Building a Healthier Future for Everyone
At Pathways to Recovery, we are dedicated to transforming the landscape of substance use healthcare. Our focus is on creating supportive environments that foster wellness for individuals and communities. By addressing the systemic gaps in care, we aim to build a future where every person has access to the resources they need to be successful.
The current system wasn’t built to address the unique needs of substance use care. Together, we’re building a better one.
WHO WE ARE
A not-for-profit founded by passionate health care providers facilitating support for those who need it most.
Pathways to Recovery works to scale respectful, patient focused programs that improves the health of individuals and communities struggling with substance use health. Through strategic partnerships with organizations that model respect-based care, we are committed to providing an accessible, inclusive continuum of quality services and support to vulnerable, underserved populations along with their family, friends, and communities.
Why We Do It
The system wasn’t built for substance use health care, together we have to build it.
In 2023, there were 1,290 confirmed opioid overdose-related visits to Ottawa emergency departments- up from 866 in 2022, a 49% increase.
There was a 96% increase in opioid toxicity deaths during the first year of the pandemic
In 2024 there were approximately 21 deaths per day across Canada from opioid toxicity1
The burden of mental illness and substance use in Ontario is staggering—1.5 times greater than all cancers combined and over 7 times higher than all infectious disease2
HOW WE DO IT
By partnering, building, or leading innovative programs that seek to curb the opioid crisis.
Some of our signature projects include:
Mobile Clinics
Through a multi-agency collaboration, the Mobile Health Clinics are an innovative, cost-effective healthcare delivery approach that is specially equipped to serve people experiencing homeless, rural, and marginalized communities with inequitable access to care.
Prescribed Alternatives
Pathways to Recovery is the project lead for Safer Supply Ottawa provides legal, pharmaceutical-grade drugs to users, prescribed, and monitored by healthcare providers. Aimed at preventing death and offering accessible healthcare with critical wrap around social support services.
In-Patient Care
Pathways is taking decisive steps to close critical gaps in substance use health care by prioritizing the development of an in-patient treatment center in the Ottawa region. This initiative will provide a critically needed safe, supportive space for individuals facing complex substance use challenges.
How You Can Get Involved
There are many ways for individuals and organizations to get involved in the movement for better substance use care. Your contribution has the power to save lives.
Contact Us
45 Montreal Road
Vanier, ON K1L 6E8
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Mission
To improve the health and wellness of individuals while helping families and communities better understand the challenges of substance use health, complex mental health disorders, and illness from infectious diseases.
*Please note that Pathways to Recovery does not directly provide clinical services. If you are in crisis, please call 911 or visit your nearest Emergency Department.