Homelessness in Canada Viewed Through a Sociological and Economic Lens

IntroductionResearchers from the Parliament of Canada have proven that there are as many as 300,000 homeless in Canada . Homelessness is a major hearty issue which is present in society throughout most of the world when it comes to Canada it is no exception. The homeless are known as people who do not have a home or a stable place of residence, they are seen as individuals who sleep in shelters, human beings places, vehicles, abandoned building or someone elses home . In the past few years homelessness in Canada has become a growing brotherly issue. Researchers say that there are approximately one coulomb million homeless individuals who live in public areas, which means they are that one hundred million out one billion homeless individuals who are not appropriately sheltered . Most homeless individuals are part of minority groups much(prenominal) as immigrants, aboriginals, youth, women and families. However, a number of the homeless are simply part of different cultural commu nities or they may just be mentally ill. in that respect are three types of homeless individuals such as, chronically homeless, cyclically homeless and temporarily homeless . Chronically homeless are individuals who are faced with mental infirmityes or substance abuse, cyclically homeless are individuals who had a situation change in their life for the worst and lastly temporarily homeless are individuals who become homeless but not for long .There are many questions and concerns about the homeless population since the causes and consequences are negatively impacted. Historical overviewHomelessness in Canada is seen as major social issue. In the 1980s the homeless population started to increase . The increase of homelessness was lead by a variety of situations such as crimin... ...melessness, http//www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/prb991-e.htm, (accessed April 2, 2012).Stephen W. Hwang, et al. medicine problems among homeless individuals in Toronto, Canada prevale nce, drugs of choice, and relation to health status. BMC Public Health 10, (January 2010) 94-100, EBSCO Academic Search Premier (accessed February 22, 2012). A. Thomas McLellan, et al, Individual characteristics of the literally homeless, marginally housed, and impoverished in a US substance abuse treatment-seeking sample. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology 43, no. 10 (October 2008) 839-840, EBSCO Academic Search Premier (accessed April 4, 2012). Gerhard Buchkremer, Prevalence of mental illness among homeless men in the community, Original Paper Journal 40 (October 2004) 385, EBSCO Academic Search Premier (accessed February 29, 2012).