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Western Hospital

Alberton, PE · Hospital website ↗
☎ (902) 853-8650
2h 30m
current emergency wait
Low confidence, relayed from a third-party aggregator, updated 10 min ago
Posted by the hospital · 2026-10-26T14:21:20Z
vs its typical now
+25 min
usually about 2h 5m at this hour
Prince Edward Island rank
#1 / 4
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
8am
typically 32 min
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Weather now
11°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 4pm and on Mondays, and quietest around 8am and on Sundays.

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

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 Western Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun305157748799111103115121115127270
Mon306789125134162164202194194169201
Tue30557380109123134162176185184222390
Wed30669411113212715216917313811612290
Thu466381116156171194196190165168159
Fri30699812413614115215816317919716330
Sat3047658211214215118018317416313630

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 2h 30m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to climb toward roughly 3h 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 48.7 h, this ER's posted wait refreshes about every 57 min, has ranged 30 min–5h 30m.

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 Prince Edward Island, 9 in 10 patients were seen by a physician within ~8h 54m.

For comparison, the wait this ER has posted runs a median of ~2h 30m 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 Prince Edward Island, 9 in 10 admitted patients spent under ~106h 42m 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 ↗

Recent closures

Typical in Prince Edward Island (CIHI)

half of discharged ED visits finish within ~4.3–5.1 h; 9 in 10 within ~11.3 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

Western Hospital Corporation
Alberton · 0 km away
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Prince County Hospital
Summerside · 49 km away
10h
Hôpital Stella-Maris-de-Kent
Sainte-Anne-De-Kent · 61 km away
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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Western Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 2h 30m to be seen at Western 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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