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 March 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 has ranged between 40 and 60 calls in most months 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, 2018–2025

Month 20182019202020212022202320242025
January 423386747324636
February1434586047515326
March1045438956406146
April13493468706461-
May127055541006869-
June14415079806151-
July9294675496043-
August30334476425563-
September20377870528170-
October19256486654946-
November27306073544237-
December285211399854733-
TOTAL200468683896747650633108

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Source: Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services, April 22, 2025.


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