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North Bay Regional Health Centre

North Bay, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (705) 474-8600
5h 42m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 5 min ago
Posted by the hospital · October 26, 2026 08:00
vs its typical now
−1h 16m
usually about 6h 58m at this hour
Ontario rank
#45 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
12pm
typically 5h 19m
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Patients waiting
13
In the ED now
30
Weather now
7°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 5am and quietest around 12pm.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 5h 50m, ranging roughly 4h to 8h 42m.

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 North Bay Regional Health Centre by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun397389389395406404414421424408362359352364363370385387382384384402411424
Mon424431440437450453462433418395363357350368384402410402398409413431455472
Tue463461464463466455437424407376355311292294302306311303299300309324345363
Wed384395405424442460468464455427378339313309315309313330349374396415433433
Thu444433428436435427401399392349323309303318338348354352353338333348359363
Fri373366389391417408398403373358328314309325332352358356363363378395404400
Sat408409404413430444462479465426382352313319322329327332331337351360376380

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 42m right now, and this ER's usual pattern points to it holding near 5h 44m 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 4h 10m–12h 3m.

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 ~5h 46m 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 ↗

Recent closures

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

West Nipissing General Hospital
Sturgeon Falls · 32 km away
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Point de Service de Témiscaming-et-de-Kipawa
Témiscaming · 53 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at North Bay Regional Health Centre right now?
As of the latest update, about 5h 42m to be seen at North Bay Regional Health Centre. 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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