Opioid Agonist Treatment: June 2026

Correctional Service of Canada provides a point-in-time snapshot from June 2026 of individuals receiving Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) and those on waitlists, broken down by institution. The data was published on July 22, 2026, under the OGL-CA-2.0 license. It offers a focused view of OAT access within the Canadian federal correctional system at a specific date.

Use Cases

• Assess treatment capacity and wait times based on institution-level OAT and waitlist counts.
• Compare OAT program uptake across different correctional facilities mentioned in the data.
• Monitor changes in treatment access over time by comparing this snapshot with data from other periods.

Strengths

• Data provides a specific temporal snapshot for June 2026.
• Source is the authoritative Correctional Service of Canada.
• Data is disaggregated by institution, allowing for facility-level analysis.

Limitations

• Row count and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting detailed assessment.
• Data is a single snapshot; longitudinal analysis requires combining with other releases.
• The primary file format is PDF, which may complicate automated data extraction.

Provenance

Source

Correctional Service of Canada

Collection Method

Administrative data collection, likely from institutional healthcare records.

Time Range

June 2026 (point-in-time snapshot)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-22 18:42:56.063115

Geography

Canada (federal correctional institutions)