Consequently, the preliminary analysis is based on licensed facilities, categorized by type,
number of facilities and number of beds, and nature of clients, using the data base of
Community Care Facility Licencing records. The inventory is based on the class of facilities
licensed in the Community Care Facility Act as "Specialized Residential Care*.' This category
does not include larger scale intermediate care facilites.

The highlights of the findings are presented in the next section.?

2. Licensed Group Home Inventory

A. Regional Distribution of Licensed Facilit

Table 1 shows the distribution of licensed group home facilities.
The GVRD has a total 366 licensed group home facilities.

Vancouver has the most facilities, 107 (29.23% of the total), followed by Burnaby
(13.93 %) and Surrey (13.11%).. West Vancouver has the fewest facilities (0.82%).
TABLE 1
~ REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF LICENSED GROUP NOME FACILITIES
MUNICIPALITY | NUMBER OF FACILITIES | PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL.

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Vancouver 27238
Bemnaby 13.998
Surrey 1.11%
Districa of Nonh Vancouver 10.38%

Richmond 8.47%
Deda $198
Langley Township 4.108
Coquaha : 4.10%

New Wesminnar 3.288

Port Coqvilan ; 2.3S

Cay of Nonh Vancouver 2.46%
Loagicy Cay 2.198

Wen Vaneouver

Mate te ame ee

1 Data analysis is based on informanon provided by GVRD municipalities for group homes in operation as of
March 31, 1993. This informarion is to be viewed as a preliminary overview based on local records. The
GVRD Socal Issues Commitee nutes that ary errors or omissions would be picked up by a more detailed
inventory.

The detailed analysis is contained in a separate document: GYRD Licensed Group Home Inventory, prepared
by Dwight Heinz, Richmond Planning Deperiment, March, 1993 in consultation with the GVRD Social Issues