Youth experience homelessness for a variety of reasons: fleeing violence and abuse in their homes, aging out of foster care, discrimination based on their sex or gender identity, trauma, and/or mental health challenges.
Youth homelessness is a national, as well as a local issue. To learn more, please click on these links: Child Welfare and Youth Homeless in Canada, The National Youth Homelessness Survey, and the 2018 Greater Victoria Point-In-Time-Count.