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Devon General Hospital

Devon, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (780) 987-8200
2h 51m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 1 min ago
vs its typical now
+1h 12m
usually about 1h 39m at this hour
Alberta rank
#12 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
7am
typically 1h 31m
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Weather now
-2°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 9pm and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 7am and on Thursdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 3h 36m, ranging roughly 1h 1m to 6h 15m.

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 Devon General Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun234211173148106918770103125175226231236242241237231243258264259255237
Mon207168149133108998984153186219197199270289266237237280341333332281283
Tue291265220180134111105108136120147201237274272276275250254275278279269278
Wed266223192160133136131109161194205186223305296266239227247271273261248252
Thu23215813712094858896110117159182182228234261250215243256269267270272
Fri242200157132998784102135148191200236249253259263225222232242272277290
Sat272242202164144134120719093149192209215213223234222208214236225210226

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 51m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 4h 22m 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 49.0 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 28 min, has ranged 30 min–8h 55m.

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)

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

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~3h 44m 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).

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 ~69h 24m 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 ↗

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

Leduc Community Hospital
Leduc · 16 km away
5h 40m
Misericordia Community Hospital
Edmonton · 20 km away
6h 15m
University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 23 km away
3h 40m
Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 23 km away
2h 50m
Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Edmonton · 23 km away
3h
Westview Health Centre
Stony Plain · 26 km away
1h 45m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Devon General Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 51m to be seen at Devon General 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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