Canadian Perinatal
Opioid Project

The Canadian Perinatal Opioid Project (CPOP) is the first national online platform to look at population-level opioid use and treatment for opioid use disorder in pregnancy and within 1 year of the end of pregnancy and investigate its impact on maternal and child health outcomes longitudinally.

Canadian Perinatal
Opioid Project

Coming Soon!

The Dashboard

Coming soon! We’ve collected data on important measures of perinatal opioid use, treatment for opioid use disorder, and social determinants of health for pregnant people, those recently pregnant, and children across Canada. Visit our dashboard for statistics and trends over time in Canada and by each participating province.

FROM COLLECTION TO DASHBOARD

Data

We’ve harmonized routinely collected data from interactions with the healthcare system for pregnant people, those recently pregnant, and children from 5 Canadian provinces. Discover the data behind the dashboard and find answers to your technical questions.

BRIDGING THE KNOWLEDGE GAPS

Our Research Focus

We’ve focused our research on addressing important knowledge gaps. Using data available through CPOP, our aim is to investigate:

Opioid prescribing patterns

Social determinants of opioid use

Perinatal opioid use & child health and development

Perinatal opioid use & maternal health

EXPERTS AND EXPERIENCES

Engagement

Our research team is committed to engaging with experts in perinatal opioid use. This includes engagement with knowledge holders with lived/living experience and those who work to support the health of pregnant and parenting people who take opioids and their children.

Team

Meet the talented people who created this project and dashboard.

PERINATAL OPIOID INSIGHTS

Resource Hub

We’ve compiled a list of important resources for pregnant and parenting people who use drugs, and some of our team’s previous research that we’re particularly proud of.