3.2 % of the population 17% of the emergency responses
According to the 2002 City of Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) Community Monitoring Report, while the DTES only accounted for percent of the city population, 17 percent of medical emergency responses…
Mental illness and community services
As early as 2004, the Strathcona Mental Health Team reported a case-load of 1,200, and an estimate at the time suggested that three times that number lived in the neighbourhood.
Educational and employment challenges
The number of people who have less than a Grade 9 education is higher in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) than in other parts of Vancouver, and the number of people…
Crimes against people and property
According to the Vancouver Police Department, as of October 2008 the Downtown Eastside accounted for percent of robberies in the City of Vancouver. In 2010 the Vancouver Police Department reported…
An over-concentration of some services and a lack of others
An audit by Ray-Cam staff and volunteers recently counted 10 pharmacies dispensing methadone in an eight-block walk from the zero to 800 blocks of East Hastings.
Vulnerable children
Children in Strathcona are the most vulnerable group in the province on every scale and that their level of vulnerability has been steadily increasing over the past nine years according…
Lack of health services
There is currently no health clinic within walking distance for local families to access medical care in what they perceive to be a safe environment.
Long waitlists for early childhood programs
In 2011, Ray-Cam had over 200 children waitlisted for early childhood programs.