Alberta Children's Hospital

Children's ER

Calgary, AB · Hospital website ↗

Open 24/7☎ (403) 955-7211

4h 9m

current emergency wait

High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 5 min ago

vs its typical now

+2h 10m

usually about 1h 59m at this hour

Alberta rank

#19 / 23

among ERs reporting now, shortest first

calmest hour

8am

typically 1h 20m

Busier than usual for this time of day (~95th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 312 past readings)

Long wait posted here right now — a nearby ER may be seen sooner ↓

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Air quality (AQHI)

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 1am and on Sundays, and quietest around 8am and on Wednesdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 56m, ranging roughly 1h 19m to 4h 27m.

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 Alberta Children's Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Sun	164	188	199	180	156	123	102	95	92	94	124	143	159	182	200	194	165	140	139	153	169	169	170	173
Mon	192	184	177	149	122	94	75	66	73	90	116	131	144	164	181	170	159	132	130	162	193	199	217	204
Tue	207	206	185	165	132	111	98	97	94	98	119	128	136	145	169	165	133	115	114	137	162	165	171	153
Wed	159	167	166	136	105	89	79	72	72	81	105	113	119	119	134	134	119	105	102	127	155	161	167	149
Thu	152	164	177	159	131	96	86	77	77	86	111	126	142	166	174	167	144	125	127	147	177	177	173	171
Fri	171	174	165	151	125	100	75	65	67	78	105	115	119	149	163	161	134	120	113	137	167	174	199	189
Sat	192	187	184	166	139	118	94	88	82	94	101	122	132	150	171	168	148	127	117	132	154	155	159	153

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.

Next 12 hours

The wait is about 4h 9m right now, and this ER's usual pattern points to it holding near 3h 43m over the next 12 hours.

A projection from this ER's own history, not a guarantee. Live conditions can change quickly.

Trends for this ER

See interactive trends, wait history, weather, volume, compare →

How reliable is this number?

Over the last 49.8 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 30 min–5h 52m.

Measured from our own archive of what this hospital posted. See how we check accuracy

Getting there

15 parking area(s) mapped nearby, the nearest about 38 m from the ER.
Nearest pharmacy: Shoppers Drug Mart, about 465 m away.

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 ~4h 42m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~3h 9m over the stretch we've tracked it, the typical live estimate, where the CIHI figure above is the long-wait tail (the slowest 1 in 10).

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 ~18h 54m 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 ↗

Recent closures

Wait times unavailable — 1h 56m on 2026-10-08
Wait times unavailable — 53 min on 2026-09-10

Typical in Alberta (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.4–4.1 h; 9 in 10 within ~10.2 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

Foothills Medical Centre

Calgary · 1 km away

Rockyview General Hospital

Calgary · 10 km away

2h 44m

Peter Lougheed Centre

South Health Campus - Children's Emergency

Calgary · 25 km away

2h 50m

Oilfields General Hospital

Black Diamond · 45 km away

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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Alberta Children's Hospital right now?

As of the latest update, about 4h 9m to be seen at Alberta Children's Hospital. The figure refreshes roughly every 10 minutes and is the hospital's own live estimate, not a guarantee: an emergency room always treats the sickest patients first, so your own wait can differ.

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.

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	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Sun	164	188	199	180	156	123	102	95	92	94	124	143	159	182	200	194	165	140	139	153	169	169	170	173
Mon	192	184	177	149	122	94	75	66	73	90	116	131	144	164	181	170	159	132	130	162	193	199	217	204
Tue	207	206	185	165	132	111	98	97	94	98	119	128	136	145	169	165	133	115	114	137	162	165	171	153
Wed	159	167	166	136	105	89	79	72	72	81	105	113	119	119	134	134	119	105	102	127	155	161	167	149
Thu	152	164	177	159	131	96	86	77	77	86	111	126	142	166	174	167	144	125	127	147	177	177	173	171
Fri	171	174	165	151	125	100	75	65	67	78	105	115	119	149	163	161	134	120	113	137	167	174	199	189
Sat	192	187	184	166	139	118	94	88	82	94	101	122	132	150	171	168	148	127	117	132	154	155	159	153

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Sun	164	188	199	180	156	123	102	95	92	94	124	143	159	182	200	194	165	140	139	153	169	169	170	173
Mon	192	184	177	149	122	94	75	66	73	90	116	131	144	164	181	170	159	132	130	162	193	199	217	204
Tue	207	206	185	165	132	111	98	97	94	98	119	128	136	145	169	165	133	115	114	137	162	165	171	153
Wed	159	167	166	136	105	89	79	72	72	81	105	113	119	119	134	134	119	105	102	127	155	161	167	149
Thu	152	164	177	159	131	96	86	77	77	86	111	126	142	166	174	167	144	125	127	147	177	177	173	171
Fri	171	174	165	151	125	100	75	65	67	78	105	115	119	149	163	161	134	120	113	137	167	174	199	189
Sat	192	187	184	166	139	118	94	88	82	94	101	122	132	150	171	168	148	127	117	132	154	155	159	153

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Sun	164	188	199	180	156	123	102	95	92	94	124	143	159	182	200	194	165	140	139	153	169	169	170	173
Mon	192	184	177	149	122	94	75	66	73	90	116	131	144	164	181	170	159	132	130	162	193	199	217	204
Tue	207	206	185	165	132	111	98	97	94	98	119	128	136	145	169	165	133	115	114	137	162	165	171	153
Wed	159	167	166	136	105	89	79	72	72	81	105	113	119	119	134	134	119	105	102	127	155	161	167	149
Thu	152	164	177	159	131	96	86	77	77	86	111	126	142	166	174	167	144	125	127	147	177	177	173	171
Fri	171	174	165	151	125	100	75	65	67	78	105	115	119	149	163	161	134	120	113	137	167	174	199	189
Sat	192	187	184	166	139	118	94	88	82	94	101	122	132	150	171	168	148	127	117	132	154	155	159	153