Indigenous people, and youth who identify as part of the LGBTQ community, are sharply over-represented among the ranks of Ottawa’s homeless, according to a new study that tries to paint a picture of homelessness in Ottawa over a single day.

For the first time ever, more than 200 social service workers fanned out across the city to count and survey the homeless people living in the city over a 24-hour period, from 1 p.m., April 19 to 1 p.m., April 20.

They spoke with 1,400 individuals and families who identified themselves as homeless.

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