City releases 2025 Point-in-Time Count Community Report

The 2025 Point‑in‑Time (PiT) Count has identified 1,931 individuals in Saskatoon experiencing homelessness, an increase from 1,499 individuals in 2024. The number recorded in 2025 is now more than 3.5 times higher than the total identified during the 2022 count, underscoring a continued upward trend.

The City of Saskatoon, in partnership with the Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) and more than 250 volunteers, conducted Saskatoon’s annual PiT Count on October 16, 2025. The PiT Count provides a snapshot of the minimum number of individuals experiencing homelessness across Saskatoon.

This year’s count focused on enumerating individuals rather than conducting full surveys and included people and families staying in emergency shelters, transitional housing, unsheltered locations such as encampments, public systems and those experiencing hidden homelessness.

Key PiT Count findings:

• 1,931 people were counted as experiencing homelessness
  • Includes 219 children (0-12) and 209 youth (13-24)
• Length of Time in Saskatoon
  • 29.8% reported they have always lived in Saskatoon
  • 43.0% have lived in the city for more than five years
  • 27.2% have lived here for less than five years
• Indigenous Representation
  • 82.9% of respondents identified as Indigenous, maintaining a significant over-representation

“The PiT Count provides both a snapshot of homelessness at a single point in time and valuable insight into year-over-year trends in our community,” says Lesley Anderson, Director of Planning and Development. “Access to this type of data ensures we understand immediate needs and pressures, while also monitoring the impacts of new and changing programs. As homelessness continues to rise, having accurate data to guide where we allocate resources for the greatest possible impact remains a priority.”

“SHIP appreciates the partnership with the City of Saskatoon in coordinating the PiT count. We appreciate the many volunteers who come out to walk the streets and talk to the people to ensure a comprehensive and accurate count. It helps us and the projects we fund identify gaps in service and we learn poverty is the common denominator in homelessness,” says Robert LaFontaine, Executive Director, Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership.

The PiT Count is funded in part by the Government of Canada through Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.

A detailed summary of the 2025 findings is available in the 2025 PiT Count Community Report. For more information, visit saskatoon.ca/pit.