Canada’s Impaired Driving Landscape | New Data, Community Insights & Emerging Solutions
The Dec. 16, 2025 webinar recording is accessible through TIRF’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/kJTLspiRrEA?si=bZ0g94AdH6Dq6c2i
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The impaired driving landscape in Canada has changed. Lingering pandemic-related effects on behaviour, substantial changes in impaired driving legislation and changing practices in the criminal justice system have all played a role in this evolution. The general and specific deterrent effects accrued with traditional countermeasures such as education, enforcement and penalties are no longer enough to discourage unsafe choices. This is, in part, because the characteristics of impaired drivers have changed along with a shift in economic priorities, emerging social issues, and implementation challenges associated with new policing tools.
Join us for a comprehensive look at impaired driving which will include the latest impaired driving fatality data and self-reported prevalence among Canadians. Findings from a series of regional community workshops held in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec will be shared, highlighting important contextual changes and practical barriers that communities are facing in delivering prevention strategies. A series of innovative tools coming out of these workshops will showcase how communities are working to fill critical gaps and adopt new approaches to tackle this road safety priority. These community perspectives have informed the development new tools which can support the efforts of communities across Canada and provide guidance to help shape provincial strategies.
Speakers:
Steve Brown, TIRF, Research Associate & Data Collection | Impaired Driving Fatal Crashes
Hannah Barrett, TIRF, Researcher & Program Manager | Regional Community Workshop Outcomes
Milad Delavary, TIRF, Research Scientist | Prevalence of Impaired Driving Crashes
Steve Sullivan, MADD Canada, CEO | Policing Powers: Progress & Practice
Moderator:
- Robyn Robertson, TIRF, President & CEO
Host:
- Karen Bowman, TIRF, Director, Communications & Programs
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About TIRF Canada:
The vision of the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) is to ensure people using roads make it home safely every day by eliminating road deaths, serious injuries and their social costs. TIRF’s mission is to be the knowledge source for safe road users and a world leader in research, program and policy development, evaluation, and knowledge transfer. TIRF is a registered charity and depends on grants, awards, and donations to provide services for the public. Visit www.tirf.ca or find all TIRF websites, blog and social media at linktr.ee/tirfcanada.
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For more information, contact:
Karen Bowman
Director, Communications & Programs
Traffic Injury Research Foundation
613 238-5235 (office) | 1 877 238-5235 (toll-free) | karenb@tirf.ca
