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Brantford General Hospital

Brantford, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (519) 752-7871
1h 54m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 10 min ago
Posted by the hospital · Monday October 26th, 10:31:09 AM
vs its typical now
−2h 16m
usually about 4h 10m at this hour
Ontario rank
#22 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
12pm
typically 2h 46m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~15th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 296 past readings)
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Patients waiting
16
Weather now
14°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 7am and on Wednesdays, and quietest around 12pm and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 5h 22m, ranging roughly 2h 34m to 10h 43m.

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 Brantford General Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun319373424466487492518537496309163133132153163178178171179195209235261292
Mon326371422461505528549579561398250214207216216230252267284304313318323351
Tue365392426479507524556586584451284195166178202222237244256278298325342359
Wed400448486534542569603621610438298218186211235235249267277295314335357386
Thu431459509552548541532523495332192150153164188212223228239257282306323352
Fri401438478527533540553575492332178141151156178195204201222248268291310339
Sat378415459509543564599630588386243190169174182167170176182192214244252285

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 1h 54m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 4h 21m 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 15 min, has ranged 1h 39m–16h 49m.

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)

Across Ontario, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~4h 30m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~7h 58m 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).

Province-wide, no hospital-level figure is published for this site. CIHI, fiscal 2024–2025. Source ↗

If you're admitted (CIHI)

Across Ontario, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~44h 24m in the ED waiting for an inpatient bed.

Most ER visits end in discharge and are far shorter, this is the admitted-patient (boarding) figure. Province-wide, no hospital-level figure for this site. CIHI, fiscal 2024–2025. Source ↗

Typical in Ontario (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.3–3.7 h; 9 in 10 within ~8.3 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

Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Cambridge · 27 km away
1h 45m
West Haldimand General Hospital
Hagersville · 27 km away
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Norfolk General Hospital
Simcoe · 34 km away
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St. Joseph's Hospital (Charlton, Hamilton)
Hamilton · 34 km away
1h 30m
McMaster Children's Hospital (Hamilton)
Hamilton · 36 km away
3h 14m
Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton · 37 km away
1h 58m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Brantford General Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 1h 54m to be seen at Brantford General 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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