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Northeast Community Health Centre

Edmonton, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (780) 342-4000
4h 59m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 4 min ago
vs its typical now
+2h 22m
usually about 2h 37m at this hour
Alberta rank
#21 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
10am
typically 2h 32m
Busier than usual for this time of day (~92th 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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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 1am and quietest around 10am.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 4h 4m, ranging roughly 2h 32m to 5h 57m.

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 Northeast Community Health Centre by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun250287295288256222177245206167157172185210236261270262251253267267249179
Mon251292284265237206178239199153139162192228264282288284290320347344349267
Tue320343329299265231195253205157162164176195219241261271289296318317314231
Wed291336341326276235201267218174162171186204241264261255261271293311317236
Thu284317319296262217180239208171150164185204242259258249256274313297288212
Fri268305286259214194164227178152144147168193229239235234240263294308323240
Sat276311312285239201185250211180147145150176207207224219226242248263265191

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 59m right now, and this ER's usual pattern points to it holding near 5h 43m 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 49.8 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 1h 33m–7h 16m.

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 Alberta, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~5h 24m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~4h 58m 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 Alberta, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~37h 18m 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 Alberta (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.4–4.1 h; 9 in 10 within ~10.2 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

Royal Alexandra Hospital
Edmonton · 7 km away
4h 6m
Strathcona Community Hospital
Sherwood Park · 10 km away
3h 16m
Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 12 km away
1h 18m
University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 12 km away
3h 43m
Sturgeon Community Hospital
St Albert · 15 km away
3h 9m
Misericordia Community Hospital
Edmonton · 16 km away
6h 34m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Northeast Community Health Centre right now?
As of the latest update, about 4h 59m to be seen at Northeast Community 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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