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    • Advocacy - Nickles and Dimes >
      • Realizing the Right: Municipal Policy Responses to Encampments
      • Cambridge Evictions - Heatwave 2025 >
        • Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions >
          • A Human Rights Approach - Dear City of Cambridge RE: Heat Wave Evictions >
            • Federal Housing Advocate - Visit September 22, 2025
          • Extreme heat and health- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • September 23, 2025 Cambridge Council Meeting >
              • Breakdown of Council & Staff Discussion of motion - September 23, 2024 Cambridge Council Meeting
          • Eviction Notice Components - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
          • Charter Rights and Case Law- Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • I "Rescind" Nothing: Check your facts
            • Legal Briefcase - Advocacy tools
          • Challenges of Navigating a Dual-Tier Municipal System Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions >
            • The Political Distractions: Procedural Bylaws & Cambridge Council Meeting September 2, 2025
          • $$ Crunching the Numbers $$ - Cambridge Heat Wave Evictions
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        • ERP: Regional Policies
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      • April 23, 2025 Regional Council Meeting & 100 Vic. Proposed Bylaw April 23, 2025
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REgion of Waterloo



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​Municipality Type: Upper Tier
Population: 647,540 (2022)
Municipal Website: Region of Waterloo
  • Housing and Shelter
  • Emergency Shelters and Transitional Housing
​Designated Housing Services Manager for: 
  • City of Kitchener
  • City of Cambridge
  • City of Waterloo
  • Townships:​ North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot, and Woolwich
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Point in time count data

​Point in Time Count Totals
  • 2018: 333 people counted
  • 2021: 1,085 people counted
    • 2021 Region of Waterloo Infographic
  • 2024: 2,371 people counted
    • ​2024 Region of Waterloo Infographic (Seen Below)
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Other Data & resources

Homeless Hub

 Profile: Region of Waterloo

Plan to End Chronic Homelessness (PECH)

  • The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness - EngageWR
  • Lived Experts Weigh In: Plan to End Chronic Homelessness - Social Development Centre Waterloo Region
  • The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness: Consolidated List of Actions
  • Navigating Complexity Together: A Roadmap to Functional Zero by 2030
  • ​PECH Update April 2024 (Info page)

canada housing and mortgage corporation (CMHC) DATA​​

The image below is a partial screenshot taken April 2025 from the report provided by CMHC, showcasing data related to the primary market. For a more comprehensive view and direct access to the full dataset and report, please visit the original source of the below image through the CMHC link above. 
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Hart Hubs

  • HART Hub Waterloo Region​ - ​​​​Community Healthcaring Kitchener-Waterloo​
    • ​Located in Kitchener (View Profile)
Bylaws, Policies, Practices and protocols

Bylaws

The bylaws reviewed include those that may be relevant to individuals facing or experiencing homelessness. To this end, I focused on bylaws related to parks, public property usage, public nuisance, loitering, and renoviction. While these were the primary areas of focus, Where additional bylaws that warranted inclusion were identified, these have been  incorporated accordingly. This is a non-exhaustive list, and other applicable bylaws may exist beyond those noted here.

  • By-law 13-050 - A By-law Respecting the Conduct of Persons Entering Upon Buildings, Grounds and Public Transportation Vehicles Owned or Occupied by The Regional Municipality of Waterloo - Consolidated Version (2023)
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Policies, practices, and protocols

  • Draft Policy – Encampments on Region-Owned Public Lands - "Around here" Info Page
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Emergency Management
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Emergency or Public Health Crisis?
Case law & legal info resources
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100 Victoria ( /Weber)
  • The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v. Persons Unknown and to be ​Ascertained, 2023 ONSC 670
    COURT FILE NO.: CV-22-717 DATE: 2023-01-27
     - The Public Record 
    • Court Decision - Victoria/Weber Encampment (Info Page)​
Evictions and removals
Evictions - (Non-Exhaustive)

Kitchener

Charles and Stirling, Kitchener (2021):
  • Looking more at Unsheltered displacement - Blog Post 25/11/21
  • Love, compassion, and positive action! - Blog Post 28/11/21
  • Regional Council discusses the recent encampment displacement - Update - 29/11/21​

Victoria Park (Roos Island)
  • Roos Island encampment and closure in Kitchener - CTV News (Timelines w. Articles: July 22 - Fall 2023)​​

Cambridge​
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150 Main Street Encampment: 
  • 150 Main Street, Cambridge - Encampment & Closure

Soper Park Eviction: 
  • September 27, 2023 - Region of Waterloo Council Meeting & Soper Park Eviction 1.0​

Waterloo

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more from "around Here": 

  • Emergency or Public Health Crisis?
  • Info Page: WR Women's Shelters - What's going on? (& Aug. 13, 2024 Region of Waterloo Community and Health Services Committee Meeting)
  • The Housing First Approach
  • ​​The Criminalization of Homelessness
  • Housing: A Human Right
  • Connecting with our WR Municipalities and Local Democracy
  • April 23, 2025 Regional Council Meeting & 100 Victoria St. Proposed Bylaw

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