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South Shore Regional Hospital

Bridgewater, NS · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (902) 543-4603
2h 45m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 5 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026/10/26 12:00:00
vs its typical now
−58 min
usually about 3h 43m at this hour
Nova Scotia rank
#4 / 11
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
7am
typically 2h 16m
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10°C
Air quality (AQHI)
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Past ER closures

This emergency department reported no temporary closures in 2023–24.

Nova Scotia publishes no live ER status, so this annual open-data figure is the best signal we have for whether the door will be open. In an emergency, call 911, paramedics know which ERs are open. Nova Scotia open data ↗

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 8pm and on Fridays, and quietest around 7am and on Wednesdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 3h 45m, ranging roughly 1h 53m to 6h 7m.

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 Shore Regional Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun330296281233236190163153156150143199183163177207234281337374391396389377
Mon324320276245186197161137163158166223216223198235267322391363411382396377
Tue344296239236209180175133142119141163156160144211231276283331351338313324
Wed272243210203199148128111118149140149161166185198210278308314356350339356
Thu315331279224210169120124113154173176162175213202237290348351360381373372
Fri328294268273240178157116161153154188203195223224266355362384408399410385
Sat384322275232220232183177135178191223199193190213237284327322380404397337

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 45m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 5h 50m 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 60 min, has ranged 1h 15m–6h 30m.

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.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~2h 53m 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 ~116h 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 ↗

Nearby emergency rooms

Fishermen's Memorial Hospital
Lunenburg · 16 km away
Closed
Queens General Hospital
Liverpool · 41 km away
Closed
Hants Community Hospital
Windsor · 74 km away
Closed
Soldiers Memorial Hospital
Middleton · 75 km away
Closed
Valley Regional Hospital
Kentville · 78 km away
1h 23m
IWK Health Centre
Halifax · 79 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at South Shore Regional Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 45m to be seen at South Shore Regional 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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