Quebec women's shelters hit with funding crisis: study

Quebec’s largest network of women’s shelters is in the thick of a crisis that might leave victims of domestic abuse with nowhere to turn, a new study suggests.
Last year, 10 of the network’s 33 shelters had an occupancy rate of over 100 per cent and another eight were operating at or near capacity. And while more and more women are turning to these places to flee violence, funding for shelters isn’t keeping up with demand.
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