Edmonton Homeless Camps

• City, police dismantle homeless encampment northeast of downtown Edmonton

  Work to dismantle an encampment in the area of 105A Avenue and 96th Street began Wednesday morning.

  Canada

  Jan 3
  
• Edmonton approves $8.1M from COVID-19 reserve fund to transition homeless population out of temporary shelters

  With temporary pandemic shelters closing in Edmonton, the city has updated its plans to care for those experiencing homelessness.

  Health

  Apr 9, 2021
  
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• Edmonton mayor asks province for $17M in annual funding for supportive housing services

  Mayor Don Iveson has asked Premier Jason Kenney to commit $17.4 million in annual operating funding to offset the cost of rent supplements and on-site health and social services for the 600 units of new supportive housing.

  Health

  Oct 8, 2020
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• New stats show increase in Edmonton homeless camps

  New stats show an increase in the number of Edmonton homeless camps.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2019
• Councillor calls for a ‘SWAT team’ approach to Edmonton river valley homelessness

  After hearing horror stories about the homeless camping in Riverdale and elsewhere, some action is going to happen on a couple of fronts at Edmonton City Hall.

  Features

  May 8, 2019
• Litter from Edmonton homeless encampments an ongoing issue, say residents, city staff

  The City of Edmonton said crews have cleaned up 2,800 homeless encampments since last year.

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2019
• ‘Living rough’: A glimpse into Edmonton’s river valley homeless

  With winter weather on Edmonton's doorstep, some of the city's homeless are desperate to find housing, not wanting to spend another winter on the streets.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2017
• 180K pounds of garbage removed from 950 Edmonton homeless camps this year

  Between January and July of this year, 180,000 pounds of garbage was collected from 951 city homeless camps, including 4,811 needles, 137 weapons and 93 propane tanks.

  Economy

  Oct 28, 2016