How long is the wait at the emergency room near me?

ER Compass shows live posted wait times for 700+ Canadian emergency rooms. Enter your address to rank nearby emergency rooms by total time to be seen, estimated drive time plus the current posted wait, and see which is fastest right now.

Which emergency room should I go to?

For a life-threatening emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest ER regardless of wait. Otherwise, ER Compass ranks nearby ERs by drive time plus current wait so you can pick the fastest. Urgent care centres are listed separately.

Are emergency room wait times accurate?

Wait times are self-reported by hospitals and update every 15–30 minutes; ERs always see the sickest patients first, so a shorter posted wait does not guarantee you'll be seen sooner. ER Compass labels each number with its source and freshness, and archives the data openly.

Is the emergency room open right now?

Most Canadian emergency departments are open 24/7, but some rural ERs close overnight. ER Compass shows open/closed status and a phone number to call ahead for hospitals that don't publish a live wait.

Canadian Emergency Room (ER) Wait Times, Live

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Why some ERs stay stretched: emergency-physician supply across Ontario, beside the waits we measure. This is regional context, not a count of who is on shift at any one hospital. In an emergency, go to your nearest ER or call 911.

Download recent data

The last 14 days of wait-time snapshots, available with a free API key. The complete historical archive, the data nobody else keeps, is available for research and commercial use, email hello@ercompass.ca.

CSV JSON

API

Read-only JSON. The live endpoints below need no key; the bulk export requires an API key.

/api/current: latest wait per hospital (?province=ON&sort=wait)
/api/map: facilities with coordinates + current wait (?kind=er|urgent)
/api/recommend: rank nearby + predict arrival wait (?address= or ?lat=&lng=, ?kind=)
/api/geocode/suggest: address autocomplete (?q=)
/api/hospital/{name}/history: time series for one hospital
/api/closures · /api/closures/log: current + historical closures
/api/stats: summary counts
/api/export.csv · /api/export.json: bulk export — API key required (free = last 14 days, commercial = full archive, ?since=)

Sources

First-party feeds, one adapter per publisher.

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Live Canadian Emergency Room Wait Times

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