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South Health Campus

Calgary, AB · Hospital website ↗
☎ (403) 956-1111
4h 25m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 1 min ago
vs its typical now
+50 min
usually about 3h 35m at this hour
Alberta rank
#20 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
11am
typically 2h 47m
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 10pm and quietest around 11am.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 4h 35m, ranging roughly 2h 58m to 7h 12m.

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 South Health Campus by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun363371364345312269221287248197184157162181211226229232235243252283339325
Mon315315307289254208171215193180177165176199224248263278299340360401499424
Tue405394362330296253205284252223206181184196216223228233254289301355441375
Wed382372355330290249211269242205193173182195210226225232255272281322396364
Thu368374369343309270228294260218204177179200220241247252282305328389495420
Fri409395362330292255219281241203192163163192208228249264281310324369465412
Sat406394371340311265220280242194175155160183204215227238248266267308391350

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 4h 25m right now, and this ER's usual pattern points to it holding near 4h 53m 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 56m–8h 57m.

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 ~7h 48m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~4h 26m 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 ~37h 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 ↗

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

South Health Campus - Children's Emergency
Calgary · 0 km away
4h 3m
Rockyview General Hospital
Calgary · 16 km away
3h 50m
Peter Lougheed Centre
Calgary · 22 km away
2h 8m
Foothills Medical Centre
Calgary · 24 km away
7h 24m
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary · 25 km away
30 min
Oilfields General Hospital
Black Diamond · 30 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at South Health Campus right now?
As of the latest update, about 4h 25m to be seen at South Health Campus. 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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