News & Updates

Community Report now available for the Thunder Bay Point in Time Count 2024.

The federal government is allocating an additional $1 million to the Lakehead Social Planning Council in Thunder through the Designated Communities stream of Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.

The 2024 24-hour Point in Time took place on Saturday October 5 and Sunday, October 6. The Point-in-Time Counts are a community-level measure of sheltered and unsheltered homelessness.

Discover information about financial empowerment. This issue examines the organizations and programs that help individuals and families gain financial empowerment in Thunder Bay.

The Lakehead Social Planning Council Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at Roots Community Food Centre (450 Fort William Road).

Eligible participants can apply to receive bus passes at half price and a $350 credit to use towards any City of Thunder Bay recreation and culture program, facility booking or service.

Register for training on how to use the SPDAT Case Management Tool. Training to take place Wednesday April 10th, 1pm to 4pm.

On the occasion of World Cities Day, observed annually on this day by the United Nations, a coalition of Thunder Bay organizations today announced the release of a new report, Thunder Bay and the UN SDGs: A Voluntary Local Review.

The Lakehead Social Planning Council is celebrating all of the Thunder Bay Living Wage Employers that have joined the local campaign!

C2U Expo is Canada's leading conference on community-based research. It is a conference that explores the edge of community-college-university partnerships as catalysts for social innovation.

Thunder Bay Poverty Reduction Strategy Newsletter for February, 2023. Discover more about the local living wage campaign.

The Tiny Home Thunder Bay committee began with the Thunder Bay Poverty Reduction Strategy in 2017. Collectively the committee has secured over $250,000 in funding to complete a feasibility study and build at least one tiny home.

Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre is now managing the Snow Angels Program. Call 2-1-1 for register as a client. Volunteers are also needed.

This year’s living wage calculations emerge from a backdrop of record–breaking inflation and Consumer Price Index increases, and workers at the bottom end of the wage scale are most vulnerable to these kinds of fluctuations.