03/23/2026
The Ontario government has announced it will cut funding to all remaining supervised consumption sites by June 13, 2026, after many were already forced to close in 2025. Early signs from these previous closures are worrying.
In the nine months before sites shut down in March 2025, emergency room visits for opioid overdoses dropped by 47%. After the closures, that progress reversed, with visits rising by 67%. While this is still early data, it raises concerns that shutting down the remaining sites will mean more people will end up in emergency departments, adding pressure to an already strained health care system and leading to longer wait times.
