{
  "id": "point-in-time-count",
  "parent": "people-experiencing-homelessness",
  "category": "Homelessness and drugs",
  "title": "People counted as homeless on one night (Point-in-Time Count)",
  "geography": "Capital Regional District (Greater Victoria)",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "Regional (CRD coordinates the count)",
    "Federal (Reaching Home program)"
  ],
  "plain_question": "On one night, at least how many people in the region were experiencing homelessness?",
  "value": 1749,
  "display_value": "1,749",
  "unit": "people at least, on March 25, 2025",
  "period": "March 25, 2025",
  "period_start": "2025-03-25",
  "period_end": "2025-03-25",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "March 25, 2025",
    "previous_value": 1749,
    "change_percent": null
  },
  "since_text": "Unsheltered 318, shelters 493, couch surfing 73, public systems 112, transitional 750",
  "trend": "context",
  "trend_basis": "At least 1,749 people were experiencing homelessness in the region on the night of March 25, 2025: 318 unsheltered, 493 in emergency shelters, 73 couch surfing, 112 in public systems (such as hospital or jail) and 750 in transitional housing. The report notes that the categories do not add up to the total.",
  "direction_good": "down",
  "right_direction": "Shown for context, without a “better” or “worse” label: the count method changed in 2025, so it is not compared with earlier counts here.",
  "caveats": [
    "A Point-in-Time Count is a minimum: people who are not found or not surveyed are missed, especially hidden homelessness.",
    "It is a different measure from the yearly BC Stats estimate (“People without a home during the year”), which counts everyone who used a shelter or received income assistance with no fixed address at any time in the year. Both are shown.",
    "Counts happen about every two years; the 2025 count changed its method compared with 2023."
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "2025",
      "value": 1749
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "About every two years",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital Regional District, Greater Victoria Point-in-Time Count and Survey Report",
    "url": "https://www.crd.ca/",
    "dataset_url": "https://www.crd.ca/media/file/2025-greater-victoria-point-time-homelessness-count-and-survey-reportpdf",
    "download_url": "https://www.crd.ca/media/file/2025-greater-victoria-point-time-homelessness-count-and-survey-reportpdf"
  },
  "licence": {
    "name": "Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution.",
    "url": "https://www.crd.ca/disclaimer",
    "open": false
  },
  "verified_text": [
    "The night of March 25, 2025, at least 318 493 73 112 750 1,749 people were experiencing Unsheltered Emergency Shelters Couch Surfing Public Systems Transitional Housing"
  ],
  "data_published": null,
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-11T08:21:28Z",
  "attribution": "Source: Capital Regional District, Greater Victoria Point-in-Time Count and Survey Report. Public document, used with attribution; not endorsed by the publisher.",
  "licence_type": "public"
}