Temporary Encampment Site Undergoing Property Maintenance

Property maintenance, including garbage removal, will occur at the temporary encampment site at Aylmer and Wolfe Streets on Wednesday, announced by the City.

Photo by David Tuan Bui.

Over the last month, most people on the site have been connected with available shelter and housing services. As of Monday, four people were staying in tents on the property, as reported by the City.

When the temporary encampment site was approved by City Council in early September 2023 as a way to clear the nearby Rehill Parking Lot property for the construction of 50 modular housing units for people experiencing homelessness, there were about 55 people who moved onto the Aylmer and Wolfe streets property.

About 40 people living on the Aylmer and Wolfe Streets property were offered units in the new Modular Bridge Housing Community. The City partnered with One City, which has opened the new Trinity Community Centre with a winter overnight drop-in space with 45 beds and a daytime drop-in program.

The City’s emergency shelter network, operated by community partner agencies, offers 127 shelter beds.

Social Services outreach workers and community partner agencies work together to assist people who are experiencing homelessness with accessing available shelter and housing services.

Outreach workers are speaking with the four people staying on the temporary encampment site to help them access shelter.

City Council has temporarily allowed tenting on the Aylmer and Wolfe Streets property until Jan. 5 or earlier if the Mayor rescinds the temporary by-law exemption before that date.

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