200,000 to 300,000

Estimated homeless population in Canada. Only about 10 per cent live on the street or shelters; the others have no fixed address, living with friends, in rooming houses or in fleabag hotels

25 to 50

Percentage of homeless people who have a mental illness, according to a number of different estimates

75

Percentage of homeless people with mental illness who are also substance abusers

$6-billion

Cost of homelessness each year, including emergency shelters, social services and criminal justice

70

Percentage of homeless who are men

25

Percentage who are women

5

Percentage who are children

25

Percentage of homeless men who are employed (about half have social assistance, and one-fifth have no income at all)

6,000

Number of psychiatric beds in the Canadian hospital system

60,000

Number of psychiatric beds during the late 1950s

$170,820

Average annual cost to keep a mental-health patient in hospital

$34,418

Cost to support someone with serious mental illness to live in the community

Sources: Sheldon Chumir Foundation, Salvation Army of Canada; Raising The Roof; Mental Health Commission of Canada