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Georgetown Hospital

Georgetown, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (905) 873-0111
13 min
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 15 min ago
Posted by the hospital · Oct 26, 07:46 AM
vs its typical now
−1h 55m
usually about 2h 8m at this hour
Ontario rank
#2 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
10am
typically 1h 28m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~14th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 290 past readings)
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Weather now
11°C
Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 3am and on Mondays, and quietest around 10am and on Thursdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 42m, ranging roughly 58 min to 4h 39m.

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 Georgetown Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun171189212205215211185168120858276102131149178188189193179189177180192
Mon197201198209192208149152128112105118119127146169176195195195202219221239
Tue22823323524420617818216811898889399104120130139151151163170178191190
Wed1892102242062001991761511109390114108126150160150172165159153143134151
Thu150173199221174162150123100867783103118136143138145145147158154157171
Fri1821921941921691571251027254728497118141158151168161170166175188197
Sat19619520019718916614013311511310892102105116143156142142149149160166176

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 13 min right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 2h 14m 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 49.7 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 14 min, has ranged 0 min–5h 19m.

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)

Across Ontario, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~4h 30m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~2h 8m 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).

Province-wide, no hospital-level figure is published for this site. CIHI, fiscal 2024–2025. Source ↗

If you're admitted (CIHI)

Across Ontario, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~44h 24m in the ED waiting for an inpatient bed.

Most ER visits end in discharge and are far shorter, this is the admitted-patient (boarding) figure. Province-wide, no hospital-level figure for this site. 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

Milton District Hospital
Milton · 16 km away
2h 16m
Brampton Civic Hospital
Brampton · 19 km away
3h 18m
Credit Valley Hospital
Mississauga · 21 km away
2h 48m
Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
Oakville · 26 km away
2 min
Mississauga Hospital (Trillium)
Mississauga · 27 km away
30 min
Guelph General Hospital
Guelph · 28 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Georgetown Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 13 min to be seen at Georgetown 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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