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City clears encampment from Toronto park for second time in a few days

Published Oct 1, 2025 at 7:13pm

The Canadian Press
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City clears encampment from Toronto park for second time in a few days

Security guards watch over Dufferin Grove Park in Toronto, on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Laura Proctor LGP

City staff have cleared a homeless encampment in Toronto's west end for a second time in a few days, after a small group of people rebuilt a camp that was removed on Friday.

City vehicles once again removed tents and people's belongings from Dufferin Grove Park on Wednesday morning, with security seen next to the area that was previously cleared and surrounded by a fence.

Michael DeForge, who was at the park Wednesday to support encampment residents, said a group of Toronto police officers and security guards removed residents and took about six or seven tents.

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