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Montreal creates tolerance zones, won’t dismantle homeless encampments
Montreal adopts tolerance zones on city land with limits like one tent per person and five tents per site, inspired by Longueuil’s rules to reduce trauma and improve safety.
- On Feb. 20, 2026, the City of Montreal announced it will create tolerance zones on city-owned land and relocate camps only for security or nuisance issues.
- Framed as a human-rights approach, city officials said `we have a humanitarian crisis on our hands, we must be tolerant, but we must be tolerant within a framework that also respects the real security issues of local residents.`
- Rules modeled on Longueuil include a five-tent cap, a 250-metre exclusion zone, one tent per owner, a ban on subletting, and boroughs of Montreal may designate tolerance zones.
- Montreal officials expect boroughs of Montreal to help set up tolerance zones, with dismantling camps involving coordinated measures, while James Hughes and Sam Watts praised the approach.
- Long-Term goals include moving Montrealers experiencing homelessness into sustainable housing, as officials said `Ultimately, we agree that the road map is to get people out of the camps`, while building shelters takes time.
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Montreal creates tolerance zones, won't dismantle homeless encampments
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