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Prince County Hospital

Summerside, PE · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (902) 438-4200
10h
current emergency wait
Low confidence, relayed from a third-party aggregator, updated 13 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-26T14:06:10Z
vs its typical now
+6h 45m
usually about 3h 15m at this hour
Prince Edward Island rank
#4 / 4
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
12pm
typically 3h 48m
Busier than usual for this time of day (~94th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 292 past readings)
Long wait posted here right now — a nearby ER may be seen sooner ↓
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Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 4am and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 12pm and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 5h 30m, ranging roughly 1h 30m to 10h.

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 Prince County Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun365369362326332330339361352309272260218260253255272274306312335316348393
Mon412431438454480480443406275236225195228254311346387425461487499507454474
Tue491514538558568509496453359230223233252251288316322321349386412438437450
Wed467479490479505502523505404299267216222242249284310330366387406423435467
Thu482488429418400406425424405339310251233242223239260269297317337348358404
Fri434447440453457477494426328315273186181223240263264327368390413433465435
Sat474458470473507506524466335269241261259255252247267304289316330346344359

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 10h right now, and this ER's usual pattern points to it holding near 9h 11m 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 48.5 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 55 min, has ranged 30 min–10h, current value held 1h 1m.

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 ~8h 36m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~5h 30m 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 ~135h 6m 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 Prince Edward Island (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~4.3–5.1 h; 9 in 10 within ~11.3 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

Western Hospital Corporation
Alberton · 49 km away
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Western Hospital
Alberton · 49 km away
2h 30m
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Charlottetown · 55 km away
2h 30m
North Cumberland Memorial Hospital
Pugwash · 63 km away
Closed
Sackville Memorial Hospital
Sackville · 74 km away
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Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
Amherst · 76 km away
3h 37m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Prince County Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 10h to be seen at Prince County Hospital. 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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