# Opioid-related emergency department visits are running 128% ahead of last year through July

The city's figures record 928 visits in the first 7 months of 2026, against 407 over the same months of 2025.

Published: 2026-08-19T10:28:06.335Z
Edition: hamilton
Canonical: https://localwire.ca/hamilton/2026-07-hamilton-opioid-ed-visits-pace
Publisher: Local Wire

## Record

Source: Hamilton Opioid Information System, City of Hamilton Public Health
Period: January to July, 2026 and 2025
Method: Year-to-date sums over the same number of months; percent change rounded to a whole number

## Report

Hamilton has recorded 928 opioid-related emergency department visits in 2026 through July, according to Hamilton Opioid Information System, City of Hamilton Public Health. Over the same 7 months of 2025 the series recorded 407, a difference of 128%.

The full series, with every month the city has published, is on the [Hamilton numbers page](/hamilton/numbers). Every figure is read directly from the city's own published data and links to it.

## Sources

[1] Hamilton Opioid Information System, City of Hamilton Public Health — https://www.hamilton.ca/people-programs/public-health/alcohol-drugs-gambling/hamilton-opioid-information-system