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Greater Niagara General Hospital (Niagara Falls)

Niagara Falls, ON · Niagara Health System - Greater Niagara General Site · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (905) 378-4647
1h 24m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 2 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-27T13:31:20.4704788Z
vs its typical now
−54 min
usually about 2h 18m at this hour
calmest hour
7am
typically 1h 58m
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Patients waiting
3
In the ED now
23

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 11pm and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 7am and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 3h 16m, ranging roughly 1h 52m to 6h 5m.

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 Greater Niagara General Hospital (Niagara Falls) by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun290296278239217166150110113125138160180185183184177182190217244253272304
Mon297294273241216175155116121130153177204222225215215224233287320334360351
Tue319315283239203167156125121138167194207210205209213226240288334357373375
Wed343329303263219179158120130146167194201205208202200203213251283309345372
Thu364320300264226182140100116131141177194198202204197198208248306305327329
Fri311291261240204164128115128146163189190200216219222224238283320343374377
Sat378357326275240197177137130141160179192201199191190182188214235251274287

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 1h 24m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 4h 51m 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 49.7 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 30 min–7h 17m.

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 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

St. Catharines Hospital (Niagara Health)
St Catharines · 17 km away
2h 12m
Welland Hospital (Niagara Health)
Welland · 17 km away
2h 33m
Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital
Niagara-On-The-Lake · 18 km away
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West Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Grimsby · 38 km away
2h 9m
Haldimand War Memorial Hospital
Dunnville · 48 km away
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Juravinski Hospital
Hamilton · 63 km away
3h 33m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Greater Niagara General Hospital (Niagara Falls) right now?
As of the latest update, about 1h 24m to be seen at Greater Niagara General Hospital (Niagara Falls). 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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