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Juravinski Hospital

Hamilton, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (905) 521-2100
2h 23m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 2 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-26T07:15:03.233
vs its typical now
−32 min
usually about 2h 55m at this hour
Ontario rank
#21 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
2pm
typically 1h 39m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~12th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 291 past readings)
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Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 6am and on Thursdays, and quietest around 2pm and on Mondays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 50m, ranging roughly 1h 35m to 4h 36m.

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 Juravinski Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun175176180172171163155150143143127123109108108112117128142151160160166168
Mon165166162161164166173175174162138125108919397103109121133141157176190
Tue20120721221924024325024123220816514611193879298103113126134147168176
Wed191197211206240245252253231200165138120104104108120133147157163176192198
Thu202206210211224230236243237215188169137114111115133145160180195207215224
Fri22223023322221520820020119418115213211998939396100110122134142151161
Sat166170173178175174173168162146135125108101100103111123135153160171176172

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 2h 23m right now, and this ER's usual pattern points to it holding near 2h 4m 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 1m–5h 26m.

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

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 ~2h 46m 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

McMaster Children's Hospital (Hamilton)
Hamilton · 3 km away
4h 56m
Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton · 3 km away
3h 32m
St. Joseph's Hospital (Charlton, Hamilton)
Hamilton · 4 km away
2h 7m
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital
Burlington · 9 km away
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Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
Oakville · 24 km away
29 min
West Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Grimsby · 24 km away
2h 21m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Juravinski Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 23m to be seen at Juravinski 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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