Vancouver homeless encampments 311 requests
Homeless Encampments 311 requests filed in Vancouver since January 2021.
Current release
Data through April 12, 2026
Data from January 2021 through April 12, 2026
Source data: Open data ↗
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Total Requests
2.7K
in the homeless encampments category
Latest Month
32
April 2026
Share of total
0.2%
of all Vancouver 311 requests
Median Resolution
2.3d
half of requests close faster
Monthly homeless encampments requests
How many homeless encampments 311 requests Vancouver 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 Vancouver’s raw 311 data, the following 1 service_type are counted as homeless encampments:
- ENG - Sanitation Services
To reproduce these counts against the raw feed
SELECT count(*)
FROM <vancouver_311_raw>
WHERE service_type IN (
'ENG - Sanitation Services'
)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 Vancouver’s official open 311 data feed, covering January 2021 through April 12, 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 opendata.vancouver.ca.