""significant progress in reducing the number of encampments in Toronto thanks to factors like successful housing outcomes and enhanced street outreach and social services." "Housing with appropriate supports remains the best solution to encampments. The City is committed to assisting people experiencing homelessness with their immediate needs, while also working towards long term solutions like housing.""
""any tent or structure that encroaches on a city park for the purpose of living or occupying a space.""
"'I think what the city has succeeded in doing is making the problem less visible to housed people.'"
As of Jan. 8, 2025, 48 city parks had some level of an encampment, compared with 107 on Jan. 8, 2024. Official counts show 539 encampments in November 2024 and 196 in December 2025. An encampment is defined by the city as "any tent or structure that encroaches on a city park for the purpose of living or occupying a space." The city attributes reductions to successful housing outcomes, enhanced street outreach, and expanded social services, and emphasizes housing with supports as the long-term solution. Some advocates contend that many unhoused people were relocated to places not visible to city staff or housed residents.
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