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Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,000: documents (www.thetrillium.ca)

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The government of Ontario estimates nearly a quarter of a million people — roughly three of every 200 residents — are homeless, according to information contained in a housing ministry document.

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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I live close to downtown Toronto. When last I passed by a large-ish park close to me a couple weeks ago there appeared to be about 2 dozen tents of people living in the park