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Alberta Children's Hospital

Children's ER
Calgary, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (403) 955-7211
45 min
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 6 min ago
vs its typical now
−28 min
usually about 1h 13m at this hour
Alberta rank
#3 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
8am
typically 1h 19m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~3th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 296 past readings)
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Weather now
-1°C
Air quality (AQHI)
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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 52m, ranging roughly 1h 16m to 4h 25m.

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
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Sun164188199180156123102959294124143159182200194165140139153169169170173
Mon1921841771491229475667388113126140162181170159134130160191199217203
Tue20420018015812910591908891117128136145169165133115114137162165171153
Wed1591671661361058979727281105113119119134134119105102127155161167149
Thu1521641771591319686777786111126142166174167144125127147177177173171
Fri17117416515112510075656778105115119149163161134120113137167174199189
Sat19218718416613911894888294101122132150171168148127117132154155159153

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 45 min right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 2h 27m over the next 12 hours.

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

How reliable is this number?

Over the last 49.0 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 14 min, has ranged 30 min–5h 57m.

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

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 ~4h 42m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~2h 48m 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

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
6h 48m
Rockyview General Hospital
Calgary · 10 km away
3h 26m
Peter Lougheed Centre
Calgary · 11 km away
1h
South Health Campus
Calgary · 25 km away
4h
South Health Campus - Children's Emergency
Calgary · 25 km away
4h 3m
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 45 min 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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