada, will contribute to an increase in homelessness this year.Many provinces — including British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia — suspended residential evictions for unpaid rent in the spring as governments shut down economic activity and begged people to stay home to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Thousands of Ontario renters brace for evictions as Landlord and Tenant Board reopens Tuesday With some of those temporary bans already lifted and others to follow soon, a poll released Wednesday suggests 16 per cent of Canadians are worried to some degree about paying their housing costs in August, and one in four renters specifically are worried about making rent.“This gives a national number.