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Etobicoke General Hospital

Etobicoke, ON · William Osler Health System - Etobicoke General Hospital · Hospital website ↗
Open 24/7☎ (416) 747-3400
9h 36m
current emergency wait
High confidence, official hospital feed, updated 15 min ago
vs its typical now
+2h 11m
usually about 7h 25m at this hour
Ontario rank
#49 / 53
among ERs reporting now, shortest first
calmest hour
1pm
typically 4h 3m
Busier than usual for this time of day (~96th percentile of this ER's own posted-wait history at this hour, based on 220 past readings)
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In the ED now
365
Weather now
2°C
Air quality (AQHI)
2

When this ER is busiest

Based on our archive, this emergency room is typically busiest around 3am and quietest around 1pm.

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Over the last month its posted wait has typically been about 5h 26m, ranging roughly 3h 1m to 7h 18m.

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 Etobicoke General Hospital by day of week and hour of day, in minutes
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Sun405399411419400391396400389368326281255226255250261286314340356352352355
Mon406394403420387383401330309312306264233234281279275297325344344361377398
Tue428409425458451446445358356306281259255273240248279301321325337354367366
Wed411397417439453458395358346339297310243239244236251274298320332337330335
Thu395378387380385425416391380384341292227227247256273301318341355378404399
Fri417398406433424424432380369324307296267266264258264279304313322353349338
Sat414399401434440396360335305312320283256236239232251264270281300302315338

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 9h 36m right now. If this ER follows its usual pattern, expect it to ease toward roughly 6h 8m 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 30 min, has ranged 2h 36m–11h 36m.

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 ~5h 24m 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 ↗

Recent closures

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.

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Frequently asked questions

How long is the ER wait at Etobicoke General Hospital right now?
As of the latest update, about 9h 36m to be seen at Etobicoke General 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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