Best Practices - Treatment and Rehabilitation for Driving While Impaired Offenders

6. Inventory of Canadian DWI Programs

This is an inventory of educational and therapeutic remedial programs in Canada, as of 2002, for people charged with or convicted of alcohol- or drug-related driving offences. All jurisdictions have a DWI program in place with the exception of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.

All programs are provincial in scope except for the province of British Columbia. The Quesnel Addictions Services DWI Program is a regional program serving the municipality of Quesnel and surrounding areas. Saskatchewan has two DWI programs. The Safe Driving Program is offered in all 12 Regional Health Authorities. It includes an educational component, screening and assessment, and referral to a recovery program through Clinical Services. The second program, the St. Louis Impaired Driver Treatment Program, is a two-week residential program for persons convicted of a repeat DWI offence. Most clients are mandated to this program by the Corrections Branch.

List of Programs from East to West

1. Newfoundland and Labrador:
   Think First - A Program About Drinking and Driving
   
   
2. Prince Edward Island:
   Driver Rehabilitation Course
   
   
3. Nova Scotia:
   Addiction Services DWI Program
   
   
4. New Brunswick:
   Auto Control and Auto Control Plus
   
   
5. Québec:
   Programme sur l'évaluation de la compatibilité du comportement des personnes relativement à la consommation d'alcool ou de drogue, avec la conduite sécuritaire d'un véhicule
   
   
6. Ontario:
   Back on Track: Ontario's Remedial Measures Program for Impaired Drivers
   
   
7. Manitoba:
   Addictions Foundation of Manitoba's Impaired Drivers' Program
   
   
8. Saskatchewan:
   Safe Driving Program;
   Impaired Driver Treatment Program
   
   
9. Alberta:
   Planning Ahead/Impact
   
   
10. British Columbia:
    Quesnel Addictions Services - DWI Program