Canada is gripped by a surge in homelessness that has seen tens of thousands of people priced out of rental and real estate markets and left to live in the streets of the wealthy nation.
Researchers warn government data is vastly underestimating the number of homeless across the country, as the social ill spreads from major cities to small towns.
In Quebec, 1 in 2 homeless people can be found in rural parts of the eastern province, instead of mainly in Montreal as had been the case in the past, according to a new report published in September.