On remaining in the community, when we are at capacity or over capacity, we will often refer women to other shelters in our region. Parry Sound is one that's a bit closer to us. It's the same with the Orillia shelter.
Women don't want to leave their areas. They have family and friends established here. They are familiar with the layout of the major towns around here or the area they're from. They might have kids who are in school. They might have a job, and they might not have transportation to get to that job. If a woman is from Bracebridge and she wants to stay in the Bracebridge shelter and we don't have room, going to Huntsville isn't even really an option as far as public transit. There is some public transit here, but it's not at all like an urban centre.
It's really destabilizing for women to leave their communities.