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Toronto General Hospital (UHN)

Toronto, ON · University Health Network - Toronto General Hospital · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (403) 111-3155
8h 14m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 15 min ago
vs its typical now
+2h 36m
usually about 5h 38m at this hour
Ontario rank
#45 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
6pm
typically 3h 3m
Busier than usual for this time of day (~97th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 294 past readings)
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Patients waiting
190
Weather now
2°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 10am and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 6pm and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 4h 30m, ranging roughly 2h 43m to 7h 3m.

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 Toronto General Hospital (UHN) by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun187197207218225244255262273280282286278259236209194182177169165163163167
Mon167176188202213229234245256260264256257231218208206202200207214220234250
Tue261277285297314336338340347356355345326278221191181175179185192201211222
Wed233244264276298318335346354363363353329296229194176171166170170173181190
Thu202216233245257268284290303305304298279268227209192186184188190195203211
Fri221233243258267288291302305315317308290273239210185179184191193199210223
Sat230249264286303322333340343345346342327307278235214195188184178175177181

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 8h 14m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to ease toward roughly 4h 14m 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 49.6 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 62 min, has ranged 1h 36m–9h.

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 ~4h 52m 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

Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto · 0 km away
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Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto · 0 km away
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St. Michael's Hospital - Bond St. Site
Toronto · 1 km away
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Toronto Western Hospital (UHN)
Toronto · 2 km away
7h 25m
Michael Garron Hospital
Toronto · 6 km away
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Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto · 7 km away
4h 45m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Toronto General Hospital (UHN) right now?
As of the latest update, about 8h 14m to be seen at Toronto General Hospital (UHN). 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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