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Strathcona Community Hospital

Sherwood Park, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (780) 449-5380
1h 7m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 2 min ago
vs its typical now
−1h 16m
usually about 2h 23m at this hour
Alberta rank
#5 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
8am
typically 1h 55m
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Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 6pm and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 8am and on Saturdays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 3h 56m, ranging roughly 1h 37m to 7h 11m.

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 Strathcona Community Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun154199242210200179136139115123151165230296309316335388394370309264250209
Mon180193201182162143120137131148160169237301324317354408414424382342324274
Tue243260259232216173146148120121155159226299337353371406400382345311293247
Wed241257272237213190168162129134152165227277305314335387404370338292267237
Thu220236253227185151125122105117137126174237264292318370391376345319293259
Fri241259249227207185151127105117136143205278301322353390396392349292271248
Sat22924625723520318015113499106130135182256276295311327344318264218206166

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 1h 7m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 5h 35m 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 42 min–9h 13m.

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 ~4h 8m 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 ↗

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

Northeast Community Health Centre
Edmonton · 10 km away
5h 34m
Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital
Fort Saskatchewan · 15 km away
3h 19m
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Edmonton · 15 km away
2h 22m
Fort Saskatchewan Health Centre
Fort Saskatchewan · 15 km away
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Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Edmonton · 16 km away
3h
Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 17 km away
2h 50m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Strathcona Community Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 1h 7m to be seen at Strathcona Community 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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