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Espanola General Hospital

Espanola, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (705) 869-1420
5h 53m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 5 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-27T16:05:53.5113080Z
vs its typical now
+4h 15m
usually about 1h 38m at this hour
Ontario rank
#50 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
10pm
typically 1h 4m
Busier than usual for this time of day (~96th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 312 past readings)
Long wait posted here right now — a nearby ER may be seen sooner ↓
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Patients waiting
6
In the ED now
11
Weather now
2°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 12am and quietest around 10pm.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 17m, ranging roughly 30 min to 10h.

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 Espanola General Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun6006006006006006006006009989991291631621621421271099985927359581
Mon60060060060060060060060011177107139147133147139127114109951027358582
Tue60060060060060060060060096698682988510210111510210178917563572
Wed6006006006006006006006001048882112128127142130102125120861078470588
Thu60060060060060060060060012271871211101091169986989488796367593
Fri6006006006006006006006007682839011310212013097919390947259582
Sat6006006006006006006006008482949592841258780777067826270581

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 5h 53m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 11h 17m 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 49.8 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 30 min–10h.

Measured from our own archive of what this hospital posted. See how we check accuracy

Time to be seen (CIHI)

Officially, 9 in 10 patients here were seen by a physician within ~2h 48m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~2h 10m 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 ~12h 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 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

Manitoulin Health Centre - Little Current Site
Little Current · 32 km away
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Mindemoya Hospital
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Health Sciences North (Sudbury)
Sudbury · 65 km away
3h 50m
St. Joseph’s Health Centre of Sudbury
Sudbury · 67 km away
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St. Joseph's General Hospital - Elliot Lake
Elliot Lake · 69 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Espanola General Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 5h 53m to be seen at Espanola 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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