Pre-treatment housing in Calgary is a 4–6-week program that offers safe, stable accommodation for individuals waiting to enter addiction treatment. It provides structure, peer support, and a substance-free environment to help residents stabilize, access community resources, and prepare mentally and physically for treatment—reducing relapse risk and bridging the gap between detox and formal recovery programs.

Pre-treatment Housing Application – Please fax to 403-214-2047 or email to intake@oxfordhouse.ca

If you have any questions, or are inquiring about your application status, please call/text 403-860-2094.

Intake & Medication Guidelines

Intake Days:

• We are only accepting new intakes on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.

• Thursday intakes will only be accepted if Monday is a statutory holiday.

Medication ROI & Pharmacy Use:

• Residents must complete the Medication Release of Information (ROI) form which will be sent to you during the application process

• Medicine Place is our designated pharmacy

• All prescriptions must be faxed to, and filled by, Medicine Place.

• Effective immediately, we will not accept any medications from other pharmacies.

• If a resident wishes to take previously prescribed medications to another treatment centre, we can store them in a locked cabinet. However, these medications will not be accessible to the resident while they are at Oxford House.

Prescription Handling:

• Do not fill prescriptions prior to acceptance into Oxford House.

• Instead, have the prescription faxed directly to Medicine Place to ensure timely communication.

• Oxford House cut-off time for receiving all required documentation and prescriptions is 12:00 PM, Monday to Thursday.