Number of EMS responses for opioid overdose by region Canada 2022

In 2022, there were 24,400 emergency medical service (EMS) responses to suspected opioid overdose in British Columbia. This statistic shows the number of EMS responses to suspected opioid-related overdoses in Canada from 2017 to 2022, by region.

Number of emergency medical service responses to suspected opioid-related overdoses in Canada from 2017 to 2022, by region

Characteristic	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
British Columbia	12,961	13,365	13,486	17,011	24,158	20,400
Alberta	2,643	4,206	3,536	5,188	8,215	7,078
Saskatchewan	-	196	321	640	1,015	1,195
Winnipeg, MB	1,520	1,095	1,403	2,684	2,732	2,046
Northern and Rural MB	32	21	21	53	63	26
Ontario	-	1,804	2,629	3,809	5,008	4,567
New Brunswick	152	110	127	125	175	275
Nova Scotia	-	111	188	182	220	248
Newfoundland and Labrador	46	-	-	-	-	-
Whitehorse, YT	59	78	48	104	133	136
Yellowknife, NT	-	-	-	6	-	-

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Release date

June 2023

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Canada

Survey time period

2017 to 2022

Supplementary notes

No value means data is suppressed (counts five or less are not presented to address concerns around releasing small numbers) or not available (data were not available at the time of this publication). Adapted from Statistics Canada, Suspected Opioid-Related Overdoses, page 15, 2017 to 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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