End Homelessness Winnipeg Releases 2025–2026 Winter Weather Response Plan
Winnipeg, MB — End Homelessness Winnipeg has released the 2025–2026 Winter Weather Response Plan, outlining a coordinated citywide approach to help protect people experiencing homelessness during periods of extreme cold, hazardous weather, and seasonal service pressures.
The plan brings together information from emergency shelters, mobile outreach, drop-ins, warming centres, youth hubs, and women and gender-diverse safe spaces to ensure people can find support throughout the winter months. Services across Winnipeg increase capacity or extend hours during cold alerts, providing warm spaces, food, transportation, wellness checks, and safety monitoring.
The Extreme Weather – Winter Resource Guide lists these resources in detail, including citywide mobile outreach teams, day drop-ins with food and washrooms, youth services, overnight warming spaces, and emergency shelters that activate expanded winter hours and capacity where possible.
This year’s plan reflects the ongoing work of the Homelessness Emergency Response Committee, which brings together community agencies, governments, outreach teams, shelters, and sector partners. Their collaboration helps ensure effective planning for extreme weather, climate-related risks, public health concerns, and unexpected service disruptions across Winnipeg’s homelessness-serving network.
The plan also highlights cold-weather safety guidance for the public. Frostbite, hypothermia, and other winter-related health risks are explained in clear terms, with directions to seek warmth, remove wet clothing, warm up gradually, and access help immediately. The guide directs residents to 211 Manitoba for additional information and real-time resources.
“Winter heightens the risks faced by people without stable housing,” said Nick Procyshyn, Interim CEO of End Homelessness Winnipeg. “This plan supports community-wide readiness by bringing essential information into one place and reflects the dedication of our sector partners who work through every season to keep people safe.”
The full Winter Weather Response Plan and accompanying materials are available on the End Homelessness Winnipeg website through the following links:
- 2025-2026 Winter Weather Response Plan
- The Extreme Weather – Winter Resource Guide
- 2025-2026 Winter Weather Response Plan (social media)
Media Contact
Oraye St. Franklyn
Manager Communications & Community Relations
End Homelessness Winnipeg
Phone: 431-323-8896
Email: ofranklyn@endhomelessnesswinnipeg.ca