Homelessness in Canada Viewed Through a Sociological and Economic Lens

IntroductionResearchers from the Parliament of Canada have proven that there ar as many as 300,000 homeless in Canada . Homelessness is a major kindly issue which is present in society throughout most of the homo when it comes to Canada it is no exception. The homeless be known as people who do non have a home or a steadfast place of residence, they ar seen as individuals who sleep in shelters, public places, vehicles, pr whiz building or someone elses home . In the chivalric few years homelessness in Canada has become a growing favorable issue. Researchers say that there argon approximately one hundred one thousand thousand homeless individuals who live in public areas, which means they are that one hundred million out one billion homeless individuals who are not appropriately sheltered . Most homeless individuals are class of minority groups such as immigrants, aboriginals, youth, women and families. However, a number of the homeless are simply part of different cultur al communities or they may honorable be mentally ill. There are three types of homeless individuals such as, chronically homeless, cyclically homeless and temporarily homeless . Chronically homeless are individuals who are faced with mental illnesses or substance abuse, cyclically homeless are individuals who had a situation change in their life for the worst and in the end temporarily homeless are individuals who become homeless but not for long .There are many questions and concerns about the homeless population since the causes and consequences are negatively impacted. Historical overviewHomelessness in Canada is seen as major social issue. In the 1980s the homeless population started to increase . The increase of homelessness was lead by a variety of situations such as crimin... ...melessness, http//www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/prb991-e.htm, (accessed April 2, 2012).Stephen W. Hwang, et al. drug problems among homeless individuals in Toronto, Canada preval ence, drugs of choice, and relation to health status. BMC Public Health 10, (January 2010) 94-100, EBSCO academic Search Premier (accessed February 22, 2012). A. Thomas McLellan, et al, Individual characteristics of the literally homeless, marginally housed, and impoverished in a US substance abuse treatment-seeking sample. Social abnormal psychology & Psychiatric Epidemiology 43, no. 10 (October 2008) 839-840, EBSCO Academic Search Premier (accessed April 4, 2012). Gerhard Buchkremer, preponderance of mental illness among homeless men in the community, Original radical Journal 40 (October 2004) 385, EBSCO Academic Search Premier (accessed February 29, 2012).