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Originally Posted by Acajack
Since a few people have mentioned demographics here...
In downtown Gatineau almost all of the beggars are white, though on suburban boulevards you regularly see women with hijabs, some of them white, some of them not.
In Ottawa a very significant proportion of the homeless are Indigenous, and Black people also make up a decent chunk.
In Montreal the homeless population seems to be quite predominantly white, though a sizeable minority is Indigenous.
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Most of the beggars in Windsor are also white, but there are also Arab men and women begging being seen begging.
The situation here has just exploded in the past few years, especially in the inner city and DT. They are also at many prominent intersections and are working their way out to the suburbs, completely unheard of before.
Our DT has been especially hit hard by all of the begging and vagrancy, mostly by mentally ill drug addicts. It’s very upsetting to see them take over and destroy what so many people have worked so hard to make an honest living, especially after the COVID hit.
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