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Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre

Red Deer, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (403) 343-4422
2h 6m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 7 min ago
vs its typical now
about typical
usually about 2h 1m at this hour
calmest hour
6am
typically 1h 48m
Busier than usual for this time of day (~87th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 291 past readings)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 10pm and on Mondays, and quietest around 6am and on Saturdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 20m, ranging roughly 38 min to 4h 8m.

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 Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun18618919518115111895115111124140159168189215215225232229265293301336266
Mon276252228211170148114143135181202206219228252262271282277295333402445329
Tue292274238207182146121147136139164186199221239254250256269288310339387280
Wed272250230192169134119143125134165183195200212222233242259266257272317257
Thu228230222201166131109125114129147160182197218229241244254258272294321243
Fri245231208187151116849380109131162179186205209214205218240253269287233
Sat242230231208174136116140130139151162153155171184182173178174192196210166

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 2h 6m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 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 49.6 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 30 min–10h 34m.

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 42m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~3h 4m 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 ~43h 30m 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

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Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre
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Rimbey Hospital & Care Centre
Rimbey · 51 km away
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Olds Hospital & Care Centre
Olds · 55 km away
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Didsbury District Health Services
Didsbury · 70 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 6m to be seen at Red Deer Regional Hospital 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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