Our Publications

Our goal is to build a collective and consistent understanding of homelessness in Canada. In collaboration with dozens of partners, we’ve developed an evidence base on solutions to homelessness.

  • Program Model Guide

    Family and Natural Supports Operations Manual

  • Cover of the Reconnect Program Model Guide (2025, 2nd Edition) titled “A School-Based Early Intervention to Prevent Youth Homelessness,” authored by Tanya McCagherty, Amanda Buchnea, and Stephen Gaetz. The design features curved blue and white shapes on a dark blue background.

    Program Model Guide

    Reconnect Program Model Guide & Manual

  • Report

    Indigenous Shelter Diversion and Eviction Prevention

  • Report

    Locked Up. Locked Out. The Revolving Door of Homelessness and Ontario’s Justice System

  • Cover for the Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative Needs Assessment Report

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    Youth Homelessness Prevention Initiative Needs Assessment

  • Report

    Pan-Canadian Women’s Housing & Homelessness Survey

  • Report

    Understanding the Needs of Workers in the Homelessness Support Sector

  • Report

    Sharing the Journey of Coordinated Access in Winnipeg: Logic Model and Evaluation Framework

  • Report

    Endaamnaan: Homes for All Nations

  • A New Direction: A Framework for Homelessness Prevention Cover

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    A New Direction: A Framework for Homelessness Prevention

  • The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness Cover

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    The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness

  • Closing the Circle: Discussing Indigenous Homelessness in Canada Cover

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    Closing the Circle: Discussing Indigenous Homelessness in Canada

  • Without a Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey Cover

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    Without a Home: The National Youth Homelessness Survey

  • WHAT WOULD IT TAKE? Youth Across Canada Speak Out on Youth Homelessness Prevention

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    What Would It Take? Youth Across Canada Speak Out on Youth Homelessness Prevention

  • Youth Reconnect Program Guide Cover

    Program Model Guide

    Youth Reconnect Program Guide

  • Family and Natural Supports: A Framework to Enhance Young People's Network of Support Cover

    Program Model Guide

    Family and Natural Supports: A Framework to Enhance Young People’s Network of Support

  • Upstream Canada: An Early Intervention Strategy to Prevent Youth Homelessness & School Disengagement Cover

    Program Model Guide

    Upstream Canada: An Early Intervention Strategy to Prevent Youth Homelessness & School Disengagement

  • THIS is Housing First for Youth Cover

    Program Model Guide

    THIS is Housing First for Youth

  • The State of Women’s Housing Need & Homelessness in Canada Report Cover

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    The State of Women’s Housing Need & Homelessness in Canada

  • Guiding Youth Home: A Design-Based Approach to Preventing and Ending Youth Homelessness Cover

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    Guiding Youth Home: A Design-Based Approach to Preventing and Ending Youth Homelessness

  • Report

    Coming of Age: Reimagining the Response to Youth Homelessness in Canada

  • The State of Homelessness in Canada 2016 Cover

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    The State of Homelessness in Canada 2016

  • Report Cover Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada

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    Definition of Indigenous Homelessness in Canada

  • Report cover for Canadian Definition of Youth Homelessness

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    Canadian Definition of Youth Homelessness

  • Report cover for Canadian Definition on Homelessness

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    Canadian Definition of Homelessness

  • Cover for the Leading the Way Policy Brief Report

    Policy Brief

    Leading the Way: Reimagining Federal Leadership on Preventing Homelessness

The Homeless Hub

Find more research from the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at the Homeless Hub.