ER Compass
live + archived ER waits

Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Care

Level 3 trauma centre, in a life-threatening emergency call 911; paramedics assess you and take you to the right hospital. Otherwise go to your nearest ER, which can stabilise and transfer if needed, don't drive past a closer one on a guess.
Source: Trauma Association of Canada (TRISC registry, as of 2017). Trauma designations are point-in-time and can change; treat this as background, not routing advice.
Abbotsford, BC · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (604) 851-4700
—
no wait posted right now
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 15 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-08-17T17:00:03.472Z

Typically about 6h 58m at this hour, from its own recorded history (see the pattern below).

typical at this hour
6h 58m
this ER's own history for this hour
calmest hour
4am
typically 3h 56m
Directions ↗
Get a ride: Uber Lyft
Compare nearby ERs on the map →

Call 911 for an ambulance if you need one.

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 5pm and on Wednesdays, and quietest around 4am and on Sundays.

4h5hcalmest
12a6a12p6p11p

For a non-urgent visit, a calmer hour usually means a shorter wait; in an emergency, go to the nearest ER no matter the time.

Busiest hours, by day
Average emergency wait at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Care by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
01234567891011121314151617181920212223
Sun259241240243227218227221223190205223226207235276310310332320290263302281
Mon243240253214224224337344278325462408457493342294365439458407400371377299
Tue273283278271244312418312304320299269342336304326303411463458474430434393
Wed401320315329252215224374402362451472409390452454464448340365308345311408
Thu458435296275245254304299268247219234284330359384352376365363236301319295
Fri38835626524124024666174209240284314369401400346359333323310326330351299
Sat369300289258237269365381353280253236201206247241234221209211219200214224

For a non-urgent visit, a calmer hour usually means a shorter wait; in an emergency, go to the nearest ER no matter the time.

Getting there

Logistics from OpenStreetMap, to help plan your arrival, not medical guidance. In an emergency, go straight to the nearest entrance and ask staff.

Time to be seen (CIHI)

Officially, 9 in 10 patients here were seen by a physician within ~8h 54m.

This hospital, 90th-percentile time from triage to first physician assessment. CIHI, fiscal 2024–2025. Source ↗

If you're admitted (CIHI)

If you're admitted to hospital from here, the wait for an inpatient bed can be long: 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~123h 24m in the ED.

Most ER visits end in discharge and are far shorter, this is the admitted-patient (boarding) figure. This hospital, 90th-percentile total ED time for admitted patients. CIHI, fiscal 2024–2025. Source ↗

Typical in British Columbia (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.9–4.3 h; 9 in 10 within ~8.9 h.

Province-wide total time in the ED (arrival to leaving), Apr–Sep 2025, a ballpark where there's no live wait, not this hospital's posted number.

Nearby emergency rooms

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Care right now?
Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Care doesn't publish a live wait time we can read right now. A blank means we have no live number, not that the ER is closed. Check the current status and phone number above, or call ahead.
What does the wait time actually measure?
Usually the estimated time to be seen by a physician, but Canada has no common definition. Quebec publishes stretcher occupancy, New Brunswick length of stay, and others an estimate of the wait to be seen, so we keep each province in its own units and never blend them into one misleading number.
How accurate are these ER wait times?
They are the live estimates each hospital publishes, refreshed about every 10 minutes; we stamp every reading with the moment the hospital said it was current and flag a feed that goes stale. They are estimates, not guarantees, an emergency room always sees the sickest patients first, so your own wait can differ. We also backtest our forecasts against what hospitals post next; see the accuracy page.
Should I go to the ER, or somewhere else?
For anything life-threatening, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room now, never wait for a shorter posted time. For a non-urgent problem, calling 811 (free 24/7 health advice), a walk-in clinic, or a pharmacist is often faster. When in doubt, get checked.

Add this wait time to your site

Free to embed, a live wait-time badge for this ER that updates automatically. Copy the code: