Hamilton’s homeless population surpasses 2,000, according to city

The City of Hamilton has updated its number of homeless people in the city, now surpassing two thousand.

The number represents the amount of people accessing shelters, drop-ins and other services and is updated on the city’s housing and homelessness dashboard.

The dashboard shows a total of 2,029 individuals actively homeless as of May.

This is a significant jump from the previously reported number.

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City officials have been citing a figure of 1,600 unhoused people in the city since early 2024.

The February 2024 cyberattack on the city’s IT networks hindered their ability to accurately update the figure.

The amount of homeless people in the city could be much higher as some people choose to not share their information, which excludes them from the figure.

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