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Royal Alexandra Hospital

Level 1 trauma centre, in a life-threatening emergency call 911; paramedics assess you and take you to the right hospital. Otherwise go to your nearest ER, which can stabilise and transfer if needed, don't drive past a closer one on a guess.
Source: Provincial trauma system. Trauma designations are point-in-time and can change; treat this as background, not routing advice.
Edmonton, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (780) 735-4111
2h 57m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated just now
vs its typical now
−31 min
usually about 3h 28m at this hour
Alberta rank
#15 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
10am
typically 2h 56m
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Weather now
-3°C
Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 10pm and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 10am and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 3h 52m, ranging roughly 2h 31m to 5h 28m.

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 Royal Alexandra Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun232228230231222217191250223192172166154176182185198226230244265281322247
Mon237237232228208202170208195177167183191213231246263289287312321347376293
Tue276275268261248240206263231203189204205217240245248266267283305313344275
Wed266255256253247232196248233202196219226226222237249254257276281325359277
Thu255246243236238225185230203168167182191214217221226258264280303315354287
Fri275262253244232229185242213189173186194204212215224246248276290313346278
Sat270259261255244228190254233201171171172184185190201229224239249266302237

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 57m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 4h 17m 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 14 min, has ranged 1h 59m–6h 19m.

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 30m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~3h 57m 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 ~27h 12m 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

Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 4 km away
45 min
University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 4 km away
4h 45m
Northeast Community Health Centre
Edmonton · 7 km away
5h 18m
Misericordia Community Hospital
Edmonton · 9 km away
4h 22m
Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Edmonton · 12 km away
1h 41m
Sturgeon Community Hospital
St Albert · 14 km away
1h 53m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Royal Alexandra Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 57m to be seen at Royal Alexandra 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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