Providence Health Care - Mount Saint Joseph Hospital

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no wait posted right now

High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 13 min ago

Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-26T14:22:50.066Z

This ER reports its live wait intermittently, and isn't posting one right now. Typically about 33 min at this hour, from its own recorded history (see the pattern below).

Nearest ER reporting live: Vancouver General Hospital, 5h 15m (2 km away) →

typical at this hour

33 min

this ER's own history for this hour

calmest hour

12am

typically 23 min

Quieter than usual for this time of day (~3th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 106 past readings)

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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 10am and on Mondays, and quietest around 12am and on Saturdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h, ranging roughly 30 min to 2h 15m.

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 Providence Health Care - Mount Saint Joseph Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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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.

Trends for this ER

See interactive trends, wait history, weather, volume, compare →

How reliable is this number?

Over the last 40.6 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 28 min, has ranged 15 min–2h 45m.

Measured from our own archive of what this hospital posted. See how we check accuracy

Getting there

22 parking area(s) mapped nearby, the nearest about 35 m from the ER, and at least one is free.
Nearest pharmacy: Harvard Pharmacy, about 108 m away.

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 British Columbia, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~5h.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~2h 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 British Columbia, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~64h 42m 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 British Columbia (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.9–4.3 h; 9 in 10 within ~8.9 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

Vancouver General Hospital

Vancouver · 2 km away

5h 15m

BC Children's Hospital

Vancouver · 2 km away

1h 45m

St. Paul's Hospital

Vancouver · 3 km away

North Vancouver · 7 km away

2h 45m

Richmond Hospital

Richmond · 11 km away

4h 15m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Providence Health Care - Mount Saint Joseph Hospital right now?

Providence Health Care - Mount Saint Joseph Hospital doesn't publish a live wait time we can read right now. A blank means we have no live number, not that the ER is closed. Check the current status and phone number above, or call ahead.

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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