Homeless camp resident Guylain Levasseur poses outside his recreational vehicle at a camp set up along a busy Montreal boulevard. Photo: AFP Homeless camp resident Guylain Levasseur poses outside his recreational vehicle at a camp set up along a busy Montreal boulevard. Photo: AFP
Homeless camp resident Guylain Levasseur poses outside his recreational vehicle at a camp set up along a busy Montreal boulevard. Photo: AFP
World /  United States & Canada

Coronavirus swells Montreal's homeless camps as winter comes

  • Hundreds of tents have arisen in the Canadian city since the end of the summer, with many of the people living in them made homeless by the pandemic
  • The number of homeless in Montreal has snowballed since the outbreak, wreaking havoc on the economy and squeezing affordable housing

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 10:42pm, 22 Nov, 2020

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Homeless camp resident Guylain Levasseur poses outside his recreational vehicle at a camp set up along a busy Montreal boulevard. Photo: AFP Homeless camp resident Guylain Levasseur poses outside his recreational vehicle at a camp set up along a busy Montreal boulevard. Photo: AFP
Homeless camp resident Guylain Levasseur poses outside his recreational vehicle at a camp set up along a busy Montreal boulevard. Photo: AFP
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