Naloxone distribution

Figure: Naloxone doses distributed, by month and distributor, Sudbury and Manitoulin districts, 2018–2025

A graph showing the total number of doses of Naloxone distributed by Réseau ACCESS Network, Public health and its community partners in each month from January 2018 until April 2025, as well as the number distributed by local pharmacies. The pharmacy data are not yet available for recent months. The counts for individual months are provided in two tables, below. The rolling 3-month average for each count are shown trendlines. The number of doses distributed each month by Réseau ACCESS Network, Public Health and its community partners has increased significantly since early 2020, from about 1000 doses per month on average in the early part of that year to a high of almost 3600 doses per month in the summer of 2024. The number of doses distributed fluctuates throughout most years, with peaks in the late summer. The number of doses distributed by local pharmacies is much lower, ranging between 500 to 800 doses per month on average since 2018.

Table: Naloxone doses distributed by Réseau ACCESS Network, Public Health and community partners (excluding pharmacies), by month, Sudbury and Manitoulin districts, 2018–2025

Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	170	571	790	851	1 228	1 958	2 202	1 642
February	170	667	601	1 898	1 283	1 763	1 652	1 360
March	170	955	1 046	2 363	1 979	1 859	2 558	2 061
April	215	832	873	1 668	1 333	2 004	2 456	1 404
May	417	878	943	2 243	1 697	2 262	2 618	-
June	758	881	1 073	2 618	1 961	2 468	2 770	-
July	696	817	1 416	2 762	2 256	2 848	3 296	-
August	549	935	1 215	2 624	1 762	2 886	4 090	-
September	813	842	2 186	2 340	1 936	3 018	2 798	-
October	418	797	1 630	2 120	1 680	3 178	2 936	-
November	477	760	1 833	1 565	2 250	1 968	2 224	-
December	501	1 012	1 832	1 876	2 192	2 070	2 198	-
TOTAL	5 354	9 947	15 438	24 928	21 557	28 282	31 798	6 467

Table: Naloxone doses distributed by pharmacies, by month, Sudbury and Manitoulin districts, 2018–2025

Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	228	504	534	612	480	568	706	-
February	252	362	482	592	564	726	718	-
March	312	492	428	706	566	1 062	822	-
April	424	538	880	640	574	520	846	-
May	442	680	474	584	896	708	720	-
June	734	594	446	752	442	758	658	-
July	428	580	486	556	456	720	688	-
August	498	678	522	712	528	1 014	782	-
September	396	538	570	748	542	818	944	-
October	462	490	728	738	300	442	664	-
November	422	554	724	998	374	538	898	-
December	440	528	708	676	564	516	372	-
TOTAL	5 038	6 538	6 982	8 314	6 286	8 390	8 818	0

Note:

Counts, especially those from recent months, are preliminary and subject to change.
Pharmacy data are not yet available for recent months.
Data on counts of doses distributed by the Réseau ACCESS Network were only available by quarter from January 2018 to June 2019. These quarterly counts are assumed here to have been distributed equally in across the 3 months comprising each quarter in that period.

Sources: 1) Public Health Sudbury & Districts naloxone distribution program data [unpublished], accessed May 20, 2025, 2) Réseau ACCESS Network naloxone distribution program data [unpublished], accessed May 20, 2025 3) Ontario Naloxone Program for Pharmacies data, Ministry of Health, received February 18, 2025.

This item was last modified on May 21, 2025