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Suspected non-fatal overdoses in shelter, respite and hotel sites, 2018–2025

More than half of
this file is not
a number

The City records suspected overdoses at named shelter sites, one row per site per quarter. 1,963 rows. 853 of them carry a count. The rest carry “< 5” or nothing at all — a rule that protects the people behind small numbers, and leaves anyone adding the file up standing on a floor rather than a total.

Site-quarters on file
1,963
Carrying a number
853
Withheld as “< 5”
716
Blank
394

What the file actually supports

Between 5,320
and 7,468 overdoses

Add up only the published counts and you get 4,604. But 716 site-quarters are marked “< 5”, and every one of them is a real event the City declined to size. Read them all as one and the total is 5,320. Read them all as four and it is 7,468. Nothing in the file lets you choose between those, so this page does not.

Suppression is not the City behaving badly. A count of two at a named twenty-bed shelter identifies people. The rule is right; the problem is that a file built under it cannot be summed, and it is published in a format that invites summing.

Receipt

1,963 site-quarter rows. 853 carry an integer summing to 4,604; 716 carry “< 5”; 394 are blank. Floor = counted + one per withheld cell. Ceiling = counted + four per withheld cell.

Source
Suspected Opioid Overdoses in Toronto Shelters
Published by
Toronto Public Health / SSHA
Period
2018–2025, by quarter
Retrieved
12 July 2026
File
data/civic/opioid_overdoses.csv
Licence
Open Government Licence - Toronto

Quarterly counts of suspected non-fatal overdose events responded to by shelter staff or EMS at named facilities. Any count below five is suppressed to protect the people behind it and arrives as the string “< 5”, and a further set of site-quarters carry no value at all; 56.5% of the file is therefore not a number. Every total drawn from it is a floor, not a count, and the site publishes the interval rather than a midpoint. Sites also open, close and rename between quarters, so a site absent from a year may have closed rather than reported nothing.

Blank cells are treated as absence of a record, not as a suppressed count, so they are excluded from both ends of the interval. If some of them are in fact withheld counts, the true ceiling is higher than 7,468.

The 26 sites with the highest counted totals

The holes, drawn
at full weight

One row per site, one column per year. A dark cell is a year with a published count. A hatched cell is a year in which every quarter came back “< 5” — the site was open, staff responded, and the file will not say how often. A pale cell is a year with no row at all.

Read the grid across rather than down. A row that runs dark then pale has usually closed; a row that runs hatched throughout is a site the file names 114 times over and never once sizes.

Receipt

Sites ranked by counted total, top 26 of 296. A year is drawn as counted if any quarter in it published an integer, as withheld if none did but at least one carried “< 5”, and as absent otherwise.

Source
Suspected Opioid Overdoses in Toronto Shelters
Published by
Toronto Public Health / SSHA
Period
2018–2025, by quarter
Retrieved
12 July 2026
File
data/civic/opioid_overdoses.csv
Licence
Open Government Licence - Toronto

Quarterly counts of suspected non-fatal overdose events responded to by shelter staff or EMS at named facilities. Any count below five is suppressed to protect the people behind it and arrives as the string “< 5”, and a further set of site-quarters carry no value at all; 56.5% of the file is therefore not a number. Every total drawn from it is a floor, not a count, and the site publishes the interval rather than a midpoint. Sites also open, close and rename between quarters, so a site absent from a year may have closed rather than reported nothing.

The sites that only ever appear as “< 5”

114 sites the file
names but never sizes

Of the 296 locations in this file, only 69 ever carry a published number. 114 appear solely through withheld cells: we know an overdose happened there, we know roughly when, and we will never know how many. They are the reason the ceiling is worth printing.

Receipt

Locations grouped by the best state any of their rows reach: counted beats withheld, withheld beats blank.

Source
Suspected Opioid Overdoses in Toronto Shelters
Published by
Toronto Public Health / SSHA
Period
2018–2025, by quarter
Retrieved
12 July 2026
File
data/civic/opioid_overdoses.csv
Licence
Open Government Licence - Toronto

Quarterly counts of suspected non-fatal overdose events responded to by shelter staff or EMS at named facilities. Any count below five is suppressed to protect the people behind it and arrives as the string “< 5”, and a further set of site-quarters carry no value at all; 56.5% of the file is therefore not a number. Every total drawn from it is a floor, not a count, and the site publishes the interval rather than a midpoint. Sites also open, close and rename between quarters, so a site absent from a year may have closed rather than reported nothing.

32 quarters

When it was worst

Counted events by quarter. The hatched cap on each column is the withheld floor — one event for every “< 5” in that quarter — so the true column is at least that tall and at most four times the hatch taller. The peak is 2021 Q4, with 404 counted events in three months.

The peak year is 2021, at 1,305 counted events. The same year is the deadliest in the shelter mortality record: 132 deaths of shelter residents. Two files, two departments, one year.

Receipt

Quarterly sums of published counts. The hatched portion is the count of withheld cells in that quarter, drawn at one event each, which is its floor. Shelter deaths peaked at 132 in 2021.

Source
Suspected Opioid Overdoses in Toronto Shelters
Published by
Toronto Public Health / SSHA
Period
2018–2025, by quarter
Retrieved
12 July 2026
File
data/civic/opioid_overdoses.csv
Licence
Open Government Licence - Toronto
Source
Deaths of Shelter Residents (Monthly, 2007–2025)
Published by
Toronto Public Health / Shelter, Support and Housing Administration
Period
2007–2025
Retrieved
12 July 2026
File
data/civic/shelter_deaths_monthly.csv
Licence
Open Government Licence - Toronto

Quarterly counts of suspected non-fatal overdose events responded to by shelter staff or EMS at named facilities. Any count below five is suppressed to protect the people behind it and arrives as the string “< 5”, and a further set of site-quarters carry no value at all; 56.5% of the file is therefore not a number. Every total drawn from it is a floor, not a count, and the site publishes the interval rather than a midpoint. Sites also open, close and rename between quarters, so a site absent from a year may have closed rather than reported nothing.

Includes residents of City-funded emergency shelters and hotel programs who died while active in the system or shortly after discharge. Excludes unhoused people dying outside the shelter system unless verified by TPH.

The two files are collected by different teams under different rules and are not linked at the record level. A shared peak year is a shared context, not a demonstrated cause.

Where the counted events fall

Seven addresses
carry half of it

Sorted from the heaviest site down, the counted total climbs almost vertically and then flattens. 7 of the 69 sites that carry any number at all account for half of every counted event in eight years.

Receipt

Counted events per location, summed across all quarters, ranked. Concentration is measured on counted events only — the withheld cells cannot be allocated, and if they cluster at the smaller sites this curve overstates the concentration.

Source
Suspected Opioid Overdoses in Toronto Shelters
Published by
Toronto Public Health / SSHA
Period
2018–2025, by quarter
Retrieved
12 July 2026
File
data/civic/opioid_overdoses.csv
Licence
Open Government Licence - Toronto

Quarterly counts of suspected non-fatal overdose events responded to by shelter staff or EMS at named facilities. Any count below five is suppressed to protect the people behind it and arrives as the string “< 5”, and a further set of site-quarters carry no value at all; 56.5% of the file is therefore not a number. Every total drawn from it is a floor, not a count, and the site publishes the interval rather than a midpoint. Sites also open, close and rename between quarters, so a site absent from a year may have closed rather than reported nothing.

The 69-site capacity baseline, 2017–2019

The denominator
does not fit

The obvious next question is overdoses per bed. The only capacity file that names sites the same way covers 2017–2019 — 69 shelters holding 5,754 beds — and it carries a warning on every row saying not to use it as a current figure. The overdose file runs to 2025, through a pandemic hotel programme the baseline never contained. So the rate is not computed here.

Publishing a rate against the wrong denominator would make this page more quotable and less true. The baseline is drawn here as what it is — the shape of the system before the years the overdose file describes — and the rate is left uncomputed until a capacity file covering the same years exists.

Receipt

69 shelter sites, 5,754 beds at 2017–2019 maximum capacity, grouped by the populations each site served.

Source
Toronto shelter sites, 2017–2019 capacity baseline
Published by
City of Toronto / SSHA
Period
2017–2019
Retrieved
12 July 2026
File
v1-library/data/MAIN_DATA_002_Shelter_Sites_2017_2019_Baseline.csv
Licence
Open Government Licence - Toronto

The file carries its own warning on every row: historical baseline only, verify current status before public use. Sites have opened, closed and changed operator since, and the pandemic hotel programme is not in it at all. It is used here as a denominator of record for the period it covers, never as a description of the shelter system today.

The full registry

Every location in the file

All 296 locations, with what was counted, what was withheld, and how many quarters each appears in. Sort by withheld quarters to find the sites this file describes least well.

296 rows
Suspected non-fatal overdose events by shelter location
LocationCounted eventsWithheld quartersQuarters on fileYears
HFS 545 Lake Shore Blvd W6092282018–2024
SSHA Seaton House4701242018–2023
St. Felix Centre 69 Fraser Ave Respite4601162019–2022
HFS 195 Princes' Blvd259222018–2024
SA Maxwell Meighen Centre2407282018–2024
HFS Willowdale Centre2142182020–2025
Multiple Youth & Adult Agencies Scarborough Hotel Program1951132022–2025
Dixon Hall Bond Place Hotel Program1805182020–2024
45 The Esplanade15182021–2022
Youth Agencies Scarborough Hotel Program10182020–2021
Streets to Homes Assessment and Referral Centre (SHARC)9316292018–2025
SSHA Roehampton Hotel Program892162020–2023
SSHA North York West Hotel Program8982022–2023
TSSS Seaton House8552024–2025
Queen Elizabeth Building802122018–2020
HFS Strachan House797172018–2022
TSSS SEATON HOUSE67232025
Fred Victor Centre 1A Strachan Ave Respite6611212020–2025
Fred Victor Uptown Hotel Program669212020–2025
COSTI/SSHA Etobicoke Hotel Program6042021
St. Felix Centre 69 Fraser Ave. Respite51382023–2025
Dixon Hall 351 Lake Shore Blvd E Respite5017252019–2025
Homes First Society 354 George St Shelter504122018–2020
SSHA Etobicoke Hotel Program46282022–2023
HFS 545 LAKE SHORE BLVD W SHELTER45232025
TSSS Etobicoke Hotel Program42152024–2025
St. Felix Centre 25 Augusta Ave Respite366242018–2023
STREETS TO HOMES ASSESSMENT AND REFERRAL CENTRE (SHARC)32232025
HFS St. Clair Ave E Shelter3115252018–2025
SSHA Womens' Residence3114242018–2023
TSSS ETOBICOKE HOTEL PROGRAM30232025
Dixon Hall 354 George St Shelter289152021–2024
HFS - Lawrence East Shelter2610172021–2025
Margaret's 323 Dundas St E Women's Drop-In267122018–2020
Dixon Hall Downtown Hotel247162020–2023
Maxwell Meighen Centre2312025
Isolation/Recovery Site - Etobicoke22382020–2021
HFS 545 Lake Shore Blvd W Shelter2212025
SA Scarborough Hotel Program218182020–2025
Warden Hilltop CC21182020–2022
Good Shepherd Centre1918282018–2025
CONC Etobicoke Hotel Program188192018–2025
SA New Hope Leslieville1711252018–2025
SSHA Downtown Response Program178182020–2024
SSHA Junction Place178162020–2023
SSHA Scarborough Hotel Program 1156122021–2023
TSSS North York West Hotel Program15242024
John Innes CC14242020
Dixon Hall Heyworth House1316282018–2025
Progress Avenue Shelter13252023–2025
HFS - Metro Strachan12392022–2025
Masaryk-Cowan CRC12282020–2022
Fred Victor Centre Bethlehem United1115242018–2023
Fred Victor Elizabeth10122024–2025
HFS 195 PRINCES' BLVD1012025
Fred Victor Centre The Phoenix 24-Hour Women's Drop-In98162018–2021
ST. FELIX CENTRE 69 FRASER AVE. RESPITE7232025
Margaret's 21 Park Rd Respite619292018–2025
Warden Woods 705 Progress Ave Respite68172018–2025
COVENANT HOUSE GERRARD ST E6232025
FRED VICTOR UPTOWN HOTEL PROGRAM6232025
Jimmie Simpson CC642020
Sistering516252018–2025
SSHA Downtown Hotel Program512242018–2023
Dixon Hall Schoolhouse59212018–2025
HFS Placer57102022–2025
Multiple Adult Agencies Downtown Hotel Program5582020–2021
Etobicoke Hotel Site 15352023–2025
TSSS Downtown Hotel Program5352024–2025
Covenant House Gerrard St E18262018–2025
SA Gateway16272018–2025
HFS Kennedy Rd Women's Shelter13252018–2025
SSHA Fort York Residence12242018–2023
Turning Point Youth Services12252018–2025
CONC Men's Shelter Lansdowne Ave10212019–2025
YWCA Davenport Shelter10212018–2025
Eva's Place9172018–2025
Fife House Sherbourne St9172020–2025
SA Evangeline Residence8182019–2025
SA Islington Seniors' Shelter8172019–2025
Eva's Satellite7122018–2021
Na-Me-Res7252018–2025
Street Haven7172018–2025
SA North Hotel Program682021–2022
SSHA Downsview Dells6162018–2023
HFS Downtown Hotel Program582022–2023
YWCA East End Hotel Program582020–2021
Good Shepherd Centre West End Hotel Program4112020–2025
Multiple Youth Agencies Downtown Hotel Program4122021–2023
Scott Mission4142019–2025
SSHA Scarborough Village Residence4122021–2023
St. Simon's4122018–2020
Adelaide Resource Centre for Women392022–2025
DIXON HALL 351 LAKE SHORE BLVD E RESPITE332025
DIXON HALL 354 GEORGE ST332025
FRED VICTOR CENTRE 1A STRACHAN AVE RESPITE332025
HFS - LAWRENCE EAST SHELTER332025
Kennedy House Youth Shelter3132018–2025
MAXWELL MEIGHEN CENTRE332025
Scarborough Women's Shelter - Milner392021–2025
Sojourn House Ontario St3132018–2025
SSHA Birkdale Residence3122018–2021
SSHA Family Residence382018–2020
St. Felix Centre Esplanade Response Program342020
YMCA House352020–2021
CONC MEN'S SHELTER LANSDOWNE AVE232025
Cornerstone Place292018–2025
COSTI Uptown Hotel Program292020–2025
COSTI/CITY NORTH YORK WEST HOTEL PROGRAM222025
Covenant House McGill St262021–2025
Dixon Hall - Warming Centre North York222024
Dixon Hall 354 George St222022–2025
Dixon Hall Evangel Hall OOTC242018
DIXON HALL HEYWORTH HOUSE232025
FRED VICTOR CENTRE BETHLEHEM UNITED SHELTER232025
Homes First Society Savard's Shelter282018–2019
HORIZONS FOR YOUTH232025
Metro Hall232023
PROGRESS AVENUE SHELTER232025
SA Florence Booth House242019
SA ISLINGTON SENIORS' SHELTER232025
Sagatay292019–2025
SCOTT MISSION232025
SSHA Scarborough Hotel Program 2282019–2020
SSHA Scarborough Hotel Program 3242019
SSHA Scarborough Hotel Program 6222021
St. Simon's Clubbe House262021–2025
Street Haven Downtown Hotel Program292020–2025
SVDP Mary's Home292021–2025
The Scott Mission - Kensington location252022–2025
Trinity CRC262020–2021
TSSS DOWNTOWN HOTEL PROGRAM232025
TSSS DOWNTOWN RESPONSE PROGRAM232025
Vanauley Street YMCA Emergency Shelter282021–2025
Youth Without Shelter292018–2025
YouthLink252020–2025
YWCA 1st Stop Woodlawn252021–2025
885 Scarborough Golf Club Road112024
Christie Refugee Welcome Centre152021–2025
CONC ETOBICOKE HOTEL PROGRAM132025
CONC Men's Shelter Bloor St W152020–2025
CONC West End Hotel Program152020–2025
DH WARMING CENTRE - 81 ELIZABETH112025
DIXON HALL - WARMING CENTRE NORTH YORK112025
Dixon Hall Eastminster United OOTC142019
DIXON HALL SCHOOLHOUSE132025
Dixon Hall St. Margaret's OOTC142019
Dixon Hall St. Matthew's OOTC142019
Dixon Hall Warming Centre - North York112025
Driftwood CC142020
ETOBICOKE HOTEL SITE 1132025
Eva's Phoenix152019–2025
EVA'S SATELLITE132025
Fred Victor Centre Fatima House122024–2025
Fred Victor Centre Transition to Housing Dundas St E122024–2025
Fred Victor Centre Women's Shelter142020
Fred Victor Warming Centre - Metro Hall112025
Friends of Ruby132024–2025
GOOD SHEPHERD CENTRE132025
HFS - METRO STRACHAN132025
HFS KENNEDY RD WOMEN'S SHELTER132025
Horizons for Youth152020–2025
Matty Eckler CC142020
MULTIPLE YOUTH & ADULT AGENCIES SCARBOROUGH HOTEL PROGRAM122025
NA-ME-RES132025
Red Door Family Shelter152021–2025
SA GATEWAY132025
SISTERING122025
SSHA Broadway Residences 1142020
SSHA Broadway Residences 2142020
SSHA East End Hotel Program142022
SSHA Robertson House142019
SSHA Scarborough Response Program142020
SVDP Elisa House152021–2025
TSSS - WARMING CENTRE - SCARBOROUGH GOLF CLUB ROAD112025
TSSS JUNCTION PLACE132025
TSSS Robertson House112024
TSSS WOMENS' RESIDENCE132025
YMCA Sprott House152019–2025
Youth Agencies Downtown Hotel Program142020
YWCA - First Stop Woodlawn182018–2020
YWCA 1ST STOP WOODLAWN132025
YWCA DAVENPORT SHELTER132025
ADELAIDE RESOURCE CENTRE FOR WOMEN22025
Centre for Refugee Children - Anchor House12025
CENTRE FOR REFUGEE CHILDREN - ANCHOR HOUSE32025
Christie Ossington - Spadina Rd12025
CHRISTIE OSSINGTON - SPADINA RD12025
CHRISTIE REFUGEE WELCOME CENTRE32025
CHT Thrive Transitional Shelter12025
CHT THRIVE TRANSITIONAL SHELTER32025
CMHA-TO - CARLTON HOUSE32025
CONC MEN'S SHELTER BLOOR ST W32025
CONC WEST END HOTEL PROGRAM32025
CORNERSTONE PLACE32025
COSTI ETOBICOKE HOTEL PROGRAM22025
COSTI Etobicoke Hotel Program12025
COSTI HOTEL PROGRAM DIXON12025
COSTI Reception Centre12025
COSTI RECEPTION CENTRE32025
COSTI UPTOWN HOTEL PROGRAM32025
COSTI/City North York West Hotel Program12025
Covenant House - Madison12025
COVENANT HOUSE - MADISON32025
COVENANT HOUSE MCGILL ST32025
CRC Hotel Program Eglinton12025
EVA'S PHOENIX32025
EVA'S PLACE32025
Fife House Denison Ave12025
FIFE HOUSE DENISON AVE32025
FIFE HOUSE SHERBOURNE ST32025
Fred Victor Centre Bethlehem United Shelter12025
FRED VICTOR CENTRE FATIMA HOUSE32025
FRED VICTOR CENTRE TRANSITION TO HOUSING DUNDAS ST E32025
Fred Victor Mary Sheffield House12025
FRED VICTOR MARY SHEFFIELD HOUSE32025
FRIENDS OF RUBY32025
Good Shepherd Centre Barrett House12025
GOOD SHEPHERD CENTRE BARRETT HOUSE32025
GOOD SHEPHERD CENTRE WEST END HOTEL PROGRAM32025
HFS PLACER32025
HFS ST. CLAIR AVE E SHELTER32025
HFS WILLOWDALE CENTRE32025
Homes First Society - Pacewood12025
HOMES FIRST SOCIETY - PACEWOOD32025
JIMMIE SIMPSON CC12025
KENNEDY HOUSE YOUTH SHELTER32025
KINGSTON RESIDENCE SWS22025
LA PASSERELLE I.D.E. L'AGAPANTHE32025
MARGARET'S 21 PARK RD RESPITE32025
MATTHEW HOUSE - DUNDAS HOUSE22025
MATTHEW HOUSE – EUNICE HOUSE12025
NATIVE CHILD & FAMILY - SPADINA12025
Native Child & Family Services Toronto12025
NATIVE CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES TORONTO32025
Nellie's Women's Shelter12025
NELLIE'S WOMEN'S SHELTER32025
Niizhoodenh Mshiikenhik - Twin Turtles12025
NIIZHOODENH MSHIIKENHIK - TWIN TURTLES22025
RED DOOR FAMILY SHELTER32025
Robertson House12025
ROBERTSON HOUSE32025
Romero - Edna Lane House12025
ROMERO – EDNA LANE HOUSE22025
ROMERO-EDNA LANE HOUSE12025
SA EVANGELINE RESIDENCE32025
SA NEW HOPE LESLIEVILLE32025
SA SCARBOROUGH HOTEL PROGRAM32025
SAGATAY32025
SCARBOROUGH HOTEL PROGRAM 122025
SCARBOROUGH WOMEN'S SHELTER - MILNER32025
Sojourn House Hotel Program12025
SOJOURN HOUSE HOTEL PROGRAM32025
SOJOURN HOUSE ONTARIO ST32025
SSHA Scarborough Hotel Program 412021
SSHA Scarborough Hotel Program 512021
ST. FELIX CTR - ADELAIDE SHELTER22025
ST. SIMON'S CLUBBE HOUSE32025
STREET HAVEN32025
STREET HAVEN DOWNTOWN HOTEL PROGRAM32025
SVDP Amelie House12025
SVDP AMELIE HOUSE32025
SVDP ELISA HOUSE32025
SVDP MARY'S HOME32025
SVDP St. Clare's Residence12025
SVDP ST. CLARE'S RESIDENCE32025
THE SCOTT MISSION - KENSINGTON LOCATION32025
Toronto Community Hostel (MUC)12025
TORONTO COMMUNITY HOSTEL (MUC)22025
TSSS - WARMING CENTRE - CECIL12025
TSSS - Warming Centre - Scarborough Golf Club Road12025
TSSS Birkdale Residence12025
TSSS BIRKDALE RESIDENCE32025
TSSS Downsview Dells12025
TSSS DOWNSVIEW DELLS22025
TSSS Downtown Response Program12025
TSSS Family Residence12025
TSSS FAMILY RESIDENCE32025
TSSS Fort York Residence12025
TSSS FORT YORK RESIDENCE32025
TSSS Junction Place12025
TSSS North Hotel Program12025
TSSS NORTH HOTEL PROGRAM32025
TSSS NORTH YORK WEST HOTEL PROGRAM12025
TSSS Scarborough Hotel Program 112025
TSSS Scarborough Hotel Program 312025
TSSS SCARBOROUGH HOTEL PROGRAM 312025
TSSS Scarborough Village Residence12025
TSSS SCARBOROUGH VILLAGE RESIDENCE32025
TSSS Womens' Residence12025
TURNING POINT YOUTH SERVICES32025
VANAULEY STREET YMCA EMERGENCY SHELTER32025
WARDEN WOODS SCARBOROUGH HOTEL PROGRAM12025
YMCA SPROTT HOUSE32025
YOUTH WITHOUT SHELTER32025
YOUTHLINK32025
Receipt

One row per distinct location name. Counted events sum published integers only; withheld quarters count cells reading “< 5”. A dash means the file holds no such value for that site, which is not the same as zero.

Source
Suspected Opioid Overdoses in Toronto Shelters
Published by
Toronto Public Health / SSHA
Period
2018–2025, by quarter
Retrieved
12 July 2026
File
data/civic/opioid_overdoses.csv
Licence
Open Government Licence - Toronto

Quarterly counts of suspected non-fatal overdose events responded to by shelter staff or EMS at named facilities. Any count below five is suppressed to protect the people behind it and arrives as the string “< 5”, and a further set of site-quarters carry no value at all; 56.5% of the file is therefore not a number. Every total drawn from it is a floor, not a count, and the site publishes the interval rather than a midpoint. Sites also open, close and rename between quarters, so a site absent from a year may have closed rather than reported nothing.

Year by year

The interval, annually

Each year carries its own floor and ceiling. The gap between them is the part of the year that was suppressed — widest in 2020, and never nothing.

8 rows
Counted, withheld and the interval each year supports
YearCountedWithheld cellsTotal the file supportsSites on file
201817079249 – 48644
201945281533 – 77649
2020611115726 – 1,07177
20211,3051091,414 – 1,74179
2022699108807 – 1,13163
202365178729 – 96355
202443859497 – 67439
202527887365 – 626224

Across all eight years, 56.5% of the file is not a number: 36.5% withheld under the small-count rule, the rest blank. That is the single most important fact about this dataset, and it is not printed anywhere on it.

Receipt

Annual sums. Floor = counted + one per withheld cell; ceiling = counted + four per withheld cell. “Sites on file” counts distinct location names appearing in that year, whether or not they carry a number.

Source
Suspected Opioid Overdoses in Toronto Shelters
Published by
Toronto Public Health / SSHA
Period
2018–2025, by quarter
Retrieved
12 July 2026
File
data/civic/opioid_overdoses.csv
Licence
Open Government Licence - Toronto

Quarterly counts of suspected non-fatal overdose events responded to by shelter staff or EMS at named facilities. Any count below five is suppressed to protect the people behind it and arrives as the string “< 5”, and a further set of site-quarters carry no value at all; 56.5% of the file is therefore not a number. Every total drawn from it is a floor, not a count, and the site publishes the interval rather than a midpoint. Sites also open, close and rename between quarters, so a site absent from a year may have closed rather than reported nothing.