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Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital

Fort Saskatchewan, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (780) 998-2256
1h 49m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 4 min ago
vs its typical now
−51 min
usually about 2h 40m at this hour
calmest hour
7am
typically 2h 8m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~15th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 296 past readings)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 11pm and quietest around 7am.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 4h 43m, ranging roughly 1h 59m to 7h 30m.

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 Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun355339311219188162162130162207227242252271302317307316312290294283242303
Mon290223174145115124131128160212276317336356355353340349358368356359331410
Tue407324237171153147146136177214232269288317338340346328334345330346322389
Wed347318264193143122135131180219254265290306330360368361365366353346314383
Thu361309274225191153150129161195212232256285293292324328336335340348341426
Fri396342277225177150127120136188226252265301313314308301287299329328295395
Sat404360301240188129124124150202242243246245258279278287298314323313298371

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 1h 49m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 5h 11m 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 18 min, has ranged 30 min–7h 13m.

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 42m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~3h 35m 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 18m 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

Fort Saskatchewan Health Centre
Fort Saskatchewan · 1 km away
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Strathcona Community Hospital
Sherwood Park · 15 km away
1h 23m
Northeast Community Health Centre
Edmonton · 17 km away
2h 11m
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Edmonton · 24 km away
2h 47m
Sturgeon Community Hospital
St Albert · 27 km away
4h 2m
Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 28 km away
1h 41m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 1h 49m to be seen at Fort Saskatchewan Community 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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