Ontario Ends Funding for 8 Supervised Consumption Sites in June
The move affects more than 26,000 overdose reversals and 1.4 million visits since 2020, according to federal data.
- Ontario's government announced it will stop funding eight remaining publicly funded supervised consumption sites in June, leaving thousands of users set to lose access to essential health services.
- Health Minister Sylvia Jones' spokesperson Ema Popovic stated the government is spending $560 million to replace injection sites with an abstinence-based model known as homelessness and addiction recovery treatment, or HART, hubs.
- Federal data shows supervised consumption sites recorded more than 1.4 million visits between 2020 and November 2025, with more than 26,000 overdoses reversed during that period, serving users like Riley Bisson.
- Public health researcher Gillian Kolla argued that shuttering sites will eliminate welcoming spaces for substance users, warning that current evidence supports harm reduction despite the government's policy shift.
- Rose Bisson, whose daughter Riley relies on Moss Park, called the closure "heartbreaking" for families fearing overdose deaths amid "unregulated and unpredictable" drugs, per site manager Sarah Greig.
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Ontarians fear increased deaths as clock ticks down for consumption sites
Thousands of Ontarians are set to soon lose access to safe consumption sites and their services, after the provincial government announced it would stop funding eight remaining publicly funded sites in June.
As clock ticks down for Ontario consumption sites, users fear they won’t survive
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As clock ticks down for Ontario consumption sites, users fear they won't survive
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As clock ticks down for Ontario consumption sites, users fear they won’t survive – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — For Riley Bisson, the unassuming one-storey house with a red brick exterior in Toronto’s downtown core is more than just a place to safely use drugs without worrying about dying of an overdose. The Moss Park supervised consumption site has become a refuge, a family, a walk-in clinic and a community where Bisson spends most days mingling with people who are facing the same challenges, the 50-year-old said. Bisson, who has spent nearly t…
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