Emergency medical services calls

Figure: Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services calls for suspected opioid-related incidents, by month, 2018–2025

A graph showing the number of opioid-related calls attended by Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services each month from January 2018 until April 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 about 15 calls per month in early 2018 to 55 calls per month on average in the summer of 2019, before decreasing. It then rose again from 30 calls per month in late 2021 to about 80 calls per month at the start of 2021. It remained above 70 calls per month until the end of that year, then generally decreased throughout 2022. It ranged between 40 and 60 calls in most months in 2023 and 2024, but has been below 40 calls per month in 2025. 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, 2018–2025

Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	4	23	38	67	47	32	46	36
February	14	34	58	60	47	51	53	26
March	10	45	43	89	56	40	61	46
April	13	49	34	68	70	64	61	14
May	12	70	55	54	100	68	69	-
June	14	41	50	79	80	61	51	-
July	9	29	46	75	49	60	43	-
August	30	33	44	76	42	55	63	-
September	20	37	78	70	52	81	70	-
October	19	25	64	86	65	49	46	-
November	27	30	60	73	54	42	37	-
December	28	52	113	99	85	47	33	-
TOTAL	200	468	683	896	747	650	633	122

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, May 15, 2025.

This item was last modified on May 21, 2025

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