The emergency department at Strait Richmond Hospital is temporarily closed from 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 until 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3. Virtual urgent care will be available onsite from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31. Hours subject to change.
This emergency department was temporarily closed for about 5,486 hours in 2023–24, roughly 63% of the year. Call ahead to confirm it's open.
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 ↗
Wait history
Not enough history charted here yet; it builds as we keep collecting.
The emergency department at Strait Richmond Hospital is temporarily closed from 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 29 until 8 a.m. Monday, Aug. 3. Virtual urgent care will be available onsite from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31. Hours subject to change. — ongoing
How long is the ER wait at Strait Richmond Hospital right now?
Strait Richmond Hospital 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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