Supervised consumption sites: Key results
Data on supervised consumption sites in Canada, including the number of visits, client demographics, client safety, drugs used and overdoses.
- Last updated: 2026-06-26
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Overview
Supervised consumption sites (SCS) provide a safe, clean space for people to bring their own drugs to use in the presence of trained staff. This prevents accidental overdoses and reduces the spread of infectious diseases, such as HIV.
Since January 2017, every federally exempted SCS in Canada regularly reports its data to Health Canada, and that data is summarized in this dashboard. However, prior to March 2020, there was no standardized reporting format. Because of this, we separate the dashboard into 2 sections. The first section is a general summary of data for all SCS operating at any point between January 2017 and {Date2}. The second section provides detailed information for all SCS operating at any point between March 2020 and {Date2}.
General summary: January 2017 to {Date2}
Overall, results from data reported to Health Canada during this period indicate that there were:
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Detailed information: March 2020 to {Date2}
Map of supervised consumption sites
Each SCS is represented by a black dot on the map. Zoom, hover over or select a site to view information about that site.
Map: Text description
| Site | City | Province or Territory | Total visits | Unique clients | Non-fatal overdoses | Number of services and referrals | Average visits per month | Average unique clients per month | Most recent reporting date |
|---|
Notes
- Suppressed – Data suppressed in provinces or territories with low numbers of cases (<10) in order to comply with confidentiality rules.
- Not available (N/A) – Data were not available at the time of this publication.
Overdoses
{25,676}
{0}
{10,865}
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- Please refer to the definitions of indicators for definitions of terms.
- There were {41,538} non-fatal overdoses at supervised consumption sites.
- The rate of non-fatal overdoses was — per 1,000 consumptions across all SCS during the reporting period.
- {10,865} overdoses at SCS required the use of naloxone.
- The rate of naloxone use was — per 1,000 consumptions across all SCS during the reporting period.
Figure 1: Total non-fatal overdoses and overdoses requiring naloxone between March 2020 and {Date2} Access and download the data in .csv format
Figure 1 shows the number or rate of non-fatal overdoses and overdoses requiring naloxone at SCS between March 2020 and {Date2}. Use the filters in the panel to the left to select the metric and time period of interest, and hover over or select a portion of the line graph to view monthly values.
Figure 1 - Text description
| Reporting month | Non-fatal overdoses | Overdoses requiring naloxone | Rate of non-fatal overdoses per 1,000 consumptions | Rate of overdoses requiring naloxone per 1,000 consumptions |
|---|
Clients and visits
{1,658,116}
{48}
{53,488}
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- Please refer to the definitions of indicators for more details.
- {237,906} unique clients (different people) visited an SCS during the reporting period.
- Across all SCS combined, there was an average of — unique clients visiting an SCS per month during the reporting period, ranging from — to —.
- On average across all SCS combined, there were — unique clients per site per month, ranging from — to —.
- {1,658,116} total visits were recorded across all SCS, averaging {53,488} visits per month.
- On average, across all SCS combined, there were {48} visits per day, ranging from {0} to {412} visits per day.
- Across all SCS combined, there was an average of — visits per month during the reporting period, ranging from — to —.
- On average, there were {30} new clients per month, ranging from {0} to {474} new clients per month.
Figure 2: Number of total visits between March 2020 and {Date2} Access and download the data in .csv format
The following figure shows visits and unique clients across all SCS between March 2020 and {Date2}, as well as the average number of visits and unique clients per SCS each month. Use the filters in the panel to the left to choose the time period and measure. Hover over or select a portion of the line graph to see monthly values.
Figure 2 - Text description
| Reporting month | Number of total visits | Number of total unique clients | Average number of visits per month | Average number of unique clients per month |
|---|
Personal characteristics of clients
The following graphs show SCS clients by age group and gender. Hover over or select a bar to view the data.
Most clients identify as {male}. For all genders combined, the most common age group was {30-39}.
Figure 3: Gender and age distributions between March 2020 and {Date2}
Gender distribution of SCS clients.
Figure 3 – Gender – Text description
| Gender | Percentage |
|---|
Age distribution of SCS clients
Figure 3 – Age – Text description
| Age group | Percentage |
|---|
Drugs used
This bar chart shows which drugs were most frequently used by clients during their visits to an SCS between March 2020 and {Date2}. {Fentanyl} is the most commonly used drug at supervised consumption sites.
Figure 4: Distribution of drugs used for all visits between March 2020 and {Date2} Access and download the data in .csv format
Figure 4 - Text description
| Type of drug | Percentage |
|---|
Figure 5: Number of overall drug uses between March 2020 and {Date2} Access and download the data in .csv format
Figure 5 shows the number or percentage of drug uses overall and by specific drug at SCS between March 2020 and {Date2}. Use the filters to the left to choose the time period, metric and drug. Hover over or select a portion of the line graph to see monthly values. When viewing percent of consumptions, select one drug at a time.
Figure 5 - Text description
| Reporting month | Number of uses |
|---|
Calls for help, services, and referrals
Calls for help
{2,307}
Calls to emergency medical services (EMS)
{2,336}
Calls for other medical emergencies
{464}
Law enforcement calls
Services and referrals
{481,123}
Services provided within the SCS
{41,271}
Referrals to services offsite
{82,610}
Referrals to services onsite
About these tiles
- Please refer to the definitions of indicators for definitions of terms.
- Please refer to the data limitations for interpretation of services and referrals.
- {2,307} calls were made from SCS to emergency medical services (EMS).
- {2,336} calls were made for other medical emergencies.
- {464} calls were made to law enforcement for police services.
- {481,123} services were provided within the SCS space.
- {41,271} referrals were made to services provided offsite (in a different building or location than the SCS space).
- {82,610} referrals were made to services provided onsite, but not in the SCS space.
Reporting SCS per month
The table below shows the number of reporting sites contributing data to each reporting month.
Figure 6: Number of sites reporting per month Access and download the data in .csv format
Figure 6 - Text description
| Reporting month | Reporting sites |
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Contact us
For comments or questions regarding data, contact us:
- Email: odrs-brsd@hc-sc.gc.ca
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