Resources for National Housing Day

RESOURCES FOR NATIONAL HOUSING AND HOMELESS WORSHIP

(Weekend of Nov 20 – 22, 2026)

NATIONAL HOMELESS DAY IS November 22 each year

Background Information on Homelessness

What is homelessness? https://homelesshub.ca/collection/homelessness-101/what-is-homelessness/ (Research from Erin Dej, Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University)

What are the causes of homelessness? https://homelesshub.ca/collection/homelessness-101/what-are-the-causes-of-homelessness/ (Research from Erin Dej, Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University)

Simcoe County Portal –https://gisportal.simcoe.ca/arcgis/apps/sites/#/county-of-simcoe-data-portal; provides daily updates from Simcoe County Social Services about numbers of homeless in our community. Note: someexcerpts at end of this document

Film Resources:

Bridging the Divide: Voices and Visions about Homelessness in Mid-Sized Cities (48 min); Produced by Nimby to

Neighbours Project, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2025