Opioid Agonist Treatment: June 2021

The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) introduced methadone over 20 years ago. Since that time, CSC has been providing opioid agonist treatment (OAT) (methadone, suboxone and sublocade) to incarcerated persons with an opioid use disorder.

The following graph shows a point-in-time snapshot (June 2021) of the number of individuals, by institution, on OAT and the number of individuals on the wait list.

For the Atlantic region:

For the Quebec region:

For the Ontario Region:

For the Prairies region:

For the Pacific Region:

In total, there are 767 on methadone, 1640 on suboxone and 239 on sublocade. The OAT totals are 2646 and there are 380 on waitlist.

Download a printable version of the June 2021 OAT graph.

Download a printable version of the Number of inmates on OAT graph.