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Grey Nuns Community Hospital

Edmonton, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (780) 735-7000
1h 41m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 8 min ago
vs its typical now
−37 min
usually about 2h 18m at this hour
Alberta rank
#7 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
7am
typically 2h 23m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~13th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 296 past readings)
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Weather now
-3°C
Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

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

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 4h 17m, ranging roughly 2h 28m to 6h 2m.

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 Grey Nuns Community Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun359316269238208180170122122134151177206225237242253264259262275278286389
Mon381320278244206187177129138158195228256275286301305308302309308305304417
Tue410351298281267236211155159176196221254275279295314313304302308304305431
Wed430377322291257236209143141146167185216239256276286285272264270271279389
Thu394350316287259235206149151162175189215237254258272271259259285300304420
Fri412366330294260243208148139156175199224238252266281277279289312316312435
Sat436396360314284248220157160159167184193202203213226224219225244242253359

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 41m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 4h 26m 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 15 min, has ranged 1h 29m–6h 27m.

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 18m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~3h 38m 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 ~54h 42m 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

Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 9 km away
1h 41m
University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 9 km away
4h 35m
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Edmonton · 12 km away
2h 47m
Misericordia Community Hospital
Edmonton · 14 km away
5h 15m
Strathcona Community Hospital
Sherwood Park · 16 km away
1h 23m
Northeast Community Health Centre
Edmonton · 16 km away
2h 11m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Grey Nuns Community Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 1h 41m to be seen at Grey Nuns 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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