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Sturgeon Community Hospital

St Albert, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (780) 418-8200
1h 53m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated just now
vs its typical now
−37 min
usually about 2h 30m at this hour
Alberta rank
#11 / 23
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
6am
typically 2h 34m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~20th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 292 past readings)
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-3°C
Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 11pm and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 6am and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 4h 28m, ranging roughly 2h 21m to 6h 51m.

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 Sturgeon Community Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun244261247206158121113122156164169173201216246264261257277277290281273296
Mon276269243198143128130150185177178199237280302323328322343362352352349412
Tue390347305263218180169192207215203227239280297309315325329326341339332364
Wed354343297242182148153180198204201219249280302315308307319318323330333364
Thu346339298262209154162178197187177187219252280299299309327329325326335374
Fri346337310275208181175184182174172186210250282307308317326340351332334363
Sat354346325272224176180167175176169178191214232242245241246245259244233258

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 53m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 4h 55m 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 53 min–5h 42m.

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 ~6h 42m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~4h 11m 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 ~68h 54m 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 ↗

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

Royal Alexandra Hospital
Edmonton · 14 km away
2h 57m
Northeast Community Health Centre
Edmonton · 15 km away
5h 18m
Misericordia Community Hospital
Edmonton · 15 km away
4h 22m
University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 16 km away
4h 45m
Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 16 km away
45 min
Strathcona Community Hospital
Sherwood Park · 25 km away
1h 44m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Sturgeon Community Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 1h 53m to be seen at Sturgeon 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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