Toronto Homeless Shelters

• Toronto to open 2 emergency shelters, provide 300,000 N95 masks to homeless population

  The city says it will use two community centres for emergency shelter space to help those on the streets get out from the cold.

  Health

  Jan 13, 2022
  
• ‘Explosion of fury and violence and blood:’ Toronto’s shelters see increase in violence

  New data shows violent incidents in Toronto shelters has more than tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic, which some say is partially driving a rise in outdoor encampments.

  Crime

  Jun 6, 2021
  
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• Pilot project to provide COVID-19 vaccines to homeless people in Toronto’s shelters put on hold

  Dr. Stephen Hwang of St. Michael's Hospital says 55 residents and 30 staff at a city-run shelter in the east end got their first dose on Friday.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2021
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• ‘I feel like I have a base’: Toronto man gets apartment after being homeless for 7 years

  A Toronto man who spent the better part of a decade on the streets now has a new apartment to call his home after a city effort to re-house residents of a temporary shelter.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2020
• Coronavirus: City says temporary midtown Toronto homeless shelters to be vacated this week

  Since May, the twin apartment buildings on Broadway Avenue have housed up to 150 formerly homeless residents as part of the city's plan to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the shelter system.

  Health

  Aug 31, 2020
• Coronavirus: City of Toronto settles lawsuit with advocates over distancing standards in shelters

  The group says the city has agreed that beds must be two metres apart and to end of the use of bunk beds in the shelter system.

  Health

  May 19, 2020
• Coronavirus: Toronto asks Ontario government for more testing, funding in homeless shelters

  The Toronto Board of Health says the city has spent $200 million to open new shelter facilities and move homeless people into hotels, and is asking the province to foot part of the bill.

  Canada

  May 16, 2020
• Coronavirus: Advocates for Toronto’s homeless plead for major increase in accommodations, testing

  “Time is not on our side. This needs to happen right now."

  Health

  Apr 8, 2020
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• Toronto looking into opening Moss Park armoury to help deal with homeless seeking shelter

  Toronto is revisiting a shelved proposal to open a federal armoury to cope with unprecedented demand on its homeless shelter system

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2018