Shelter System

• Advocates call for urgent response to Toronto shelter system issues affecting asylum seekers

  Advocacy groups and shelter operators are calling on all levels of government to immediately help Toronto's overstretched shelter system.

  Canada

  Jul 14, 2023
  
• ‘We jumped through so many hoops’: Homeless couple recount process in accessing social housing

  For over two and half years, Noah and Shawn have been unhoused, relying on the shelter system and sleeping outdoors on occasion in Toronto.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2022
  
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• Refugee, asylum seekers removed from college dorms as 185 more arrive in Toronto

  Mayor John Tory has been adamant about the need for federal assistance to help with the cost and logistics of relocation.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2018
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• Toronto mayor appeals to Ottawa, province for help sheltering influx of refugees

  At a news conference Friday, John Tory said an average of 10 migrants and refugees enter the city every day. 

  Politics

  May 18, 2018
• Toronto’s shelter system struggling to cope with influx of refugee claimants

  City officials say the number of refugee claimants in Toronto's shelter system has increased from 459 in 2016 to 2,351 in April 2018.

  Politics

  Apr 26, 2018