This article explores the narratives of 29 homeless people in order to understand how interactions with police officers reflect elements of social and racial profiling. The participants included women and men between the ages of 18 and 54 from northeastern Ontario. Most participants were Indigenous people (66%) while smaller proportions were Anglophone, Francophone or members of racialized groups. A thematic, qualitative analysis of interview transcripts was conducted to identify and code themes of interactions. We examine the five most common types of interactions with police in two different ways: first, how homeless people described negative interactions with respect to social profiling, including racial profiling, and secondly, how specific actions of police may violate the rights of homeless people under sections 7 to 10 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The findings suggest that, when considering the experiences of homeless people, social profiling is a more relevant concept than racial profiling as all homeless people appear to be targeted by police and subjected to difficult or even abusive treatment that breaches their human rights as well as rights under the Charter.