Edmonton homeless encampments 311 requests
How many 311 requests in the homeless encampments category residents of Edmonton have filed since January 2021.
Current release
Data through April 11, 2026
Data from January 2021 through April 11, 2026
Total Requests
65.3K
in the homeless encampments category
Latest Month
127
April 2026
Share of total
1.3%
of all Edmonton 311 requests
Median Resolution
2.4d
half of requests close faster
Monthly homeless encampments requests
How many homeless encampments 311 requests Edmonton residents file each month.
How this category is extracted
What counts as homeless encampments: Reports of tents, improvised shelters, or other encampments on public property.
In Edmonton’s raw 311 feed, the following 1 service_type roll into homeless encampments:
- Encampments
To reproduce these counts against the raw feed
SELECT count(*)
FROM <edmonton_311_raw>
WHERE service_type IN (
'Encampments'
)Analyst tip: Look for 'Encampment' (NYC, San Francisco), 'Homeless Encampment' (LA), 'HOMELESS EMT' (Oakland), and 'Corporate - Encampment Concerns' (Calgary). Only a handful of the cities we track publish a dedicated encampment service type — others fold encampment complaints into 'other' or general building/street categories.
See how homeless encampments is defined for every tracked city →
Source & provenance
Counts on this page are derived from Edmonton’s official open 311 data feed, covering January 2021 through April 11, 2026. Category assignment uses a hand-curated mapping from the city’s raw service types to a normalized cross-city category. View the underlying dataset at data.edmonton.ca.