Shelter system capacity will remain stable during wind down of Adelaide Street Shelter

Next week Kingston City Council will receive an update on the Adelaide Street Shelter, a facility that has offered temporary essential supports since 2023. With homelessness response solutions now open and others opening soon, emergency shelter services at the Adelaide Street Shelter will end on March 31, 2026. 

This City is also aware of the Province’s decision to end funding for seven drug consumption sites in communities with a Homelessness & Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub as well as the Consumption and Treatment Services in Kingston, which currently does not have a HART Hub. These Provincial HART Hub models support the treatment and recovery of individuals in a supportive housing environment. It is important to note that the shelter beds currently located at the Integrated Care Hub will continue to operate as they are not part of the upcoming Consumption and Treatment Services closure. City staff will work with Addiction & Mental Health Services, operator of the ICH, to retain the 24 beds within the City in the long term, as it is likely that there will be a service transition when the CTS closes in June.  

Following wind down of emergency shelter services on March 31, 2026, we will focus on the future development of 38 Cowdy Street (location of Adelaide Street Shelter). This will include the expansion of adjacent Frontenac Parkette as always intended for the site, and the subdivision of a portion of the property for the purpose of sale and residential development. Information and engagement on this work will be shared later this year.  

Report Number 26-081 about the Adelaide Street Shelter is now available and contains full details about the wind down.