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Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre

Calgary, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (403) 955-6200
2h 24m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 4 min ago
vs its typical now
+50 min
usually about 1h 34m at this hour
calmest hour
10am
typically 1h 23m
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 1am and on Fridays, and quietest around 10am and on Wednesdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 52m, ranging roughly 1h 18m to 5h 9m.

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 Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun2712952982732442141691921451129297131136147148145136139141146143174157
Mon21622022620918716212313294768698108118136160205218202173160229308251
Tue2752852792462011741191411007874788895101114159177165150140156220188
Wed24025324721819716011112495778193116126142148173161121105102122179186
Thu222249243230205167130134105766380114120130145186195173145155204293263
Fri302322309278246205154166113827687116125122144188190166154162189220203
Sat279291284255230199152178145113104107107114122128151178159132126133164177

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 24m right now, and this ER's usual pattern points to it holding near 2h 40m 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 40 min–5h 18m.

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)

Across Alberta, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~5h 24m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~2h 33m 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 Alberta, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~37h 18m 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 ↗

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

Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary · 5 km away
6h 48m
Rockyview General Hospital
Calgary · 6 km away
3h 26m
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary · 6 km away
45 min
Peter Lougheed Centre
Calgary · 7 km away
1h
South Health Campus
Calgary · 20 km away
4h
South Health Campus - Children's Emergency
Calgary · 20 km away
4h 3m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 24m to be seen at Sheldon M. Chumir Health 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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