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Peter Lougheed Centre

Calgary, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (403) 943-4555
3h 52m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 9 min ago
vs its typical now
about typical
usually about 3h 55m at this hour
Alberta rank
#19 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
11am
typically 2h 38m
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Weather now
-1°C
Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 10pm and quietest around 11am.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 4h 18m, ranging roughly 2h 52m to 6h 43m.

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 Peter Lougheed Centre by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun355364353339314285244254219188165163190212218221230237232219223242298275
Mon304300304282260233197193164154143149192221233233252263264273300357446398
Tue401380361339310277235244208186163166185209225220232243244253285328394337
Wed345333331311281251210212185166153153185205212205217224228233251290345332
Thu337344344321287250213208181162147150172204217220236247250264284337412369
Fri366361353330305270229226188170158158180189198207237244260286333399483425
Sat420400392366331295251269235202176168198214216218233231227239254288349321

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 3h 52m right now, and this ER's usual pattern points to it holding near 4h 3m 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 56 min–8h 12m.

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)

Officially, 9 in 10 patients here were seen by a physician within ~7h 30m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~3h 21m 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).

This hospital, 90th-percentile time from triage to first physician assessment. CIHI, fiscal 2024–2025. Source ↗

If you're admitted (CIHI)

If you're admitted to hospital from here, the wait for an inpatient bed can be long: 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~32h in the ED.

Most ER visits end in discharge and are far shorter, this is the admitted-patient (boarding) figure. This hospital, 90th-percentile total ED time for admitted patients. 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

Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary · 11 km away
6h 12m
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary · 11 km away
4h 4m
Rockyview General Hospital
Calgary · 13 km away
3h 9m
South Health Campus
Calgary · 22 km away
3h 5m
South Health Campus - Children's Emergency
Calgary · 22 km away
2h 50m
Strathmore District Health Services
Strathmore · 42 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Peter Lougheed Centre right now?
As of the latest update, about 3h 52m to be seen at Peter Lougheed 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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