The information presented in this section is meant to provide an overview of key issues and activities for each province and territory across Canada. Please help us to keep this section as comprehensive and up to date as possible by contacting us with your comments, revisions, updates and additions.
Key Substance Abuse-Related Agencies
Treatment Agencies in Ontario
Provincial Drug Strategy or Framework
Substance Use Statistical Highlights for Ontario
Key Guiding Documents
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's leading addiction and mental health teaching hospital. Through its central facility in Toronto and its 26 community locations throughout Ontario, CAMH focuses its mandate on transforming the lives of people affected by addiction and mental illness by applying the latest in scientific advances, through integrated and compassionate clinical practice, health promotion, education and research. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan-American Health Organization and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.
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For information about the many treatment services available throughout Ontario and how to contact them visit
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Provincial Drug Strategy or Framework
There is no formal information available at this time.
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2004 Canadian Addiction Survey (CAS)
CAS Report Highlights, 2004[PDF]
CAS Detailed Report, 2005 [PDF]
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)
Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (CCENDU) Provincial Data
Information on prevalence, enforcement, treatment, mortality, morbidity and HIV/AIDS/HCV broken down by province and territory.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) website
The Costs of Substance Abuse in Canada 2002: Highlights [PDF]
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), 2006
How Does Ontario Student Drug Use Compare With Other Regions of Canada? [PDF]
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), September/October 2006
The Mental Health and Well-Being of Ontario Students
1991-2005: Findings from the OSDUS
OSDUS Highlights [PDF]
Detailed OSDUS Findings [PDF]
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 2006
Drug Use Among Ontario students 1977-2005
OSDUS Highlights [PDF]
Detailed OSDUS Findings [PDF]
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), 2005
The Drug and Alcohol Treatment Information System (DATIS). Developed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Mental Health and Addictions Program, DATIS collects and reports client demographic and service utilization data from addiction and problem gambling treatment services in Ontario.
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Caring Together: Families as Partners in the Mental Health and Addiction System [PDF]
November 2006
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario
Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs
Addictions Sector Capacity Building—Phase One Report [PDF]
June 5, 2006
Gates Consulting Inc.
Commissioned by the Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs
Community Mental Health Sector Organizational Capacity-Building Project—Phase One—Interim Report [PDF]
June 26, 2006
Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario
Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs
Report to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Promoting Healthy Communities: A Framework for Alcohol Policy and Public Health in Ontario [PDF]
Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), 2003
Setting the Course: A Framework for Integrating Addiction Treatment Services in Ontario
Government of Ontario, 1999