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Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

Oakville, ON · Halton Healthcare Services - Oakville · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (905) 845-2571
16 min
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 4 min ago
Posted by the hospital · Oct 26, 08:01 AM
vs its typical now
−1h 9m
usually about 1h 25m at this hour
Ontario rank
#2 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
12pm
typically 1h 44m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~1th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 290 past readings)
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8°C
Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 4am and on Thursdays, and quietest around 12pm and on Mondays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 56m, ranging roughly 1h 12m to 5h 34m.

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 Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun150160177191208203198135114118117111110126152164169182201197189175175183
Mon1822052192342121931671338590100100101108121130137140154170183193202203
Tue20223924526926926124219814511110411099111127128139147162162162166183196
Wed202210230261264247238194168139112115104115145160171179181175181191198213
Thu218236263284299290280220166123999999109124140145153161178172174186198
Fri211229246265276232212163143124120111120130143155153162167168171180190209
Sat224245262264272264245178122107959399110129146150133145154157153153160

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 16 min right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 2h 10m 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 14 min, has ranged 2 min–7h 36m.

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 ~3h 50m 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 · 11 km away
2h 21m
Credit Valley Hospital
Mississauga · 13 km away
3h
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital
Burlington · 15 km away
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Mississauga Hospital (Trillium)
Mississauga · 19 km away
42 min
Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton · 22 km away
2h 53m
McMaster Children's Hospital (Hamilton)
Hamilton · 23 km away
4h 52m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 16 min to be seen at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial 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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