Chatham-Kent Health Alliance - Wallaceburg

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no wait posted right now

This ER's live wait feed went offline (last update 95d ago), so there's no current wait to show. Call ahead or check the hospital's own site. Typically about 1h 58m at this hour, from its own recorded history (see the pattern below).

Nearest ER reporting live: Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, 1h 17m (27 km away) →

typical at this hour

1h 58m

this ER's own history for this hour

calmest hour

9am

typically 56 min

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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 5pm and on Mondays, and quietest around 9am and on Fridays.

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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 - Wallaceburg 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	100	70	56	45	46	66	66	66	54	48	47	56	69	87	94	99	110	110	118	99	95	98	100	97
Mon	91	59	49	45	48	53	67	89	75	56	54	58	71	86	109	146	157	183	179	151	124	110	109	91
Tue	73	61	57	74	96	116	118	59	63	52	56	58	66	87	96	99	102	117	114	116	138	121	120	119
Wed	104	109	87	87	89	51	49	75	77	67	58	73	76	83	91	99	111	112	95	114	108	86	100	103
Thu	97	92	78	69	46	53	61	83	98	73	89	100	100	90	114	131	138	161	168	95	83	84	93	89
Fri	110	92	47	46	55	60	69	62	66	47	48	56	53	70	63	60	68	72	103	114	90	89	81	73
Sat	70	71	77	74	97	82	86	73	50	45	45	46	63	68	53	69	96	109	79	88	99	86	91	104

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.

Trends for this ER

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

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 39m, current value held 2h 7m.

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

Getting there

8 parking area(s) mapped nearby, the nearest about 273 m from the ER.
Nearest pharmacy: Rexall, about 404 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)

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 8m 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

Chatham · 27 km away

1h 17m

Bluewater Health (Petrolia)

Petrolia · 37 km away

45 min

Bluewater Health (Sarnia)

Sarnia · 42 km away

1h 15m

Four Counties Health Services Corporation

Newbury · 50 km away

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Windsor Regional Hospital - Met Campus

Windsor · 62 km away

6h 22m

Windsor Regional Hospital - Ouellette Campus

Windsor · 62 km away

8h 14m

Frequently asked questions

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

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance - Wallaceburg 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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	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	100	70	56	45	46	66	66	66	54	48	47	56	69	87	94	99	110	110	118	99	95	98	100	97
Mon	91	59	49	45	48	53	67	89	75	56	54	58	71	86	109	146	157	183	179	151	124	110	109	91
Tue	73	61	57	74	96	116	118	59	63	52	56	58	66	87	96	99	102	117	114	116	138	121	120	119
Wed	104	109	87	87	89	51	49	75	77	67	58	73	76	83	91	99	111	112	95	114	108	86	100	103
Thu	97	92	78	69	46	53	61	83	98	73	89	100	100	90	114	131	138	161	168	95	83	84	93	89
Fri	110	92	47	46	55	60	69	62	66	47	48	56	53	70	63	60	68	72	103	114	90	89	81	73
Sat	70	71	77	74	97	82	86	73	50	45	45	46	63	68	53	69	96	109	79	88	99	86	91	104

	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	100	70	56	45	46	66	66	66	54	48	47	56	69	87	94	99	110	110	118	99	95	98	100	97
Mon	91	59	49	45	48	53	67	89	75	56	54	58	71	86	109	146	157	183	179	151	124	110	109	91
Tue	73	61	57	74	96	116	118	59	63	52	56	58	66	87	96	99	102	117	114	116	138	121	120	119
Wed	104	109	87	87	89	51	49	75	77	67	58	73	76	83	91	99	111	112	95	114	108	86	100	103
Thu	97	92	78	69	46	53	61	83	98	73	89	100	100	90	114	131	138	161	168	95	83	84	93	89
Fri	110	92	47	46	55	60	69	62	66	47	48	56	53	70	63	60	68	72	103	114	90	89	81	73
Sat	70	71	77	74	97	82	86	73	50	45	45	46	63	68	53	69	96	109	79	88	99	86	91	104

	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	100	70	56	45	46	66	66	66	54	48	47	56	69	87	94	99	110	110	118	99	95	98	100	97
Mon	91	59	49	45	48	53	67	89	75	56	54	58	71	86	109	146	157	183	179	151	124	110	109	91
Tue	73	61	57	74	96	116	118	59	63	52	56	58	66	87	96	99	102	117	114	116	138	121	120	119
Wed	104	109	87	87	89	51	49	75	77	67	58	73	76	83	91	99	111	112	95	114	108	86	100	103
Thu	97	92	78	69	46	53	61	83	98	73	89	100	100	90	114	131	138	161	168	95	83	84	93	89
Fri	110	92	47	46	55	60	69	62	66	47	48	56	53	70	63	60	68	72	103	114	90	89	81	73
Sat	70	71	77	74	97	82	86	73	50	45	45	46	63	68	53	69	96	109	79	88	99	86	91	104