Interactive map: Canada's response to the opioid overdose crisis
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The Government of Canada is coordinating a response to the opioid overdose crisis to advance actions in the areas of prevention, harm reduction, treatment and enforcement.
Use the map to find locations of opioid-related activities taking place in communities across Canada.
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- Keyboard users: When the map is in focus, use the arrow keys to pan the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom. The arrow keys will not pan the map when zoomed to the map extent.
- In order to search where the response locations are distributed throughout Canada, select the markers on the map to get more information on location and services for each site.
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- You can also use the tables below the map to find the city, location and relevant information for opioid-related activities including:
- non-supervised consumption sites offering drug checking services
- Opioid crisis-related health research
- Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP)
- supervised consumption sites currently offering services
- Emergency Treatment Fund (ETF) bilateral agreements
- Problematic substance use treatment for First Nations and Inuit
- Provincial and Territorial treatment and support services
- Pilot projects for detecting, identifying, and interdicting highly toxic substances at the border
- Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) - safer supply projects
- Supporting Pathways to Care for People Who Use Drugs
Prevention and harm reduction
Non-supervised consumption sites offering drug checking - Text description
The table below lists all of the non-supervised consumption sites offering drug checking services, or can be searched by province or territory:
| Province/ Territory |
City | Location | Approval date | Expiry date | Authorized services | Zoom to element |
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| Ontario | London | Western University 1151 Richmond St |
May 8, 2023 | May 31, 2024 | Drug checking | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 100 Stokes St |
July 18, 2023 | July 31, 2028 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | St. Michael's Hospital 30 Bond St |
July 18, 2023 | July 31, 2028 |
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| Quebec | Montreal | Checkpoint 1300 Sanguinet St |
May 25, 2022 | May 31, 2025 | Drug checking | Zoom |
| Quebec | Montreal | GRIP This mobile site services the following region: |
September 9, 2022 | September 30, 2025 | Drug checking | Zoom |
Opioid crisis-related health research - Text description
The table below lists opioid crisis-related health research projects by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and can be searched by province or territory:
| Province/ Territory |
City | Organization | Project | Funding | Zoom to element |
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| Alberta | Calgary | University of Calgary 2500 University Dr NW, T2N 1N4 |
Best Practices and Contextual Factors Enhancing Prevention & Treatment of Opioid Dependence in Indigenous Contexts in Alberta: Realist & Meta-Ethnographic Review | $95,000 | Zoom |
| Alberta | Calgary | University of Calgary 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 |
Assessing the Needs of Vulnerable Sub-populations: A Scoping Review of Best Practices in Response to the Opioid Crisis | $59,749 | Zoom |
| Alberta | Calgary | University of Calgary | Blood Tribe Winter Count of the Opioid Crisis: Evaluating Origins, Community Response, and Outcomes of Kainai First Nation's Opioid Strategy | $100,000 | Zoom |
| Alberta | Edmonton | University of Alberta | Implementing supervised consumption services in acute care: Evaluating a novel opioid crisis intervention | $99,996 | Zoom |
| Alberta | Calgary | University of Calgary | Assessing a Take Home Naloxone Program that Provides Free Kits to All: Using Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses to Determine the Optimal Distribution | $80,716 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia 2329 West Mall, V6T 1Z4 |
E-health Interventions to Decrease Opioid-related Mortality: A Rapid Realist Review | $109,980 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia 2329 West Mall, V6T 1Z4 |
Addressing Social Determinants in the Opioid Crisis: A Systematic Review on Socio-economic Marginalization and Overdose | $107,750 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia 2329 West Mall, V6T 1Z4 |
Will this patient develop a prescription opioid addiction? The Rational Clinical Examination systematic review | $75,145 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Victoria | University of Victoria 3800 Finnerty Rd, V8P 5C2 |
Toward an Equity Oriented Framework to Inform Responses to Opioid Overdoses (EOF): A Scoping Review | $60,000 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia 2329 West Mall, V6T 1Z4 |
A scoping review to identify the impact of different legal approaches on opioid-related harms and mortality | $59,982 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia 2329 West Mall, V6T 1Z4 |
Patient-Centered Care for Addictions Treatment: A Scoping Review | $58,070 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia 2329 West Mall, V6T 1Z4 |
Systematic Review of Naloxone Interventions in Opioid Overdoses | $110,000 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health | Network Meta-Analysis of Opioid Agonist Treatments for street opioid users | $145,350 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | BC Centre on Substance Use | Housing and overdose risk environments: A community-based participatory research study | $650,632 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health | Program of Outcomes Research on Treatment with Injectables for Addiction | $1,101,600 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | West Vancouver | First Nations Health Authority (West Vancouver, BC) | Indigenizing harm reduction in response to the opioid crisis: A scoping review and community-based research projects with First Nations in BC | $2,505,376 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Sinai Health System 481 University Ave M5G 2E9 |
A Realist Review of Multidisciplinary Care for Opioid Tapering | $109,991 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Hamilton | McMaster University 1280 Main St W, L8S 4L8 |
A systematic review of interventions to promote safer and more effective opioid prescribing for chronic non-cancer pain | $109,859 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Institute for Work & Health 481 University Ave, M5G 2E9 |
Informing an 'all hands on deck' approach to the opioid crisis: A systematic review of the effectiveness of prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and enforcement strategies to prevent and reduce opioid-related harms | $109,537 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | St. Michael's Hospital 30 Bond St, M5B 1W8 |
Developing Opioid Prescribing Recommendations for Abdominal Surgeons that Change Practice through User Informed Systematic Reviews | $109,507 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Ottawa | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 1053 Carling Ave, K1Y 4E9 |
Comparing Psychosocial Interventions and Establishing Core Outcomes for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder | $108,100 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | University of Toronto 246 Bloor Street West M5S 1V4 |
The Invisible Epidemic: A Spotlight on the Opioid Crisis Among Seniors | $59,999 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Institute for Work & Health 481 University Ave M5G 2E9 |
Cannabis and the opioid crisis: Scoping the literature to understand the relationship between cannabis and opioid use and related benefits and harms | $59,645 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | OntarioAgency for Health Protection and Promotion 80 University Ave M5G 1V2 |
Scoping review of comprehensive community-based interventions to reduce opioid-related harms | $59,612 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | University Health Network (Toronto) 101 College St, M5G 1L7 |
Identification and Management of Opioid Misuse, Abuse and Diversion in the Palliative Care Population: A Scoping Review | $55,425 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | St. Michael's Hospital | Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Relationships in Ontario for Supervised Consumption and Overdose Prevention Evaluation (ASTROSCOPE) | $100,000 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Ottawa | University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research | Evaluating Ontario's rapid access addiction medicine (RAAM) model of care to address the Canadian opioid crisis | $96,962 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | St. Michael's Hospital | Evaluation of Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS) in Toronto: An Urgent Public Health Response to the Opioid Crisis | $100,000 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | St. Michael's Hospital | The Ontario Naloxone Program for Pharmacies (ONPP): a multiple method evaluation of naloxone distribution, access, program acceptability, and risk avoidance | $100,000 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion | Health system evaluation of the gap in treatment for the delivery of opioid agonist treatments among individuals with opioid use disorder in Ontario | $99,997 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion | Implementation evaluation of barriers and facilitators to buprenorphine use in Canada using a behaviour change framework to identify effective strategies for change | $99,965 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Kingston | Queen's University | Evaluating the outcomes and experiences of chronic pain self-management support with an opioid de-prescribing intervention: a mixed methods study | $100,000 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Ottawa | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | Evaluation of Project ECHO Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship in Ontario: Impact on Primary Care Practitioners' Self-Efficacy, Knowledge, and Prescribing Behaviours | $98,874 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Sinai Health System | MEDOTATE: Meditation for Depression and Opioid use in chronic pain - an rcT for Assessment of Efficacy | $99,995 | Zoom |
| Quebec | Montreal | Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) 3840 St Urbain St, H2W 1T8 |
Relative frequency and risk factors for prolonged opioid therapy following surgery and trauma among adults: a systematic review | $109,800 | Zoom |
| Quebec | Montreal | Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre 2155 Guy St H3H 2L9 |
Preventing opioid prescription after major surgery: A scoping literature review on opioid-free postoperative analgesia | $59,866 | Zoom |
| Quebec | Montreal | Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre | An integrated interdisciplinary primary care approach to the use and misuse of opioids in chronic pain: A Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy Study | $99,715 | Zoom |
| Quebec | Sherbrooke | University of Sherbrooke | Using opioid-responsive bands to prevent overdoses among opioid-users on their own at home: acceptability and impact of counseling on behaviour and use | $100,000 | Zoom |
| Quebec | Montreal | Montreal West Island IUHSSC-Jewish General Hospital | Interventions for the Opioid Crisis: A Systematic Review Examining Approaches in the Canadian Context and Vulnerable Sub-Populations | $99,997 | Zoom |
| Nova Scotia | Halifax | Dalhousie University 6299 South St, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2 |
Prescription Monitoring Programs for Regulating Opioid Prescribing: A Systematic Review | $67,846 | Zoom |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's | Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, NL A1C 5S7 |
Healthcare provider knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and practices surrounding the prescription of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain: A systematic review and synthesis with a focus on clinical inertia | $107,556 | Zoom |
Supervised Consumption Sites currently offering services - Text description
The table below lists of all the supervised consumption sites offered in select cities along with location and other information about the site or can be searched by province or territory:
| Province/ Territory |
City | Location | Approval date | Expiry date | Authorized services | Zoom to element |
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| Alberta | Calgary | Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre 1213 4th St SW |
January 31, 2023 | January 31, 2026 |
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| Alberta | Edmonton | Boyle McCauley Health Centre 10628 96th St |
June 17, 2022 | June 30, 2025 |
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| Alberta | Edmonton | George Spady Centre Society 10015 105A Ave NW |
April 29, 2022 | April 30, 2027 |
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| Alberta | Edmonton | Royal Alexandra Hospital 10240 Kingsway Ave |
March 25, 2022 | March 31, 2027 |
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| Alberta | Grande Prairie | Northreach Mobile Supervised Consumption Service 10101 97A St |
February 28, 2023 | February 29, 2028 |
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| British Columbia | Surrey | SafePoint 13455 107A Ave |
June 24, 2021 | June 30, 2024 |
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| British Columbia | Vancouver | Dr. Peter Centre 1110 Comox St |
January 28, 2022 | January 31, 2025 |
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| British Columbia | Vancouver | Hope 2 Health 611 Powell St |
September 24, 2021 |
September 30, 2024 |
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| British Columbia | Vancouver | Insite 139 East Hastings St |
March 29, 2023 | April 30, 2026 |
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| British Columbia | Victoria | The Harbour Supervised Consumption Service 941A Pandora Ave |
June 30, 2023 | June 30, 2024 |
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| Ontario | Greater Sudbury | The Spot 24 Energy Crt |
May 13, 2022 | May 30, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Guelph | Guelph Community Health Centre 176 Wyndham St N |
January 27, 2023 | January 31, 2026 |
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| Ontario | Hamilton | Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre (interim site) 70 James St S |
November 25, 2022 | March 31, 2024 |
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| Ontario | Kingston | Integrated Care Hub 661 Montreal St |
October 28, 2022 | October 31, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Kitchener | Supervised Consumption Site - Kitchener 150 Duke St W |
October 22, 2021 | October 31, 2024 |
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| Ontario | London | Carepoint 446 York St |
November 25, 2022 | November 30, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Ottawa | Healthy Sexuality and Risk Reduction Unit 179 Clarence St |
September 16, 2022 | September 30, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Ottawa | Sandy Hill Community Health Centre 221 Nelson St |
April 29, 2022 | April 30, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Ottawa | Somerset West Community Health Centre 55 Eccles St |
June 17, 2022 | June 30, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Ottawa | Trailer 2.0 256 King Edward Ave |
September 27, 2021 | September 30, 2024 |
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| Ontario | Peterborough | Peterborough CTS 220 Simcoe St |
May 25, 2022 | May 31, 2025 |
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| Ontario | St. Catharines | StreetWorks Supervised Consumption Site 105 Queenston St |
September 29, 2023 | September 30, 2026 |
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| Ontario | Thunder Bay | PATH525 525 Simpson St |
March 15, 2023 | March 31, 2024 |
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Ontario |
Toronto |
Casey House DHP Supervised Consumption Services 119 Isabella St |
May 25, 2022 |
May 31, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | Casey House Inpatient Supervised Consumption Services 119 Isabella St |
May 25, 2022 | May 31, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | Fred Victor Centre 145 Queen St E |
February 25, 2022 | February 28, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service 260 Augusta Ave |
November 25, 2022 | November 30, 2025 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | Moss Park Consumption & Treatment Service 134 Sherbourne St |
January 31, 2023 | January 31, 2026 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre 168 Bathurst St |
March 17, 2023 | March 31, 2028 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | Parkdale Supervised Consumption Service 1229 Queen St W |
March 17, 2023 | March 31, 2028 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | Regent Park Bevel Up CTS Site 465 Dundas St E |
January 27, 2023 | January 31, 2024 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | South Riverdale Community Health Centre 955 Queen St E |
November 26, 2021 | November 30, 2024 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | Street Health 338 Dundas St E |
March 17, 2023 | March 31, 2024 |
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| Ontario | Toronto | The Works 277 Victoria St |
October 29, 2021 | October 31, 2024 |
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| Quebec | Montreal | CACTUS Montreal - SCS - Berger site 1244 Berger St |
June 24, 2021 | June 30, 2024 |
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| Quebec | Montreal | Dopamine 4205 Ontario St E |
June 24, 2021 | June 30, 2024 |
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| Quebec | Montreal | Anonyme Mobile Supervised Consumption Service (SCS) (Anonyme M.I.U.) This mobile site services the following region: Island of Montreal |
June 24, 2021 | June 30, 2024 |
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| Quebec | Montreal | Spectre de rue 1278 Ontario St E |
November 26, 2021 | November 30, 2024 |
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| Saskatchewan | Saskatoon | PHR 1516 20th St W |
March 31, 2023 | March 31, 2025 |
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Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) - safer supply projects - Text description
| Province/ Territory |
City | Organization | Project details | Funding | Approval date | Expiry date | Zoom to element |
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| British Columbia | Vancouver | MySafe Society | Offer a new way to provide medication to people living with opioid use disorder as an alternative to the toxic illegal drug supply and to help prevent overdoses. The MySafe machine resembles an ATM, and after verifying the patient's identity with a palm scan, provides patients with access to their existing prescriptions for hydromorphone pills. The project operates at five sites in four cities across Canada. | $4,494,150 | February 2021 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | Vancouver Coastal Health Authority | Deliver a safer supply program that will prescribe pharmaceutical-grade opioids to people most at risk of overdose. The project focuses on those who have been diagnosed with an opioid use disorder and who have not been helped by traditional substance use services and treatments. | $4,980,000 | July 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Nanaimo | AVI Health and Community Services Society | Provide pharmaceutical alternatives to the toxic drug supply and develop a sustainable collaborative care network, which will bring together health care providers including physicians and nurses, harm reduction services, people with lived/living experience of substance use, pharmacies, Indigenous communities and other allied health care workers. | $1,565,776 | July 2022 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Victoria | AVI Health and Community Services Society | Deliver a community-based, flexible safer supply model with health care provider oversight in order to address the increased risk of overdose posed by the toxic drug supply. | $6,451,351 | July 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Victoria | AVI Health and Community Services Society | Develop a community-based safer supply model in rural and regional British Columbia. This model would provide pharmaceutical alternatives to the toxic drug supply and enhance community care and social supports. The initial focus will be on the delivery of a fentanyl patch program to participants at high risk of opioid overdose across Campbell River, the Comox Valley and Port Hardy for whom current harm reduction and treatment interventions are inadequate or inaccessible. | $3,024,675 | August 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Victoria | AVI Health and Community Services Society | Build on the experiences of the Victoria SAFER Initiative (VSI). This project will offer to support the development, implementation and evaluation of safe supply projects to communities or programs in Canada requesting it. | $351,024 | August 2022 | October 2023 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | Providence Health Care Research Institute | Establish a safer supply program in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver for people at risk of overdose and death due to the increasingly toxic illegal drug supply during the COVID-19. In partnership with the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the project offers a personalized, low-barrier approach, with a variety of opioid medications available and extended operating hours. | $4,936,500 | July 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | Kilala Lelum Health Centre (Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative) | Expand existing services at the Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative health centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to include safer supply and Indigenous Elder-led cultural healing programs. The project improves the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people living with opioid use disorder and reduces associated harms. | $4,734,941 | July 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia | Promote, expand and evaluate the uptake of injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) carry doses (iCarries) with a person-centred care approach. | $443,262 | March 2022 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia | Evaluate the experiences of people recently released from incarceration in seeking prescribed safer supply; and determine the impact of obtaining prescribed safer supply on community integration, risk of overdose, health and wellbeing post-release. | $595,328 | July 2022 | December 2023 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Victoria | Vancouver Island Health Authority | Provide pharmaceutical-grade medication as an alternative to the toxic illegal drug supply for people in Cowichan Valley who have not responded to other forms of treatment for opioid use disorder. | $1,999,195 | June 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Ontario | London | London InterCommunity Health Centre | Help reduce harms related to the toxic illegal drug supply by providing prescribed opioids to patients with opioid use disorder during the pandemic and beyond. | $6,510,007 | March 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Ottawa | Pathways to Recovery | Expand upon existing Ottawa community-based services to prescribe pharmaceutical opioids for those at greatest risk of overdose and death. | $7,725,373 | July 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Ontario | St. Catherines | Regional Essential Access to Connected Healthcare, Niagara Inc. | Provide a mobile delivery model of pharmaceutical alternatives to the toxic drug supply and wraparound care serving vulnerable populations across the Niagara region in partnership with regional health and service organizations. | $1,220,989 | November 2022 | October 2023 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Thunder Bay | NorWest Community Health Centres | Implement a pilot safer supply program within the Norwest Community Health Centre. The program's prescribers will provide assessment, monitoring, and prescriptions for daily-dispensed, take-home oral hydromorphone to eligible clients. | $1,501,486 | July 2022 | September 2023 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Inner City Family Health Team | Develop a Substance Use Hub, a comprehensive substance use care program specifically targeting individuals who are living in shelters, encampments, and other homeless settings. Through this safer supply service model, patients will have access to life-saving drugs, peer support and a team of trained physicians, nurses, and support staff. | $992,114 | March 2023 | March 2025 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre | Provide pharmaceutical-grade medication to people experiencing severe opioid use disorder and connect patients with important health and social services. | $4,308,252 | July 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Sherbourne Health Centre Corporation | Deliver pharmaceutical-grade medication to 2SLGBTQIA+ people who use drugs and face barriers to safe service. This project aims to address a gap in access to culturally specific harm reduction and health services for queer people including harm reduction, acute primary care, and other health and social services. | 1,049,329 | February 2023 | March 2025 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | South Riverdale Community Health Centre | Support people with opioid use disorder who are at a greater risk of overdose and other harms related to the toxic illegal drug supply. | $9,490,000 | June 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | City of Toronto (Toronto Public Health (The Works)) | Establishing the first safer supply project in Toronto to offer injectable hydromorphone for people with opioid use disorder. Operating out of "The Works," the project will help people with opioid use disorder who do not respond to currently available safer supply and treatment services and who remain at high risk of overdose. The project will also help clients access and remain connected with health, housing, income and community programs that meet their specific needs. | $3,074,500 | April 2021 | March 2023 | Zoom |
| New Brunswick | Fredericton | River Stone Recovery Centre | This initiative offers a pharmaceutical alternative to toxic, illegal methamphetamine and opioids. The project offers individualized care plans, flexible medical appointments, oral and injectable opioid agonist therapy, a pharmaceutical alternative to stimulants and other social and health services. | $5,247,344 | March 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Brantford | Grand River Community Health Centre | Implement a safe supply pilot that will provide assessment, monitoring and prescriptions for daily-dispensed take-home oral hydromorphone to eligible participants in Brantford area. It will also provide participants with wraparound support to prevent overdose deaths and harms. | $688,648 | July 2022 | December 2023 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Hamilton | Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Care | Provide people who have chronic opioid or stimulant disorders with a pharmaceutical-grade medication as an alternative to the toxic illegal drug supply and also connect people with medical and social services. | $2,476,623 | February 2023 | March 2025 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Hamilton | The AIDS Network (TAN) | Provide people who use drugs in with a pharmaceutical-grade medication as an alternative to the toxic illegal drug supply, and wraparound supports such as employment opportunities and access to harm reduction programming. The project will also create a trained peer support team to work with people who use drugs to achieve wellness and stability. | $875,882 | June 2022 | December 2023 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Kitchener | K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed (The Working Centre) | This low-barrier and harm reduction focused initiative improves both individual and community health and safety by eliminating exposure to the harms, including death, attributable to the toxic unregulated drug market, and connects participants to the multi-sectoral village of supportive relationships and opportunities while concurrent upstream efforts address systems-level inequities. | $5,650,224 | March 2021 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Guelph | Guelph Community Health Centre | Increase the capacity of the current program from 10 to provide an estimated 150 individuals with access to prescription hydromorphone, as well as wrap-around care. | $3,974,873 | April 2021 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Peterborough | 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic | Pilot the use of a nurse practitioner to deliver safer supply to 10 patients in Peterborough. The project will provide evidence and guidance on how to expand safer supply programs to smaller communities and best meet their unique needs. | $1,586,091 | April 2021 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Ontario | London | London InterCommunity Health Centre | The London InterCommunity Health Centre will bring together community health organizations, primary care teams, private practice providers and federally funded safer supply projects across Canada to build expertise in the delivery of safer supply services. | $1,525,688 | May 2021 | March 2024 | Zoom |
| Québec | Québec | Projets de Québec | The Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec (MSSS) is managing the SUAP funds in the province of Québec. L' Institut national de santé publique du Québec and l'Institut universitaire sur les dépendances have been mandated by the MSSS to develop projects targeting safe supply in collaboration with community partners. | $4,873,281 | September 2020 | March 2024 | Zoom |
Supporting Pathways to Care for People Who Use Drugs - Text description
| Province/ Territory |
City | Organization | Project details | Funding | Approval date | Expiry date | Zoom to element |
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| British Columbia | Vancouver | BC Centre for Disease Control | Create new pathways to care for people who use drugs that are currently in the correctional system. The project is developing new policies and guidelines relating to how testing for sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBI) is conducted at provincial correction centres, with the goal of increasing uptake of testing among people who are incarcerated. People who use drugs are overrepresented in correctional institutions and there is a high prevalence of STBBIs among this population. STBBI testing represents an important entry point to care for people who use drugs, both in correctional facilities and in the community. | $614,503 | July 2020 | March 2022 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Vancouver | University of British Columbia | Build the capacity of healthcare organizations to better respond to the needs of people who use drugs who often experience barriers to care and/or marginalization at the point of care. The project will review and enhance existing guidance, educational resources, and tools of EQUIP, an evidence-based and theoretically informed complex intervention. It aims to reduce health inequities at the point of care and better address stigma related to substance use and marginalizing experiences of people who use drugs. | $804,612 | June 2020 | March 2022 | Zoom |
Treatment
Emergency Treatment Fund (ETF) bilateral agreements - Text description
The table below lists all of the provinces and territories where a bilateral agreement has been signed:
| Province/ Territory |
City | Name of agreement | Project description | Total funding | Date signed | Zoom to element |
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| Alberta | Edmonton | Canada-Alberta Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | more than $48.2 million | March 14, 2019 | Zoom |
| British Columbia | Victoria | Canada-British Columbia Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | more than $71.7 million | September 5, 2018 | Zoom |
| Manitoba | Winnipeg | Canada-Manitoba Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | nearly $9.2 million | December 7, 2018 | Zoom |
| New Brunswick | Moncton | Canada-New Brunswick Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | $7 million | August 10, 2018 | Zoom |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's | Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | more than $4.2 million | June 28, 2018 | Zoom |
| Northwest Territories | Yellowknife | Canada-Northwest Territories Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | more than $760,000 | January 22, 2019 | Zoom |
| Nova Scotia | Halifax | Canada-Nova Scotia Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | more than $6 million | March 14, 2019 | Zoom |
| Nunavut | Iqaluit | Canada-Nunavut Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | $750,000 | December 7, 2018 | Zoom |
| Ontario | Toronto | Canada-Ontario Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | more than $102 million | January 23, 2019 | Zoom |
| Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown | Canada-Prince Edward Island Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | nearly $1.1 million | February 15, 2019 | Zoom |
| Quebec | Quebec | Canada-Quebec Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | $43.7 million | August 23, 2018 | Zoom |
| Saskatchewan | Regina | Canada-Saskatchewan Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | $12.4 million | November 13, 2018 | Zoom |
| Yukon | Whitehorse | Canada-Yukon Emergency Treatment Fund Bilateral Agreement | The Emergency Treatment Fund provides one-time emergency funding of $150 million for provinces and territories to improve access to evidence-based treatment services. This funding is matched by the province and territory beyond the first $250,000. | more than $945,000 | December 17, 2018 | Zoom |
Problematic substance use treatment for First Nations and Inuit - Text description
The table below lists where problematic substance use treatment is available for First Nations and Inuit:
| Treatment centre | Community | Province/ Territory |
Problematic substance use treatment for First Nations and Inuit | Zoom to element |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Lake Wah Pow Treatment Centre | Lac La Biche | Alberta | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Blood Tribe Youth Wellness Centre | Standoff | Alberta | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Footprints Healing Centre | Morinville | Alberta | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Kainai Healing Lodge Centre | Cardston | Alberta | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Kapown Rehabilitation Centre | Grouard | Alberta | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Wood Buffalo Wellness Society (Mark Amy Centre) | Fort McMurray | Alberta | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Carrier Sekani Family Services Addictions Recovery Program | Vanderhoof | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Gya' Wa' Tlaab Healing Centre | Haisla | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Kackaamin | Port Alberni | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Namgis Treatment Centre | Alert Bay | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Nenqayni Wellness Centre | Williams Lake | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| North Wind Wellness Centre | Dawson Creek | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Round Lake Treatment Centre | Armstrong | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Telmexw Awtexw Treatment Centre | Agassiz | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Tsow-Tun Le Lum Society | Lantzville | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Wilp Si'Satxw House of Purification | Kitwanga | British Columbia | First Nations communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to problematic substance use programming funded by the First Nations Health Authority. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Native Addiction Council of Manitoba | Winnipeg | Manitoba | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Nelson House Medicine Lodge | Nelson House | Manitoba | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Peguis Al-Care Centre | Peguis | Manitoba | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Sagkeeng Mino Pimatiziwin Family Treatment Centre | Fort Alexander | Manitoba | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Whiskyjack Treatment Centre | Norway House | Manitoba | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Lone Eagle Treatment Centre | Elsipogtog | New Brunswick | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Rising Sun | Eel Ground | New Brunswick | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Wolastoqewiyik Healing Lodge | Tobique First Nation | New Brunswick | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Charles J. Andrew Youth Treatment Centre | Sheshatshiu | Newfoundland and Labrador | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Eagles' Nest Recovery House | Shubenacadie | Nova Scotia | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Mi'kmaw Lodge Treatment Centre | Eskasoni | Nova Scotia | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Anishnawbe Health Toronto | Toronto | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Benbowopka Treatment Centre / Anishnabie Naadmaagi Gamig | Blind River | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Dilico Adult Residential Treatment | Thunder Bay | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Ka-Na-Chi-Hih | Thunder Bay | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Migisi Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centre | Kenora | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Mino Ayaa Ta Win Healing Centre | Fort Frances | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Native Horizons Treatment Centre | Hagersville | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Ngwaagan Gamig Recovery Centre Inc. | Wikwemikong | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Nimkee NupiGawagan Healing Centre | Muncey | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Reverend Tommy Beardy Memorial Family Wee Che He Wayo-Gamik Treatment Centre | Muskrat Dam | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Sagashtawao Healing Lodge | Moosonee | Ontario | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Centre de réadaptation Miam Uapukun Inc. | Moisie | Quebec | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Centre de réadaptation Wapan | La Tuque | Quebec | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Mawiomi Treatment Services Inc. | Gespagegiag | Quebec | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Onen'to:kon Healing Lodge | Kanesatake | Quebec | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Walgwan Centre | Gespagegiag | Quebec | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Wanaki Centre | Maniwaki | Quebec | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Armand Bekkattla | Clearwater River | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Athabasca Health Authority Outpatient Program | Black Lake | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| BTCIH Youth Outreach | North Battleford | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Cree Nations Treatment Haven | Canwood | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Ekweskeet Healing Lodge | Onion Lake | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Leading Thunderbird Lodge | Fort Qu'Appelle | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Mistahey Musqua Treatment Centre | Loon Lake | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Sakwatamo Lodge | Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| Saulteaux Healing & Wellness | Kamsack | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
| White Buffalo Youth Inhalant Treatment Centre Inc. | Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | First Nations and Inuit communities with problematic substance use challenges have access to federally funded substance use treatment centres. Find a treatment centre near you. | Zoom |
Provincial and Territorial treatment and support services - Text description
| Province/ Territory |
Treatment and support services |
|---|---|
| Alberta | Find opioid treatment and support services in Alberta:
Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the province. |
| British Columbia | Find opioid treatment and support services in British Columbia:
First Nations
Additional resources Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the province. |
| Manitoba | Find opioid treatment and support services in Manitoba: Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the province. |
| New Brunswick | Find opioid treatment and support services in New Brunswick: Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the province. |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Find opioid treatment and support services in Newfoundland and Labrador: Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the province. |
| Northwest Territories | Find opioid treatment and support services in the Northwest Territories:
Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the territory. |
| Nova Scotia | Find opioid treatment and support services in Nova Scotia:
Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the province. |
| Nunavut | Find opioid treatment and support services in Nunavut:
Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the territory. |
| Ontario | Find opioid addiction resources and treatment services for adults and youth receiving funding from the Province of Ontario.
Resources
Note: This does not represent all opioid treatment and supports in the province. For other opioid addiction related information, see Ontario.ca/opioids and Ontario.ca/painkillers. |
| Prince Edward Island | Find information on opioid treatment, naloxone, needle exchange and the opioid situation in Prince Edward Island. |
| Quebec | Find opioid treatment and support services in Quebec:
Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the province. |
| Saskatchewan | Find opioid treatment and support services in Saskatchewan:
Resources
Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the province. |
| Yukon | Find opioid treatment and support services in Yukon:
First Nations
Additional services
Note: This information does not represent all opioid-related treatment and support services available in the territory. |
Enforcement
Pilot projects for detecting, identifying, and interdicting highly toxic substances at the border - Text description
The table below lists the pilot projects for detecting, identifying, and interdicting highly toxic substances at the border:
| Pilot project | City | Province | Description | Launched | Zoom to element |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Designated Safe Examination Area | Vancouver | British Columbia | The Designated Safe Examination Area pilot project is designed to determine the procedures, training equipment and facilities required to allow Canadian border services officers to safely examine goods suspected of containing Highly Toxic Substances, such as fentanyl, and if required to obtain a sample for lab analysis. | October 2017 | Zoom |
| Designated Safe Examination Area | Vancouver | British Columbia | The Designated Safe Examination Area pilot project is designed to determine the procedures, training equipment and facilities required to allow Canadian border services officers to safely examine goods suspected of containing Highly Toxic Substances, such as fentanyl, and if required to obtain a sample for lab analysis. | October 2017 | Zoom |
| Designated Safe Sampling Area | Vancouver | British Columbia | The Designated Safe Sampling Area pilot project is designed to determine procedures and requirements to allow lab personnel to safely sample, test and analyze suspected Highly Toxic Substances, such as fentanyl. | September 2017 | Zoom |
| Designated Safe Examination Area | Montreal | Quebec | The Designated Safe Examination Area pilot project is designed to determine the procedures, training equipment and facilities required to allow Canadian border services officers to safely examine goods suspected of containing Highly Toxic Substances, such as fentanyl, and if required to obtain a sample for lab analysis. | December 2017 | Zoom |
| Designated Safe Examination Area | Montreal | Quebec | The Designated Safe Examination Area pilot project is designed to determine the procedures, training equipment and facilities required to allow Canadian border services officers to safely examine goods suspected of containing Highly Toxic Substances, such as fentanyl, and if required to obtain a sample for lab analysis. | December 2017 | Zoom |
| Designated Safe Examination Area | Toronto | Ontario | The Designated Safe Examination Area pilot project is designed to determine the procedures, training equipment and facilities required to allow Canadian border services officers to safely examine goods suspected of containing Highly Toxic Substances, such as fentanyl, and if required to obtain a sample for lab analysis. | December 2017 | Zoom |
| Designated Safe Examination Area | Toronto | Ontario | The Designated Safe Examination Area pilot project is designed to determine the procedures, training equipment and facilities required to allow Canadian border services officers to safely examine goods suspected of containing Highly Toxic Substances, such as fentanyl, and if required to obtain a sample for lab analysis. | December 2017 | Zoom |
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