Limitations
More than half of the interviews took place over the phone or virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to being cognisant that these data were generated at a unique time in history (i.e., participants’ responses may be different post-pandemic), not being able to meet in-person limited the ability of the lead author to fully engage with participants and utilize non-verbal cues as data in the analysis and interpretation. Also, all of the participants lived in urban areas, the majority were born in Canada, and more than half had completed high school. Youth living in rural/remote regions, born outside of Canada, and having less formal education may experience exiting homelessness differently.