As luck would have it I was in central Ottawa, yesterday and went by King Edward and Murray, which is the closest thing Canada's capital has to the DTES.
Oh boy.
I hate to pile on in this thread but it's worse than ever with a one-block stretch of Murray between Cumberland and King Edward filled with personal effects like foldable chairs, backpacks, garbage, sleeping bags, people lying on the sidewalk, etc. It looked like a mini version f one of those videos we see from Vancouver or some US cities.
I am no shrinking violet but this is definitely not a place I would enjoy walking through.
Granted there are no tents there (though Gatineau has a very small but consistent tent city along a creek) and it's only one block as opposed to multiple blocks, but still...
