Homeless Youth

In Toronto, Canada alone there are around 10,000 homeless youth’s living on the streets each year and 2,000 on any given night. These numbers contribute to the growing death toll of homeless youth which is 40 times that of sheltered or housed youth.

We see them every day, yet we ignore them causing their numbers to grow and the severity of their problems to worsen. The increasing rates of homeless youth in many major cities across North America will continue to grow unless this issue is faced head on.

The list can go on and on explaining the homeless youth rate; however it can be summed up into three reasons, sexual, physical and emotional abuse. The constant neglecting of these problems and the youth themselves is creating troubled environments for these teens cause them to runaway into the streets.