Toronto will open 1,275 additional shelter spaces for unhoused people this winter, but advocates say the plan is not robust enough to get everybody without a home out of the cold.

The city will provide more spaces in shelters, 24-hour respite sites and warming centres, open units in supportive and subsidized housing and make surge capacity spaces available, as part of its winter services plan for people experiencing homelessness, according to Gordon Tanner, manager of Toronto Shelter and Support Services.

The plan, released on Friday, runs from Nov. 15 to April 15, 2026.

"This year's plan looks very much like last year, but there's always learning to be done," Tanner said.

This weekend, the city will open a "select" number of warming centre spaces ahead of the plan's launch. Environmen

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