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Cochrane Community Health Centre

Cochrane, AB · Hospital website ↗
☎ (403) 851-6000
2h 23m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 3 min ago
vs its typical now
+1h 26m
usually about 57 min at this hour
calmest hour
8am
typically 57 min
Busier than usual for this time of day (~82th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 302 past readings)
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Air quality (AQHI)
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Open hours

This ER isn't open around the clock and has been closing overnight, so call ahead late at night.

Inferred from this ER's own closure pattern in our archive, sharpens as more nights are recorded. Always call ahead if you can.

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 7pm and on Mondays, and quietest around 8am and on Tuesdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 1h 50m, ranging roughly 45 min to 2h 50m.

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 Cochrane Community Health Centre by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun647989111118122126121123115110115
Mon628210111711512313212712111611613588
Tue56576165727877878687107130
Wed5158617272849010310498100109
Thu586664768610210010296848910270
Fri5351597174758693102100103114
Sat566259667888951101049588105100

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 2h 23m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to ease toward roughly 1h 53m 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 49.3 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 14 min, has ranged 30 min–3h 30m.

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 Alberta, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~5h 24m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~1h 49m 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 Alberta, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~37h 18m 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 ↗

Recent closures

Typical in Alberta (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.4–4.1 h; 9 in 10 within ~10.2 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

Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary · 26 km away
3h 46m
Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary · 27 km away
8h 20m
Rockyview General Hospital
Calgary · 34 km away
2h 59m
Peter Lougheed Centre
Calgary · 36 km away
2h 14m
South Health Campus - Children's Emergency
Calgary · 50 km away
2h 50m
South Health Campus
Calgary · 50 km away
2h 51m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Cochrane Community Health Centre right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 23m to be seen at Cochrane Community Health Centre. 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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