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Erie Shores HealthCare

Leamington, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (519) 326-2373
45 min
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 7 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-27 08:15:00
vs its typical now
about typical
usually about 55 min at this hour
calmest hour
10am
typically 1h 16m
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Patients waiting
4

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 1am and on Mondays, and quietest around 10am and on Tuesdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 4m, ranging roughly 45 min to 5h 28m.

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 Erie Shores HealthCare by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun182198209174180186179166141131109116120122124128152160160165167180192203
Mon228257242267311325262276148677881758291108119133135142144132142159
Tue16315413612712810796695552577084909010210510594107108115137162
Wed1722011871852121991741371229177193160156137111125136131130136145157177
Thu1611341321341361331229363596467737980104137137137152153175187207
Fri212215231212191194180137154975563778190104116126123133135144163192
Sat2071972011881721611491229291918393101111121132134127125120124142162

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 45 min right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 1h 56m 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 refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 45 min–39h 39m.

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 ~6h.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~2h 54m 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 ~28h 6m 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 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

Windsor Regional Hospital - Met Campus
Windsor · 43 km away
4h 20m
Windsor Regional Hospital - Ouellette Campus
Windsor · 45 km away
7h 26m
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
Chatham · 51 km away
1h 17m
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance - Wallaceburg
Wallaceburg · 63 km away
45 min

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Erie Shores HealthCare right now?
As of the latest update, about 45 min to be seen at Erie Shores HealthCare. 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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