Recently, Winnipeg reached a record number of people experiencing homelessness, with 2,469 reported.
However, the report's executive summary notes that "this number should not be treated as a precise statistic or be directly compared to previous point-in-time counts" due to substantial changes in the counting method.
The number... is an estimate…
Despite this, government, advocates, and media treat the number as fact, ignoring the organization's admission that it is not reliable or comparable.
Author's summary: Homelessness statistics are unreliable.