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Burnaby Hospital

Burnaby, BC · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (604) 434-4211
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no wait posted right now
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 14 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-08-17T17:00:03.472Z

Typically about 3h 8m at this hour, from its own recorded history (see the pattern below).

Nearest ER reporting live: BC Children's Hospital, 2h (8 km away) →

typical at this hour
3h 8m
this ER's own history for this hour
calmest hour
9am
typically 2h 20m
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Weather now
6°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 12am and on Thursdays, and quietest around 9am and on Saturdays.

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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 Burnaby Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun190192196192176184207186169166172173188195188198218195191175172193217215
Mon23220020919417717218518815513188119155182198212246283278256248201215251
Tue316245231240189144124119127126104143155170212246255238307313314331315334
Wed314256237259191176164148138156177167167178225212215205224211181170207234
Thu259243228246189193251246184108145183202250296308312321347288277310288281
Fri303277244265195186217186219161177200216245232247246245284250248249242242
Sat261233236235185167161150145131122130143150139152168174175170159176177175

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 ~4h 36m.

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 ~66h 48m 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

Providence Health Care - Mount Saint Joseph Hospital
Vancouver · 6 km away
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BC Children's Hospital
Vancouver · 8 km away
2h
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver · 8 km away
5h
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver · 9 km away
1h 30m
Lions Gate Hospital
North Vancouver · 9 km away
2h 30m
Royal Columbian Hospital
New Westminster · 9 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Burnaby Hospital right now?
Burnaby Hospital 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.

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