# Hamilton's count of people known to be homeless has fallen for 4 straight months

The city's count stood at 2,074 in July 2026, against 2,247 in March 2026, a fall of 8% across 4 months.

Published: 2026-08-19T03:25:49.364Z
Edition: hamilton
Canonical: https://localwire.ca/hamilton/2026-07-hamilton-homeless-count-falling-run
Publisher: Local Wire

## Record

Source: City of Hamilton, Scale of Homelessness dataset
Period: March 2026 to July 2026
Method: Consecutive calendar months moving in one direction, measured from the last turning point; a month the city did not publish ends a run rather than extending it
Caveat: A point-in-time count of people known to the system, not an estimate of everyone unhoused

## Report

Hamilton's published count of people known to be homeless stood at 2,074 in July 2026, according to City of Hamilton, Scale of Homelessness dataset. It has fallen in each of the 4 months since March 2026, when it stood at 2,247.

That turning point was the highest figure in the series the city publishes, which begins in January 2020 at 864.

The full series, with every month the city has published, is on the [Hamilton numbers page](/hamilton/numbers). Every figure is read directly from the city's own published data and links to it.

## Sources

[1] City of Hamilton, Scale of Homelessness dataset — https://open.hamilton.ca/datasets/scale-of-homelessness