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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Level 1 trauma centre, in a life-threatening emergency call 911; paramedics assess you and take you to the right hospital. Otherwise go to your nearest ER, which can stabilise and transfer if needed, don't drive past a closer one on a guess.
Source: Trauma Association of Canada (TRISC registry, as of 2017). Trauma designations are point-in-time and can change; treat this as background, not routing advice.
Toronto, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (416) 480-6100
4h 58m
current emergency wait
Medium confidence, scraped from the hospital's public page, updated 1 min ago
Posted by the hospital · As of October 26 at 7:00 a.m.
vs its typical now
+1h 15m
usually about 3h 43m at this hour
Ontario rank
#36 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
8am
typically 4h 5m
Long wait posted here right now — a nearby ER may be seen sooner ↓
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Patients waiting
23
In the ED now
71
Weather now
8°C
Air quality (AQHI)
3

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 10pm and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 8am and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 6h 27m, ranging roughly 3h 40m to 9h 26m.

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 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun441396373328297262241240237258273299331349357378383374372399421435450452
Mon399369344303268234222223213235243273318358387424453451471520526523511491
Tue475464431391348311290293280294315343383422446473496507493527523535529501
Wed473445415377330303284266252253273293334369375403419423412451473489494468
Thu456422383350304268245229222217235272312339348356374383393453475517513500
Fri473448423379346307285260253257279298338351378391405419429478503504531507
Sat483459420380345314277261259270291324357379402426447455455496512518512490

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 58m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 8h 1m 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 3h 35m–10h 3m.

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 Ontario, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~4h 30m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~7h 15m 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 Ontario, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~44h 24m 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 Ontario (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~2.3–3.7 h; 9 in 10 within ~8.3 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

Michael Garron Hospital
Toronto · 5 km away
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Toronto General Hospital (UHN)
Toronto · 7 km away
4h 35m
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto · 8 km away
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Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto · 8 km away
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St. Michael's Hospital - Bond St. Site
Toronto · 8 km away
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North York General Hospital - Branson Division
North York · 8 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre right now?
As of the latest update, about 4h 58m to be seen at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. 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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