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Health Sciences Centre - Adult

Winnipeg, MB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (204) 787-3661
9h
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 2 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 6:12 AM
vs its typical now
−21 min
usually about 9h 21m at this hour
Manitoba rank
#2 / 4
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
7am
typically 8h 17m
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Patients waiting
39
Patients in the ED
98
Weather now
-5°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 10pm and quietest around 7am.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 11h, ranging roughly 8h to 14h 45m.

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 Health Sciences Centre - Adult by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun673650616580544523539525549654608604619639605607647638652689691707729730
Mon693685632609574555561527539604591603616649641659702707743733768764773738
Tue727727660602550539539492532632568598619650627649685675707737738733748718
Wed689674630571540543521486501591568572609641662676730720720730724724737729
Thu719697634567545524512470505582552556556584602594653633658675674669679696
Fri660653624578546533528475514579559567592642636620646674704714693692706723
Sat712685651578533515547502545610563564565586562557604615634641641651677689

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 9h right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 11h 31m 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 7h–15h.

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 Manitoba, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~8h 30m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~11h 15m 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 Manitoba, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~54h 12m 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 Manitoba (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~3.7–6.3 h; 9 in 10 within ~17.9 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

Health Sciences Centre - Children's
Winnipeg · 0 km away
3h
St. Boniface Hospital (Winnipeg)
Winnipeg · 3 km away
13h
Grace Hospital (Winnipeg)
Winnipeg · 9 km away
11h 15m
Dr. Evelyn Memorial Hospital
Stonewall · 28 km away
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Stonewall and District Health Centre
Stonewall · 28 km away
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Selkirk & District General Hospital
Selkirk · 34 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Health Sciences Centre - Adult right now?
As of the latest update, about 9h to be seen at Health Sciences Centre - Adult. 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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