Emergency medical services calls

Figure: Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services calls for suspected opioid-related incidents, by month, 2020–2025

A graph showing the number of opioid-related calls attended by Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services each month from January 2020 until January 2025, with the rolling 3-month average monthly count shown as a line. The counts in individual months are provided in a table, below. The 3-month average trendline increased sharply from 50 to 80 calls in the latter half of 2020. It remained above 70 calls per month until the end of 2021. It then decreased and has typically ranged between 40 and 60 calls per month since the spring of 2023. There are wide fluctuations in the trendline with peaks in the late-spring and summer months, as well as in late autumn 2022.

Table: Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services calls for suspected opioid-related incidents, by month, 2020–2025

Month	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	38	67	47	32	46	36
February	58	60	47	51	53	-
March	43	89	56	40	61	-
April	34	68	70	64	61	-
May	55	54	100	68	69	-
June	50	79	80	61	51	-
July	46	75	49	60	43	-
August	44	76	42	55	63	-
September	78	70	52	81	70	-
October	64	86	65	49	46	-
November	60	73	54	42	37	-
December	113	99	85	47	33	-
TOTAL	683	896	747	650	633	36

Note:

Counts, especially those from recent months, are preliminary and subject to change.
These data include cases where the responding paramedic suspects opioid involvement. This may differ from the final diagnosis or cause of death.
These data only include instances in which 911 was called, and thus are only an estimate of the total number of opioid-related drug poisonings in the community.

Source: Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services, February 18, 2025.

This item was last modified on February 20, 2025

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