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West Lincoln Memorial Hospital

Grimsby, ON · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (905) 945-2253
54 min
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 11 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-26T10:15:13.69
vs its typical now
−34 min
usually about 1h 28m at this hour
Ontario rank
#6 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
11am
typically 1h 26m
Quieter than usual for this time of day (~19th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 296 past readings)
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Air quality (AQHI)
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When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 2am and on Tuesdays, and quietest around 11am and on Sundays.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 2h 21m, ranging roughly 1h 3m to 4h 2m.

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 West Lincoln Memorial Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun1541601641621621551441411301251059596104109112125131133137137139139147
Mon155161166172170161147133121102889198106110119130141143154162174178196
Tue207210210213202187177174155117978796103110120134140150157167174179187
Wed1911952001971831681481411249779788492102112121130132134131133135140
Thu143149153156177177178170154119999299106109116127138143152155166170181
Fri18719620220119718918618216012710086899599105113124130145156169176181
Sat19119119618819218416715212511482758093103112124132140141146150152155

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 54 min right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 2h 28m 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 15 min, has ranged 51 min–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)

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 ~2h 59m 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

St. Catharines Hospital (Niagara Health)
St Catharines · 22 km away
3h 55m
Juravinski Hospital
Hamilton · 24 km away
1h 58m
Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital
Burlington · 26 km away
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Hamilton General Hospital
Hamilton · 27 km away
2h 15m
McMaster Children's Hospital (Hamilton)
Hamilton · 27 km away
3h 31m
St. Joseph's Hospital (Charlton, Hamilton)
Hamilton · 28 km away
1h 30m

Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 54 min to be seen at West Lincoln Memorial 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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