Point-in-Time Count
The Point-in-Time (PiT) Counts are a community-level measure of sheltered and unsheltered homelessness. It also provides a picture of homelessness across the country.
The information gathered will help to:
- identify populations that are over-represented among those experiencing homelessness;
- better understand the pathways into homelessness, allowing us to strengthen prevention services in key areas;
- enhance collaboration within the homelessness-serving sector and across other fields, such as health and corrections, to direct investments where they are most needed;
- gain public support in our collective efforts to reduce and ultimately end homelessness; and
- allocate resources to the areas of greatest need.
Call for 2025 PiT Count Volunteers
We're seeking volunteers to help collect vital data on homelessness in Saskatoon!
Register online by September 26, 2025
PiT Count Date:
October 16, 2025, from 11:00am to 11:00pm
Volunteering details:
- Volunteers are responsible for counting individuals using core screening questions
- Shifts are 3 hours each (feel free to sign up for more than one!)
- Volunteers work in groups of 3, led by an experienced team lead
- No experience needed — training will be provided! (Training dates and times are included in the registration form)
Volunteer responsibilities include:
- Approaching everyone you meet on the street
- Identifying yourself as a volunteer doing a study on housing and homelessness
- Seeking consent from all potential participants
- Asking the screening questions and recording answers
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Staying with your assigned team
- Covering the area only in your designated map zone or facility
- Reporting concerns to your team leader and/or headquarters, including instances where participants appear under distress or in harm’s way
- Check-in and debrief at Station 20 West (headquarters) before and after your shift
Questions?
If you have any questions, please email PITCount@saskatoon.ca.
2024 Point-in-Time Results
The City of Saskatoon, in partnership with the Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) the Reaching Home Community Entity in Saskatoon, and the Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR) at the University of Saskatchewan, along with community organizations and volunteers, participated in a Point-in-Time (PiT) Homelessness Count on October 8, 2024.
The 2024 count identified 1499 unhoused people in Saskatoon. The count includes individuals and families residing in shelters, transitional housing or unsheltered locations.
2024 Saskatoon Point-in-Time Homelessness Count: Highlights and Key Findings
2024 Saskatoon Point-in-Time Homelessness Count: Full Report