Statistics  • 1 out of 3 of all homeless people in Canada are youths    (www.raisingtheroof.org)  • 70% of youth who are homeless in Canada experienced abuse before    becoming homeless (Environmental Scan on Youth Homelessness, 2001)  • 20-40% of homeless youth are homosexual (The Shout Clinic Report on    Homeless Youth and Employment, 1999)  • 43% of homeless youth in a Toronto study had been in a foster home or a    group home (Environmental Scan on Youth Homelessness, 2001)