Edmonton homeless encampments 311 requests

Homeless Encampments 311 requests filed in Edmonton since January 2021.

Current release

Data through April 28, 2026

Data from January 2021 through April 28, 2026

Source data: Open data ↗

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Total Requests

65.6K

in the homeless encampments category

Latest Month

447

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 defined

What counts as homeless encampments: Reports of tents, improvised shelters, or other encampments on public property.

In Edmonton’s raw 311 data, the following 1 service_type are counted as 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 28, 2026. Category assignment uses an AI-generated mapping from the city’s raw service types to a normalized cross-city category. View the underlying dataset at data.edmonton.ca.