Reg Municipality of Waterloo v Persons Unknown 2026
Key Documents in the Waterloo Encampments Case
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo v Persons Unknown and to be Ascertained, 2023 ONSC 670 held that prohibiting homeless individuals from erecting temporary shelters on public land violates section 7 Charter rights where accessible shelter spaces are insufficient. This is a new application from the Regional Municipality of Waterloo regarding the same encampment at 100 Victoria, based on a new site-specific by-law accompanied by the Transition Protocol and a Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, and asking the Court to declare the new by-law constitutional or in the alternative, to provide direction as to what further steps are required by the Charter.
Hearing Dates
April 16, 17, 20th
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