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Richmond Hospital

Richmond, BC · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (604) 278-9711
3h
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 2 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-27T16:09:22.648Z
vs its typical now
−37 min
usually about 3h 37m at this hour
British Columbia rank
#8 / 10
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
9am
typically 3h 32m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~10th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 312 past readings)
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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 11pm and quietest around 9am.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 5h 15m, ranging roughly 3h 30m to 7h 45m.

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 Richmond Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun449412378348310263237209194192201207221240249244260277266260262294373437
Mon440419382353324283261241224229239263279286291293314310308298316364446494
Tue478446409373342301271233224217230237230238229223236237243234247284377436
Wed428397359337307263243214202193203221226244230225236241243242266320405461
Thu469446410376346300264237223213221233235244246248266280277271292333426475
Fri470440402372343304280253237229232245256258258250259262251244253308397464
Sat465435402372343310280254233211212230234244234223235247247242252296382449

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 right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 5h 15m 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 50.1 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 2h 45m–9h 30m.

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 ~4h 42m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~4h 45m 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 ~54h 42m 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 ↗

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

BC Children's Hospital
Vancouver · 9 km away
2h 15m
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver · 10 km away
3h 30m
Providence Health Care - Mount Saint Joseph Hospital
Vancouver · 11 km away
1h 45m
Delta Hospital
Delta · 11 km away
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St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver · 12 km away
1h 45m
Ubc Hospital
Vancouver · 13 km away
1h 15m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Richmond Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 3h to be seen at Richmond 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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