A new milestone for Truenorth and Addiction Care in Ontario

trueNorth Medical, the leading provider of addiction medicine care in Canada, is proud to announce the opening of our 100th Clinic.

trueNorth operates on a low-barrier, walk-in basis where individuals receive access to assessment and treatment within the same visit. We offer compassionate, specialized, and accessible care through telemedicine-based medical consultations, advice and treatment related to substance use. We primarily offer care to people with opioid use disorder, or individuals with alcohol or benzodiazepine dependence. trueNorth takes a harm reduction approach to care and abstinence is not a required condition of treatment. We meet patients where they’re at, and work with them to reach their goals.

Wherever you are in your recovery, we’re here for you.

In 2020, the opioid crisis claimed the lives of 4,395 people in Canada; that’s equivalent to 12 opioid-related deaths per day. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, rates of fatal opioid overdose increased by 60% in Ontario. trueNorth is now Ontario’s largest community-based Opioid Agonist Management Program (OAMP), and OAMPs are the single most effective tool available to deal with the opioid crisis. Local access to specialized addiction care in our communities is now more important than ever before. We work with well established healthcare providers in pharmacies, community health centres and hospitals in both rural and urban settings to provide local access to care in locations that our patients know and trust.

trueNorth was founded by Dr. Chris Cavacuiti back in 2013 with one clinic in downtown Toronto; by 2018 we had partnered with 50 affiliate locations; and now in 2022 we offer care at over 100 locations across Ontario. The growth of our program relies on our network of dedicated community affiliates. We work with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals across the province to provide care that's compassionate, specialized, and accessible. We want to take this opportunity to thank our community affiliate, physician and administrative team for their commitment to our patients over the past 9 years. Together, we are providing greater access to addiction care than has ever been seen before in Ontario.

Interested in joining trueNorth’s growing community affiliate network? Contact Us.