Supervised Consumption Services (SCSs) are clinical spaces for people to bring their own drugs to use in the presence of trained health professionals. Canadian and international evidence shows that SCSs save lives, connect people to social services and are pathways to treatment.

SCSs are designed to improve the health status of people who use drugs by having trained health professionals available immediately should a person overdose. They are also a place for people who use drugs to connect with other health and social services, including mental health services. They have been shown to prevent overdose deaths and reduce the spread of infectious diseases. The first SCS in Toronto opened in 2017.

There are ten sites currently providing supervised consumption services in Toronto and six of these sites are provincially designated as a Consumption and Treatment Service (CTS) site. Toronto Public Health operates a SCS site (located at 277 Victoria St.) and inspects the six provincially designated CTS sites in Toronto, as mandated by the CTS Compliance & Enforcement Protocol under the Ontario Public Health Standards. Inspection results are posted here as required by the provincial protocol.

Please note that the hours listed below may change. Contact the locations directly for more information.

Last updated: October 16, 2023
Location Hours
Fred Victor*
139 Jarvis St.
(Queen Street East/Jarvis Street)
Phone: 416-644-3081
Monday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. last call 
Tuesday to Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. last call  
Moss Park CTS*
134 Sherbourne St.
(Queen Street East/Sherbourne Street)
Phone: 416-546-3984
Note: Last call is at staff discretion
Tuesday to Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre*
168 Bathurst St.
(Bathurst Street/Queen Street West)
Phone: 416-703-8482
Note: Last call is 30 minutes before close
Monday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre*
1229 Queen St. W.
(Queen Street West/Dufferin Street)
Phone: 416-537-2455
Note: Last call is 30 minutes before close
Monday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Regent Park Bevel Up CTS Site, Regent Park Community Health Centre*
465 Dundas St. E.
(Dundas Street East/Parliament Street)
Phone: 416-203-4506
Note: Last call is at 4 p.m.
Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
South Riverdale Community Health Centre
KeepSIX*
955 Queen St. E.
(Queen Street East/Carlaw Street)
Phone: 416-461-1925
Note: Last call is at 4 p.m.
Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Street Health
338 Dundas St. E.
(Dundas Street East/Sherbourne Street)
Phone: 416-921-8668
Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Kensington Market Overdose Prevention Service
260 Augusta
(at College St.)
Note: Last call is 30 minutes before close
Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Toronto Public Health
The Works
277 Victoria St.
(Yonge Street/Dundas Street East)
Phone: 416-338-7600
Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Casey House
119 Isabella St.
(Isabella/Jarvis Street)
Phone: 416-962-7600
Note: For use by Casey House patients only
Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

*indicates CTS Site

Supervised Consumption Services for Shelter Users (iPHARE)

The Integrated Prevention and Harm Reduction initiative (iPHARE) is a multi-pronged effort by the City and community agencies to reduce opioid-related deaths in Toronto’s shelter system. The initiative was established in December 2020 by Shelter, Support and Housing Administration, Toronto Public Health, community health and harm reduction partners, and people with lived experience of homelessness and substance use.
In 2022, iPHARE provided more than nine million dollars in funding for a range of harm reduction supports, including embedded harm reduction workers or visiting harm reduction outreach workers at 23 shelters, respites and shelter hotel locations identified as priority sites, and a mobile program to provide harm reduction support to clients required to self-isolate in shelters experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, support services for enhanced intensive mental health case management supports and Urgent Public Health Needs Sites in selected shelters across the city.

Learn more about iPHARE.

Consumption and Treatment Service sites (CTSs) are provincially regulated and funded services that have a specific set of provincially established rules and requirements in order to operate and receive provincial funding. They provide a similar range of services to SCSs. The number of CTS sites is determined by the Ministry of Health.

Learn more about the Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS) Inspection Program.

Questions, Concerns or Complaints about Infection Control at CTS Sites

  • Members of the public can submit questions, concerns or complaints about the CTS sites to the Toronto Public Health Control of Infectious Diseases/Infection Control Program online by submitting a CTS Complaint Intake Form, by phone at 416-338-8400 or email CTSComplaints@toronto.ca.

Questions, Concerns or Complaints about Public Safety 

  • Members of the public can contact the local Toronto Police Service Division with concerns or complaints about public safety. In case of an emergency or crisis, Toronto Police Service also responds to 911 calls, along with Toronto Fire and Toronto Paramedic Services.
  • The public can file a report online with the police for: illegal parking, damage to property, damage to vehicle, local traffic issues or concerns, general driving complaints, graffiti, fraud and theft.
  • For calls that aren’t appropriate for a 911 response, the public can call the non-emergency line: 416-808-2222. If the public is unsure of who to call, an overview of numbers is available here.

If there is a concern about a supervised consumption service that isn’t captured by the CTS complaint process, you can call the organization providing the supervised consumption service and speak to a member of their staff.

All needles and biohazards found in City facilities or parks will be removed as soon as possible. To date, there has been no reported transmission of HIV following injuries by improperly discarded needles in the community.

Needles found on or in roads, sidewalks, boulevards, or city laneways can be reported immediately by calling 311 or by submitting an online service request. Needles found in city parks can be reported by calling 311.

Learn more about needle safety.

Health Canada

The federal government (Health Canada) is responsible for granting exemptions to Section 56.1 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA).  An exemption is required to operate a supervised consumption service site (clinical space where people bring their own drugs to use in the presence of trained health professionals). All ten sites providing supervised consumption services in Toronto have received such an exemption from Health Canada.

Additional information from Health Canada on supervised consumption services and sites is available on the Health Canada website.

Ontario Ministry of Health

Of the ten supervised consumption services sites in Toronto, six are provincially designated Consumption and Treatment Service sites (CTS). Like other provincially funded health care facilities, CTS sites operate under provincially established rules and requirements.

Organizations (such as a CHC or similar incorporated health care or community based organization) that operate a CTS must complete a provincial application process which includes demonstrating that they have an exemption from Health Canada (see above).  The complete list of provincial requirements to operate a CTS and receive provincial funding are outlined in Ontario’s CTS application guide.

Toronto Public Health

The Ministry of Health publishes the Ontario Public Health Standards: Requirements for Programs, Services, and Accountability (Standards), under the authority of section 7 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA). The Standards specify the health programs and services that local public health units, including Toronto Public Health, must provide; under the Standards, there are also Protocols which provide specific operational direction to local public health units.

The Consumption and Treatment Services Compliance and Enforcement Protocol describes the terms under which Toronto Public Health is to conduct routine on-site inspections and complaints-based inspections of the six Consumption and Treatment Service (CTS) sites in Toronto. Inspection results are posted on the City’s website.

Toronto Public Health has no legislative role or authority under the Health Protection and Promotion Act or the Ontario Public Health Standards with respect to the governance or operations of a Consumption and Treatment Service (CTS) site or a Community Health Centre.

  • The Board of Health and Council approved Toronto Drug Strategy (2005) recommended a needs assessment and feasibility study for supervised consumption services in Toronto.
  • The Toronto and Ottawa Supervised Consumption Assessment (TOSCA), an independent research study concluded that Toronto would benefit from supervised injection services integrated into health services already serving people who inject drugs.
  • In 2013, the Board of Health supported the implementation of supervised injection services in Toronto.
  • In 2016, the Board of Health approved a report from the Medical Officer of Health indicating that three health services in Toronto are planning to add small-scale supervised injection services to their existing clinical services, outlining the process for implementation, and seeking Board of Health support to begin stakeholder consultations.
  • In 2016 Toronto Public Health (The Works), Queen West-Central Toronto Community Health Centre and South Riverdale Community Health Centre worked together to align consultation efforts. Community consultations took place from March 22 through mid-May 2016.
  • In 2016 the Board of Health received a summary of the consultation and supported the implementation of small-scale supervised injection services at Toronto Public Health (The Works), Queen West-Central Toronto Community Health Centre and South Riverdale Community Health Centre. The Medical Officer of Health and the Board of Health submitted an exemption request to Health Canada.
  • In 2016 Council requested the City Manager to provide the letter required by clause 56.1(3)(c) of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act indicating that Council supports the implementation of small scale supervised injection services at Toronto Public Health (The Works), Queen West-Central Toronto Community Health Centre and South Riverdale Community Health Centre.
  • In 2017, City Council requested the Federal Minister of Health to review the requirements under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to enable local health authorities to respond immediately to local overdose emergencies and expedite implementation of supervised consumption sites including allowing for diverse service models that best meet the needs of the local community.