Confirmed Opioid related Deaths of Ottawa Residents

Date Created: November 2023 Update Frequency: Quarterly Last Reviewed: November 2023 Accuracy, Completeness, and Known Issues: Data are from the "Quarterly PHU opioid-related deaths report" published quarterly by the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario (OCCO). Opioid-related deaths are defined as an acute intoxication/toxicity death resulting from the direct effects of the administration of exogenous substance(s) where one or more of the substances is an opioid, regardless of how the opioid was obtained. This excludes deaths due to chronic substance use, medical assistance in dying, trauma where an intoxicant contributed to the circumstances of the injury and deaths classified as homicide. Reports only include confirmed opioid-related deaths for which death investigation results have indicated an opioid directly contributed to the cause of death; these reports are created when approximately 80% of the deaths in the most recent quarter for the province have been confirmed. A breakdown of confirmed vs probable cases can be found in the Interactive Opioid Tool on the PHO website (https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/dataandanalytics/pages/opioid.aspx). Deaths have been assigned…

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City of Ottawa

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2026-09-09