The Safe at Home Society works to end and prevent homelessness in the Yukon, bringing together service agencies, government partners, landlords, community members and people with lived experience of homelessness to connect people with housing and supports.
March 2026 Statistics
Experiencing Homelessness
287
Experiencing Chronic Homelessness
231
Individuals Housed
12
Breakdown by age
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21% Child (0-12 yrs)
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7% Youth (13-17 yrs)
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5% Youth (18-24 yrs)
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62% Adult (25-64 yrs)
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5% Seniors (65+)
Types of Homelessness
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8% Unsheltered
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26% Sheltered
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66% Hidden
About this data
- Data sourced from Homeless Individuals and Families Information System (HIFIS).
- Numbers include all individuals, including dependents, who experience at least one night of homelessness during the specified month in Whitehorse.
- Homelessness: includes staying in sheltered locations like emergency shelters, unsheltered locations like campsites or vehicles, or hidden locations like couch surfing or staying in short-term accommodations (hotels/motels) with no security of residency.
- Chronic Homelessness (long-term): when people have experienced homelessness for a total of 50% or more in the last year or 3 years.
The Hearth - Permanent Supportive Housing in Whitehorse
The Hearth will offer permanent supportive housing for individuals who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. Transforming a former commercial hotel into 67 self-contained suites, the project will provide affordable, secure, and supportive housing for a mixed demographic of individuals in downtown Whitehorse, Yukon.
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Our Services
At Safe at Home, we are busy taking a multi-pronged approach to ending homelessness. You’ll find our team working with landlords to support housing accessibility and stability, our Coordinated Access Coordinator working with other service providers to ensure the By-Name List is up to date and serving those in need housing, and our Housing Stability, Support and Referral Workers supporting individuals to find or keep their housing. In addition, we collaborate with other housing providers and advocates for housing by working together on our common goal to end homelessness in Yukon.
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Community Connections
Safe at Home Society Yukon believes in the importance of sharing a voice on issues related to homelessness. By participating on various boards and committees, both locally and nationally, we not only stay informed on the latest advances and best practices for ending homelessness in Yukon, but we also provide a voice so our unique Northern context is understood by a larger audience.
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Ending Homelessness
The Safe at Home Society is part of a national campaign to end homelessness called Built for Zero Canada. Utilizing Coordinated Access and a By-Name List, our team collaborates with fellow service providers to ensure we are all working together through a coordinated strategy to end homelessness.
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Join Our Board of Directors!
If you are interested in contributing to the success of Safe-at-Home and making a positive impact on our community, we want to hear from you!
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(867) 332-0630
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Address
310 Alexander Street, Whitehorse
8:30 am to 4 pm (closed 12–1 pm), Monday to Friday