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Lions Gate Hospital

Level 3 trauma centre, in a life-threatening emergency call 911; paramedics assess you and take you to the right hospital. Otherwise go to your nearest ER, which can stabilise and transfer if needed, don't drive past a closer one on a guess.
Source: Trauma Association of Canada (TRISC registry, as of 2017). Trauma designations are point-in-time and can change; treat this as background, not routing advice.
North Vancouver, BC · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (604) 988-3131
2h 45m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 2 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-27T16:09:22.642Z
vs its typical now
about typical
usually about 2h 35m at this hour
British Columbia rank
#7 / 10
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
8am
typically 2h 15m
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Weather now
8°C
Air quality (AQHI)
3

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 12am and on Mondays, and quietest around 8am and on Saturdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 4h, ranging roughly 2h 45m to 5h 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 Lions Gate Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun271265250236214197170137136147174195217232229225223216217213226226236258
Mon278270248233210190174142141154178219243256268265262253255260280284292318
Tue319304278255228210186151144155178204221228243238239240242249267281285317
Wed321310287257225210190151137149169188201209219218230215225238246249261284
Thu294287258236213193166127123138167195204210209205209212221233255252264290
Fri308294268236212201180146132141152176199212221230229224225226235232255286
Sat295284259237212198172138129144166186203202213210209199192193206207215252

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 45m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 4h 15m 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 50.1 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 1h 30m–7h 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 ~3h 12m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~4h 30m 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 ~48h 24m 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 ↗

Typical in British Columbia (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.9–4.3 h; 9 in 10 within ~8.9 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

St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver · 6 km away
1h 45m
Providence Health Care - Mount Saint Joseph Hospital
Vancouver · 7 km away
1h 45m
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver · 8 km away
3h 30m
Burnaby Hospital
Burnaby · 9 km away
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BC Children's Hospital
Vancouver · 9 km away
2h 15m
Ubc Hospital
Vancouver · 14 km away
1h 15m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Lions Gate Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 45m to be seen at Lions Gate 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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