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University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's Hospital

Edmonton, AB · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (780) 407-8822
3h 56m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 7 min ago
vs its typical now
+37 min
usually about 3h 19m at this hour
calmest hour
6am
typically 3h 17m
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 9pm 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 1m, ranging roughly 2h 33m to 5h 42m.

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 University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun218226220207199191173200189171162151169201215224228237247265273266270237
Mon242248237228215204199232228217213229255264267285301308302306319332327288
Tue282282272263240225217243235226223235260271271273287291294294306313322285
Wed283293283255232220208239230221223231253259268271280284287287296307298259
Thu254248244236212201187213206192186201226253263270283292302302314314307261
Fri260260246238209193192221218211203207230254267269284282285294306317314272
Sat275265259246227207202224206191182189207219218218219225240246247240235209

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 3h 56m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 4h 48m 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 1h 53m–5h 2m.

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 ~9h 18m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~3h 44m 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 ~43h 12m 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

Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton · 0 km away
1h 11m
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Edmonton · 4 km away
2h 16m
Misericordia Community Hospital
Edmonton · 6 km away
5h 22m
Grey Nuns Community Hospital
Edmonton · 9 km away
2h 6m
Northeast Community Health Centre
Edmonton · 12 km away
4h 38m
Sturgeon Community Hospital
St Albert · 16 km away
53 min

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 3h 56m to be seen at University of Alberta Hospital and Stollery Children's 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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