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South Health Campus - Children's Emergency

Children's ER
Calgary, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (403) 956-1111
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This ER's live wait feed went offline (last update 10h ago), so there's no current wait to show. Call ahead or check the hospital's own site.

Nearest ER reporting live: South Health Campus, 4h 25m (0 km away) →

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Busiest hours, by day
Average emergency wait at South Health Campus - Children's Emergency by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun7584124118107125155189211203196
Mon6470859694102113139153173188
Tue63515460717777104118164165
Wed5456525974737787103132141
Thu534752577380106132154170167
Fri45565274777895103124161184
Sat686270768297103116119125125

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.

How reliable is this number?

Over the last 105.3 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 30 min–5h 9m.

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 21m 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 ↗

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
Calgary · 0 km away
4h 25m
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 - Children's Emergency right now?
South Health Campus - Children's Emergency doesn't publish a live wait time we can read right now. A blank means we have no live number, not that the ER is closed. Check the current status and phone number above, or call ahead.
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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