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Health Sciences Centre - Children's

Children's ER
Winnipeg, MB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (204) 787-2306
3h
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 1 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 6:12 AM
vs its typical now
−12 min
usually about 3h 12m at this hour
Manitoba rank
#1 / 4
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
6am
typically 3h 32m
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Patients waiting
2
Patients in the ED
12
Weather now
-5°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 1am and quietest around 6am.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 4h 45m, ranging roughly 3h 30m to 7h 30m.

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 - Children's by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun310338336305295250233213213227245260271298294290288275264258248255271278
Mon310328295274279238192209236225230226236249240248235222248262277262277279
Tue306302313273256217225224242218228231229250246246265238237249248253267283
Wed304292318261248204185206218212232227225236254250252241257261260274285291
Thu315307300298270231229248247236254251231240246246233225246267257267283294
Fri319303263242240212191217232239228234256243250248245238252257265260279301
Sat335378351301314270228240255229245251258248256252232233244232242253297296

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 3h right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 3h 53m 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 17 min, has ranged 2h 45m–10h.

Measured from our own archive of what this hospital posted. See how we check accuracy

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 ~4h 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).

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 - Adult
Winnipeg · 0 km away
9h
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 - Children's right now?
As of the latest update, about 3h to be seen at Health Sciences Centre - Children's. 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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