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Hants Community Hospital

Windsor, NS · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (902) 792-2000
Closed
reopens on Monday, October 26 at 8 a.m. Virtual Urgent Care is unavailable during this closure
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 4 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026/10/26 12:00:00

Nearest ER reporting live: Valley Regional Hospital, 1h 23m (32 km away) →

typical at this hour
4h 8m
this ER's own history for this hour
calmest hour
12am
typically 2h 19m
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Air quality (AQHI)
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Past ER closures

This emergency department was temporarily closed for about 738 hours in 2023–24, roughly 8% of the year (down from ~1,188 h in 2022–23). Call ahead to confirm it's open.

Nova Scotia publishes no live ER status, so this annual open-data figure is the best signal we have for whether the door will be open. In an emergency, call 911, paramedics know which ERs are open. Nova Scotia open data ↗

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 3pm and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 12am and on Saturdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 3h 45m, ranging roughly 2h 15m to 5h 23m.

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 Hants Community Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun89127125165164157131137145189203220256255276264282252204189180172118116
Mon90132146176188174130119162201220248246286307327309283266268248217206178
Tue161186203240247248215215227265284305348338348366362360321267280244220205
Wed184167192214235214167177197229271297280312308333297294298229218212182168
Thu144154192207225182162138173208227275260316316319294306279251256241199163
Fri156158192203219195153136177209216253255291288279280250241241213187147120
Sat106109139164178168111123146180211219229237263261223196184188170149125106

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.

How reliable is this number?

Over the last 82.7 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 60 min, has ranged 1h 15m–4h 30m.

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 ~5h 12m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~2h 45m 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 ~7h 6m 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

Nearby emergency rooms

Valley Regional Hospital
Kentville · 32 km away
1h 23m
Cobequid Community Health Centre
Lower Sackville · 43 km away
Closed
Qeii - Halifax Infirmary Site
Halifax · 57 km away
4h 37m
IWK Health Centre
Halifax · 57 km away
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Dartmouth General Hospital
Dartmouth · 58 km away
4h 53m
Fishermen's Memorial Hospital
Lunenburg · 69 km away
Closed

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Hants Community Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 3h 37m to be seen at Hants 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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