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Chatham-Kent Health Alliance

Chatham, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (519) 352-6400
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This ER's live wait feed went offline (last update 94d ago), so there's no current wait to show. Call ahead or check the hospital's own site. Typically about 1h at this hour, from its own recorded history (see the pattern below).

Nearest ER reporting live: Chatham-Kent Health Alliance - Wallaceburg, 45 min (27 km away) →

typical at this hour
1h
this ER's own history for this hour
calmest hour
11am
typically 1h 13m
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 3am and on Fridays, and quietest around 11am and on Mondays.

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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 Chatham-Kent Health Alliance by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun196192204219213226210185139806375757785788586104114110126153169
Mon18018317717014915814612698656063778295118125137139157147167182206
Tue238264289297321355329228165100817470778396111122137148160165185214
Wed24526127928528522524816310692687079100110125114122138145159174190220
Thu241230253271239205190161129101737895104104105106114126157179200220322
Fri344333316332288285184168123857769707897108107121141163166202220255
Sat2682792652843123082632321841591258785808795103117117121120127151175

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.

How reliable is this number?

Over the last 47.5 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 14 min, has ranged 45 min–4h 34m.

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 ~1h 56m 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

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance - Wallaceburg
Wallaceburg · 27 km away
45 min
Four Counties Health Services Corporation
Newbury · 45 km away
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Erie Shores HealthCare
Leamington · 51 km away
45 min
Bluewater Health (Petrolia)
Petrolia · 53 km away
45 min
Bluewater Health (Sarnia)
Sarnia · 66 km away
1h 15m
Windsor Regional Hospital - Met Campus
Windsor · 68 km away
1h 41m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Chatham-Kent Health Alliance right now?
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance 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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