I worked in a shelter where we wanted to establish a day centre as well, precisely to work on prevention and awareness. It is a regional centre. That means that it has only four rooms with two or three beds, depending on the types of families that can be accepted.
I can tell you that, for a regional shelter, four rooms are not a lot. A really remote shelter, such as in Schefferville, can accept four women and their children. Of course, women will not leave without their children.
As for the numbers, I can’t answer that, because I am not an inside worker at the moment. However, we are part of the shelter network.
We can send you the statistics on the shelters. We will be happy to do so.