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Foothills Medical Centre

Level 1 trauma centre, in a life-threatening emergency call 911; paramedics assess you and take you to the right hospital. Otherwise go to your nearest ER, which can stabilise and transfer if needed, don't drive past a closer one on a guess.
Source: Provincial trauma system. Trauma designations are point-in-time and can change; treat this as background, not routing advice.
Calgary, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (403) 944-1110
5h 41m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 1 min ago
vs its typical now
+25 min
usually about 5h 16m at this hour
Alberta rank
#22 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
7pm
typically 4h 23m
Long wait posted here right now — a nearby ER may be seen sooner ↓
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Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 2am and quietest around 7pm.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 5h 36m, ranging roughly 4h 1m to 7h 35m.

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 Foothills Medical Centre by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun296345380395397370336397360302270266281280267251244240225207210227260234
Mon281333352338333316282328294255251261305328315307307305301302312326368351
Tue404435450428402374329394351307293306340334313291295289285271276292334294
Wed352396407396385350311363324276262278309311302291294286270263276291313272
Thu311361386388379349312370334288272305342334320307298301301292295308344304
Fri351398413400373354307370325266260291332345318297296300290274288313363325
Sat365415429427414380337412372321286293321317298271261252237232241255284242

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 41m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to ease toward roughly 4h 36m 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 14 min, has ranged 2h 36m–9h 33m.

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 ~7h 30m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~4h 42m 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 ~25h 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

Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary · 1 km away
1h 26m
Rockyview General Hospital
Calgary · 9 km away
4h 30m
Peter Lougheed Centre
Calgary · 11 km away
3h 32m
South Health Campus
Calgary · 24 km away
4h 35m
South Health Campus - Children's Emergency
Calgary · 24 km away
4h 3m
Oilfields General Hospital
Black Diamond · 44 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Foothills Medical Centre right now?
As of the latest update, about 5h 41m to be seen at Foothills Medical 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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