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Treatment and Rehabilitation

Supporting treatment and rehabilitation programs for individuals with substance use problems is one way Canada's Drug Strategy can reduce the demand for drugs in Canada. While responsibility for treatment in Canada falls largely under provincial and territorial jurisdiction, Health Canada provides cost-sharing funding to participating provinces and territories for alcohol and drug treatment and rehabilitation programs and services targeting women and youth. Health Canada collaborates with the provinces and territories to stimulate the development of new treatment and rehabilitation programs, evaluate programs, identify best practices, and disseminate information across the country.

There are approximately 1,000 addiction treatment programs in Canada, with multiple levels of intervention and flexible, community-based activities which address the specific needs of individuals with substance use problems.

Alcohol and drug treatment and rehabilitation services in Canada include detoxification services, early identification and intervention, assessment and referral, basic counselling and case management, therapeutic intervention, and aftercare and clinical follow-up. Treatment is offered on an out-patient, day-patient or in-patient basis, including short-term and long-term residential care.

What Information is Available?

Alcohol and Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Program (Fact Sheet)

The ADTR Program is a component of Canada's Drug Strategy which supports the federal government's efforts to reduce substance use and the harms associated with the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs to individuals, families and communities. This Program provides cost-sharing funding to participating provinces and territories for alcohol and drug treatment and rehabilitation programs and services.

Drug Treatment Courts (Fact Sheet)

The goal of a Drug Treatment Court (DTC) is to reduce the social and economic costs of illicit substance abuse through an innovative federal/provincial/territorial partnership involving the criminal justice system, drug addiction treatment services and social service agencies.

DTC provide an alternative to incarceration, and are intended to reduce the number of crimes that are committed to support drug dependence by reducing drug addiction through court-monitored substance abuse treatment.

The Drug Treatment Court Funding Program (DTCFP) is delivered jointly by Health Canada and Justice Canada, with Justice having the lead responsibility for the administration of the Program.

National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program

The goal of this program is to support First Nations and Inuits and their communities to establish and operate programs aimed at arresting and off-setting high levels of alcohol, and other substance abuse among their target populations living on-reserve. The program includes a network of 54 treatment centres, with approximately 700 in-patient treatment beds. ... Read more