{"id":11208,"date":"2019-05-11T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=11208"},"modified":"2023-08-28T15:45:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:45:35","slug":"homeless-outside-the-city-a-look-at-canadas-rural-homeless-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-537697-2997182.cloudwaysapps.com\/homeless-outside-the-city-a-look-at-canadas-rural-homeless-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeless Outside the City: A Look at Canada\u2019s Rural Homeless Population"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

When we think of homelessness, our minds naturally gravitate toward big cities. We picture people sleeping under streetlamps instead of stars, walking beside skyscrapers instead of meadows; but that\u2019s not always the case. In Canada and elsewhere, a budding rural population of homeless people grows. Away from the sight of the millions of city dwellers and tourists who cluster in metropolitan hubs, this group of homeless people face unique obstacles in their pursuit of a better life.<\/p>\n

What Homelessness Looks Like in Rural Canada<\/h4>\n

A rural landscape often consists of regions with 25,000 residents or less. These small towns might have centralized gathering spaces, but much of the residential terrain is disjointed and spread-out. This creates an isolating environment for rough sleepers. To add insult to injury, most of these rural regions have zero emergency shelters and little to no assistance available. Due to a sheer lack of attention, awareness, and community responsibility, it\u2019s difficult to say whether the absence of emergency shelters is an intentional ploy or the result of willful ignorance. It suffices to say that the end result remains the same from either position.<\/p>\n

Mounting snow covers the wilderness and this oft-ignored population of fellow humans finds shelter in places deemed \u201cunfit for human habitation<\/a>.\u201d Such locations include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n