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Welland Hospital (Niagara Health)

Welland, ON · Niagara Health System - Welland Hospital Site · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (905) 378-4647
2h 18m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 15 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-27T10:30:00.5030314Z
vs its typical now
−27 min
usually about 2h 45m at this hour
calmest hour
7am
typically 2h 32m
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Patients waiting
4
In the ED now
17

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 10pm and quietest around 7am.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 3h 52m, ranging roughly 2h 29m to 5h 35m.

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 Welland Hospital (Niagara Health) by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun260242212197203202167151172191201208216214209192197191194226264280294277
Mon264248234217210178155160171180207219240236218211218208201246291320336340
Tue321305279242236199165160181194214223232234228208213204201240299324341347
Wed340330297293242244169150160183196194192205201193204196196233273302295304
Thu292274250235221191156137148182207213217222209199198195193223268286290291
Fri288262234210201175147142160173201201204209211195196195194225260277301281
Sat263247236219196171156162183191208204213213204193189184186210253279274264

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 18m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 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 49.6 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 1h 28m–6h 43m.

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 42m 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

Greater Niagara General Hospital (Niagara Falls)
Niagara Falls · 17 km away
1h 18m
St. Catharines Hospital (Niagara Health)
St Catharines · 18 km away
2h 52m
Haldimand War Memorial Hospital
Dunnville · 32 km away
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West Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Grimsby · 32 km away
2h 51m
Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital
Niagara-On-The-Lake · 33 km away
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Juravinski Hospital
Hamilton · 55 km away
4h 11m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Welland Hospital (Niagara Health) right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 18m to be seen at Welland Hospital (Niagara Health). 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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