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St. Mary's Hospital / Sechelt-Shishalh Hospital

Sechelt, BC · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (604) 885-2224
4h 45m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 6 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-28T02:38:20.368Z
vs its typical now
−12 min
usually about 4h 57m at this hour
calmest hour
1am
typically 2h 35m
Long wait posted here right now — a nearby ER may be seen sooner ↓
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 7pm and on Mondays, and quietest around 1am and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 3h 45m, ranging roughly 2h to 6h 15m.

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 St. Mary's Hospital / Sechelt-Shishalh Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun241194192184192194159161175178175199213204210206242249253255244239218157
Mon146125149177198213180174203227223247248267305326357356356349329327288233
Tue219171170190220220157151165189207243242241263286302304310297282265243198
Wed177135138162192203165157154192192203230232241240280291292291275266246204
Thu188156161174191203167161177208243270273277301309337360356351313296279203
Fri177155160179189192160157161199215230237254294324337348338351340320291226
Sat188150142162190192151157169189209238251248265271289295298321316316323264

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 45m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to ease toward roughly 2h 36m 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 49.9 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 15 min, has ranged 1h 30m–8h.

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 British Columbia, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~5h.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~3h 30m 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 British Columbia, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~64h 42m 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 British Columbia (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.9–4.3 h; 9 in 10 within ~8.9 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

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
Nanaimo · 36 km away
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Ubc Hospital
Vancouver · 43 km away
1h 15m
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver · 50 km away
2h 15m
Squamish General Hospital
Squamish · 50 km away
3h 45m
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver · 51 km away
5h
BC Children's Hospital
Vancouver · 52 km away
6h 15m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at St. Mary's Hospital / Sechelt-Shishalh Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 4h 45m to be seen at St. Mary's Hospital / Sechelt-Shishalh 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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