Children's Hospital (LHSC, London)

Children's ER

London, ON · London Health Sciences Centre - Children's Hospital · Hospital website ↗

Open 24/7☎ (519) 685-8500

5h 15m

current emergency wait

Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 2 min ago

Posted by the hospital · 5:15 pm

vs its typical now

+3h 25m

usually about 1h 50m at this hour

Ontario rank

#43 / 54

among ERs reporting now, shortest first

calmest hour

9am

typically 48 min

Busier than usual for this time of day (~100th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 305 past readings)

Long wait posted here right now — a nearby ER may be seen sooner ↓

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Weather now

15°C

Air quality (AQHI)

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 2am and on Mondays, and quietest around 9am and on Thursdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 1h 45m, ranging roughly 30 min to 3h 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 Children's Hospital (LHSC, London) by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Sun	111	122	138	120	99	99	92	74	59	49	64	88	106	106	111	130	103	100	92	83	95	96	104	111
Mon	108	123	143	153	140	87	74	50	39	45	51	63	75	90	106	114	104	110	89	95	104	124	136	133
Tue	129	147	139	114	102	77	59	58	50	49	67	64	72	82	91	100	95	89	100	109	105	121	131	121
Wed	127	128	128	98	77	55	80	84	75	68	46	52	63	72	93	97	98	84	80	88	92	101	99	104
Thu	113	107	94	82	73	50	42	42	35	37	45	61	81	88	95	109	105	85	79	87	104	110	118	116
Fri	107	111	122	126	114	58	50	52	35	38	46	61	79	91	110	116	100	92	91	107	96	94	107	107
Sat	116	126	121	126	111	104	97	96	45	49	55	55	68	78	86	108	100	87	90	104	100	108	116	113

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 5h 15m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to ease toward roughly 2h 41m over the next 12 hours.

A projection from this ER's own history, not a guarantee. Live conditions can change quickly.

Trends for this ER

See interactive trends, wait history, weather, volume, compare →

How reliable is this number?

Over the last 49.0 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 30 min–5h 15m.

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

Getting there

16 parking area(s) mapped nearby, the nearest about 43 m from the ER.
Nearest pharmacy: Pharmasave, about 865 m away.

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 ~1h 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).

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

Victoria Hospital (LHSC, London)

London · 1 km away

University Hospital (LHSC, London)

London · 6 km away

5h 30m

St. Thomas - Elgin General Hospital

St Thomas · 23 km away

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Alexandra Hospital

Ingersoll · 29 km away

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St Marys Memorial Hospital

St. Marys · 33 km away

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Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital

Strathroy · 33 km away

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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Children's Hospital (LHSC, London) right now?

As of the latest update, about 5h 15m to be seen at Children's Hospital (LHSC, London). 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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	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Sun	111	122	138	120	99	99	92	74	59	49	64	88	106	106	111	130	103	100	92	83	95	96	104	111
Mon	108	123	143	153	140	87	74	50	39	45	51	63	75	90	106	114	104	110	89	95	104	124	136	133
Tue	129	147	139	114	102	77	59	58	50	49	67	64	72	82	91	100	95	89	100	109	105	121	131	121
Wed	127	128	128	98	77	55	80	84	75	68	46	52	63	72	93	97	98	84	80	88	92	101	99	104
Thu	113	107	94	82	73	50	42	42	35	37	45	61	81	88	95	109	105	85	79	87	104	110	118	116
Fri	107	111	122	126	114	58	50	52	35	38	46	61	79	91	110	116	100	92	91	107	96	94	107	107
Sat	116	126	121	126	111	104	97	96	45	49	55	55	68	78	86	108	100	87	90	104	100	108	116	113

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Sun	111	122	138	120	99	99	92	74	59	49	64	88	106	106	111	130	103	100	92	83	95	96	104	111
Mon	108	123	143	153	140	87	74	50	39	45	51	63	75	90	106	114	104	110	89	95	104	124	136	133
Tue	129	147	139	114	102	77	59	58	50	49	67	64	72	82	91	100	95	89	100	109	105	121	131	121
Wed	127	128	128	98	77	55	80	84	75	68	46	52	63	72	93	97	98	84	80	88	92	101	99	104
Thu	113	107	94	82	73	50	42	42	35	37	45	61	81	88	95	109	105	85	79	87	104	110	118	116
Fri	107	111	122	126	114	58	50	52	35	38	46	61	79	91	110	116	100	92	91	107	96	94	107	107
Sat	116	126	121	126	111	104	97	96	45	49	55	55	68	78	86	108	100	87	90	104	100	108	116	113

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Sun	111	122	138	120	99	99	92	74	59	49	64	88	106	106	111	130	103	100	92	83	95	96	104	111
Mon	108	123	143	153	140	87	74	50	39	45	51	63	75	90	106	114	104	110	89	95	104	124	136	133
Tue	129	147	139	114	102	77	59	58	50	49	67	64	72	82	91	100	95	89	100	109	105	121	131	121
Wed	127	128	128	98	77	55	80	84	75	68	46	52	63	72	93	97	98	84	80	88	92	101	99	104
Thu	113	107	94	82	73	50	42	42	35	37	45	61	81	88	95	109	105	85	79	87	104	110	118	116
Fri	107	111	122	126	114	58	50	52	35	38	46	61	79	91	110	116	100	92	91	107	96	94	107	107
Sat	116	126	121	126	111	104	97	96	45	49	55	55	68	78	86	108	100	87	90	104	100	108	116	113