Overdose Response in B.C. Communities, 2016 - 2021
Overdose Response in B.C. Communities, 2016 - 2021
Overdose Response in B.C. Communities, 2016 - 2021
BCEHS is consistently monitoring the potential overdose call volumes across the province and
reporting out on the data. The yearly total reflects the number of overdose calls paramedics
responded to in each community. Here are community overdose call volumes across BC.
Communities 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
100 Mile House 17 13 14 9 10 31
Abbotsford 605 640 719 943 936 1,368
Agassiz 30 28 26 33 33 60
Armstrong 12 10 11 8 11 8
Burnaby 510 493 477 521 598 654
Burns Lake 14 10 7 20 18 18
Campbell River 152 200 230 177 249 403
Castlegar 16 29 15 32 17 33
Central Saanich 32 21 38 33 34 38
Chase 11 19 17 14 14 9
Chemainus 20 9 9 21 14 32
Chilliwack 350 487 558 560 548 821
Cobble Hill 5 11 11 16 13 15
Coldstream 18 15 10 15 15 20
Colwood 25 27 48 38 43 46
Comox 13 25 44 29 20 36
Coquitlam 284 341 362 315 386 518
Courtenay 92 178 169 138 206 467
Cranbrook 49 65 75 78 104 191
Creston 11 6 11 8 8 11
Cumberland 9 13 10 9 8 11
Dawson Creek 48 59 59 50 53 69
Delta 158 167 191 132 176 219
Duncan 162 184 235 263 414 484
Enderby 20 22 13 27 29 27
Esquimalt 70 83 75 77 71 75
Fort Nelson 10 10 6 6 20 20
Fort St James 17 13 13 19 26 43
Fort St John 86 78 89 77 125 97
Gibsons 17 23 34 32 24 37
Overdose Response in BC Communities