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Collingwood General and Marine Hospital

Collingwood, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (705) 445-2550
30 min
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 14 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-27T10:30:28.8750404Z
vs its typical now
−51 min
usually about 1h 21m at this hour
Ontario rank
#2 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
6am
typically 1h 27m
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Patients waiting
0
In the ED now
0
Weather now
3°C
Air quality (AQHI)
1

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 1pm and on Mondays, and quietest around 6am and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 30 min, ranging roughly 30 min to 4h 21m.

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 Collingwood General and Marine Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun12712911498907280112135141189222245254243219212197178182170159145140
Mon140141132124146103106122135150200231265287281264265250237229225232202182
Tue1611471271121067481116133148195226245252241228254253242236234220194188
Wed17415614013013011699108121135182212223248248229224229236261271253217200
Thu1671391251111058991122150181208227244271272257232225223220224210177169
Fri1481311161071008086100128144181212234241241226233211212204225212194176
Sat1711581451261238269102115128169194213225227208202197182182186171143138

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 30 min right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 3h 14m 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 49.6 h, this ER's posted wait current value held 49h 36m.

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 ~30 min 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

Meaford Hospital
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Georgian Bay General Hospital (Midland)
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2h 35m
Markdale Hospital
Markdale · 41 km away
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Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
Barrie · 42 km away
3h 39m
Stevenson Memorial Hospital
Alliston · 46 km away
2h 7m
Grey Bruce Health Services (Corporate Headquarters) - Owen Sound
Owen Sound · 57 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 30 min to be seen at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital. 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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