People experiencing homelessness in Montreal faced extremely cold weather over the weekend, and it’s continued into this week.

By mid-morning on Monday temperatures had dipped to minus-16 Celsius, feeling like minus-25 with the wind chill.

“Tonight there will be around 6,000 people experiencing homelessness, about 15 to 20 per cent of which are living outside,” said James Hughes, president and CEO of Old Brewery Mission.

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To help keep the homeless population out of the cold, a new temporary emergency homeless shelter opened last Thursday at the YMCA Centre-Ville, offering about 100 beds.

“The first night was last Thursday night. We had about 57 people using the space. So that number has been growing since Thursday night,” said Montreal Ma

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