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Victoria Hospital (LHSC, London)

Level 1 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.
London, ON · London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (519) 685-8500
4h 45m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated just now
Posted by the hospital · 9:15 am
vs its typical now
−44 min
usually about 5h 29m at this hour
Ontario rank
#42 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
11am
typically 4h 55m
Long wait posted here right now — a nearby ER may be seen sooner ↓
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Weather now
6°C
Air quality (AQHI)
3

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 3am and on Fridays, and quietest around 11am and on Mondays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 8h, ranging roughly 3h 45m to 12h 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 Victoria Hospital (LHSC, London) by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun516539558593580498459434426395310301275319344355349384399414435442428427
Mon420446483491459427430420401329240242267282302329355377429461499540530533
Tue535554588625623583543536503390336314319345349382400363390405439484486495
Wed506517545581581553567574534486358327316356380364361404433440466500509548
Thu549563596640628556527495447387282278309345358360386428477507507541527549
Fri568586632662651598582536513406338306333355392401382398426459465499525520
Sat572589599651659616607573531438360296314337349355343361378421447477497498

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 4h 45m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 7h 27m 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 14 min, has ranged 2h 15m–18h 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 ~7h 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

Children's Hospital (LHSC, London)
London · 1 km away
1h
University Hospital (LHSC, London)
London · 7 km away
5h 45m
St. Thomas - Elgin General Hospital
St Thomas · 22 km away
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Alexandra Hospital
Ingersoll · 30 km away
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Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital
Strathroy · 33 km away
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St Marys Memorial Hospital
St. Marys · 34 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Victoria Hospital (LHSC, London) right now?
As of the latest update, about 4h 45m to be seen at Victoria 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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