Paramedic-Documented Patient Substance Use Reports

Paramedic records from Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service document patient-reported use of substances including Alcohol, Cocaine, Crystal Meth, Marijuana, and Opioids. Each record links a patient and a specific substance to an incident. The dataset is published by data.winnipeg.ca and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal patterns of substance-related incidents using the Dispatch Date column.
• Examine correlations between patient Age, Gender, and reported Substance type.
• Map incident density and substance prevalence by geographic area using Ward and Neighbourhood columns.
• Identify cases of poly-substance use by linking records via Incident Number and Patient Number.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple substance categories for analysis.
• Records contain geographic identifiers (Ward, Neighbourhood) for spatial analysis.
• Dataset structure explicitly defines relationships between Incident Number and Patient Number.

Limitations

• Total row count and sample size are unknown.
• Data is limited to incidents attended by WFPS paramedics, not a complete population survey.
• Potential for duplicate patient entries across incidents is noted but unquantified.

Provenance

Source

data.winnipeg.ca

Collection Method

Documented by Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) paramedic crews during patient encounters.

Freshness

Last updated April 2026.

Geography

Winnipeg, Canada, as indicated by Ward and Neighbourhood columns.