Opioid Agonist Treatment: September 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 and buprenorphine-naloxone) to incarcerated persons with an opioid use disorder.

The following graph shows a point-in-time snapshot (September 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 759 on methadone, 1649 on suboxone and 276 on sublocade. The OAT totals are 2684 and there are 351 on waitlist.

Download a printable version of the September 2021 OAT graph.

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