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Surrey Memorial Hospital

Surrey, BC · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (604) 581-2211
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no wait posted right now
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 6 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-08-17T17:00:03.472Z

Typically about 2h 38m at this hour, from its own recorded history (see the pattern below).

typical at this hour
2h 38m
this ER's own history for this hour
calmest hour
4am
typically 2h 43m
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 12am and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 4am and on Sundays.

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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 Surrey Memorial Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun252277222222158163194168134127140114117142183203237221167170200207257308
Mon308256231250158120866981101129152220250270275320336327305348409443448
Tue515358225231159202340354374363360335347324322320347342364374329366372362
Wed343229257302164172281286245223208197197204199230244212252343340350396399
Thu412332227254162156204232228240268272281299263327331320321378392381344290
Fri296194206182154149196185153137130164226260271290318358287297308339332315
Sat338316250340185183320343338292257246248263282307334275282291261238259227

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.

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 24m.

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 ~92h 48m 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 ↗

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

Royal Columbian Hospital
New Westminster · 7 km away
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Eagle Ridge Hospital
Port Moody · 12 km away
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Burnaby Hospital
Burnaby · 15 km away
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Ridge Meadows Hospital
Maple Ridge · 16 km away
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Peace Arch Hospital
White Rock · 17 km away
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Delta Hospital
Delta · 19 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Surrey Memorial Hospital right now?
Surrey Memorial 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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