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Ross Memorial Hospital

Lindsay, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (705) 324-6111
2h 34m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 1 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-26T11:13:03.5041200Z
vs its typical now
−43 min
usually about 3h 17m at this hour
Ontario rank
#24 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
9am
typically 2h 51m
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Patients waiting
4
In the ED now
24
Weather now
8°C
Air quality (AQHI)
3

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 3h 28m, ranging roughly 2h 14m to 6h 5m.

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 Ross Memorial Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun333320291267249235204187184170196230261254248242240232228265326341376386
Mon365349313267233227211197193181200225244246239233239241240277340357373376
Tue353336297273239210196184183184192212250246243239244236234260319318326327
Wed304277242209195188188183178161172209236241233221231224226252334345372361
Thu342315287263229212193183174166169195208218213211220220230265330338362377
Fri348321292246216196186173165164177205223218214208229230236279339368396414
Sat402382362310274263233210195174172195224223216200214211218232284310328348

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 34m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 4h 19m 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 49.0 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 30 min–6h 53m.

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 ~2h 55m 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 ~49h 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 Ontario (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.3–3.7 h; 9 in 10 within ~8.3 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

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Lakeridge Health - Bowmanville
Bowmanville · 49 km away
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Lakeridge Health - Oshawa
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1h 10m
Lakeridge Health - Whitby
Whitby · 58 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Ross Memorial Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 34m to be seen at Ross Memorial 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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