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Chilliwack General Hospital

Chilliwack, BC · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (604) 795-4141
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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 2h 39m at this hour, from its own recorded history (see the pattern below).

typical at this hour
2h 39m
this ER's own history for this hour
calmest hour
5am
typically 2h 1m
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Weather now
8°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 11pm and on Fridays, and quietest around 5am and on Wednesdays.

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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 Chilliwack General Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun186165144147135121131146150153155171176173175189198162149149144143153166
Mon169152147154137138159150129119118122119150201212246278316309321293286355
Tue311174149141128128163144142156188223274333311297308270274216175187221233
Wed2331721581551289779695880113128131166183160147128107133156180175173
Thu185184152155128111110951031061011131211841982242242131488994135134137
Fri15215714814312710395105107113164224244276302308345342356357319326327314
Sat303185150141127125139138135122122110130151135134139155163168170181191194

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 18m.

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 ~54h 12m 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

Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Care
Abbotsford · 28 km away
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Fraser Canyon Hospital
Hope · 46 km away
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Langley Memorial Hospital
Langley · 48 km away
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Ridge Meadows Hospital
Maple Ridge · 49 km away
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Peace Arch Hospital
White Rock · 62 km away
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Surrey Memorial Hospital
Surrey · 64 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Chilliwack General Hospital right now?
Chilliwack General 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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