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Kirkland and District Hospital

Kirkland Lake, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ 705-567-5251
3h 17m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 7 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-26T14:17:56.6989449Z
vs its typical now
−14 min
usually about 3h 31m at this hour
Ontario rank
#38 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
9pm
typically 1h 50m
Busier than usual for this time of day (~96th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 296 past readings)
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Patients waiting
5
In the ED now
12
Weather now
1°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 12am and on Mondays, and quietest around 9pm and on Saturdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 48m, ranging roughly 30 min to 5h 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 Kirkland and District Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun3303303303303303303301221221141221441371461541511351401401281099680318
Mon330330330330330330330113135173211213206213204204208197186153138120125317
Tue330330330330330330330121113128157175175195199205199196171149139121129315
Wed330330330330330330330119141136143156175186185165149158162152125118136321
Thu330330330330330330330114122149151163155170164168162157154127111108105315
Fri330330330330330330330125134140157166162172172174174171160150134111113325
Sat3303303303303303303301161091351171081191431471541431271351321039899312

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 17m right now, and this ER's usual pattern points to it holding near 3h 16m 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 29m–5h 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)

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 28m 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

Englehart and District Hospital Inc.
Englehart · 38 km away
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Bingham Memorial Hospital
Matheson · 55 km away
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Hôpital de Rouyn-Noranda
Rouyn-Noranda · 74 km away
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Temiskaming Hospital
New Liskeard · 77 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Kirkland and District Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 3h 17m to be seen at Kirkland and District 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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