Ontario ER Wait Times

53 of 166 hospitals reporting a live wait · open the map →

The median ER wait across Ontario's reporting emergency departments is currently about 4h 10m, updated live and changing through the day. Ontario has 166 emergency departments tracked here. CIHI grades it B for wait to be seen, 9 in 10 patients within 4.5 h. Right now the shortest posted wait is 39 min at Lakeridge Health - Port Perry; the longest is 13h 15m at Victoria Hospital (LHSC, London). Compare all provinces on the report card →

Right now, 52 of 166 ERs across Ontario are reporting a live wait. Shortest: 39 min at Lakeridge Health - Port Perry. Median 4h 10m.

Best time to go

Calmest10 a.m.

Busiest1 a.m.

For anything non-urgent, going at a calm hour can mean a much shorter wait.

Wait by city

Other cities in Ontario

Ajax Alexandria Almonte Arnprior Attawapiskat Bancroft Barrie Barrys Bay Belleville Blind River Bowmanville Bracebridge Brampton Brantford Brockville Burlington Cambridge Campbellford Carleton Place Chapleau Chesley Clinton Cobourg Cochrane Cornwall Deep River Dryden Dunnville Durham Elliot Lake Emo Englehart Espanola Etobicoke Exeter Fergus Fort Frances Georgetown Geraldton Goderich Grimsby Guelph Hagersville Haliburton Hamilton Hanover Hawkesbury Hearst Hornepayne Huntsville Ingersoll Iroquois Falls Kapuskasing Kemptville Kenora Kincardine Kingston Kirkland Lake Kitchener Lindsay Lion's Head Listowel Little Current London Manitouwadge Marathon Markdale Markham Matheson Mattawa Meaford Midland Milton Mindemoya Mississauga Moose Factory Mount Forest Napanee New Liskeard Newbury Newmarket Niagara Falls Niagara-On-The-Lake Nipigon North Bay North York Oakville Orillia Ottawa Owen Sound Palmerston Pembroke Peterborough Picton Rainy River Red Lake Renfrew Richards Landing Richmond Hill Sault Ste Marie Scarborough Seaforth Simcoe Sioux Lookout Smiths Falls Smooth Rock Falls Southampton St Catharines St Thomas St. Marys Stratford Strathroy Sturgeon Falls Sudbury Thessalon Thunder Bay Tillsonburg Timmins Toronto Trenton Walkerton Wawa Weston Whitby Wiarton Winchester Windsor Woodstock

Lakeridge Health - Port Perry

Port Perry

39 min

Southlake Regional Health Centre

Newmarket

39 min

Bluewater Health (Petrolia)

Petrolia

45 min

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance - Wallaceburg

Wallaceburg

45 min

Erie Shores HealthCare

Leamington

45 min

West Parry Sound Health Centre

Parry Sound

Mississauga Hospital (Trillium)

Mississauga

1h 6m

Welland Hospital (Niagara Health)

Welland

1h 9m

Bluewater Health (Sarnia)

Sarnia

1h 15m

Chatham-Kent Health Alliance

Chatham

1h 17m

Lakeridge Health - Oshawa

Oshawa

1h 59m

Collingwood General and Marine Hospital

Collingwood

2h 2m

Headwaters Health Care Centre (Orangeville)

Orangeville

2h 5m

St. Joseph's Hospital (Charlton, Hamilton)

Hamilton

2h 13m

Stevenson Memorial Hospital

Alliston

2h 21m

Lakeridge Health - Bowmanville

Bowmanville

2h 38m

McMaster Children's Hospital (Hamilton)

Georgian Bay General Hospital (Midland)

Ross Memorial Hospital

Lindsay

3h 2m

Windsor Regional Hospital - Ouellette Campus

Windsor

3h 3m

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre

Barrie

3h 5m

Markham Stouffville Hospital

Markham

3h 14m

Children's Hospital (LHSC, London)

London

3h 45m

West Lincoln Memorial Hospital

Grimsby

3h 45m

North Bay Regional Health Centre

North Bay

Hamilton General Hospital

Hamilton

4h 10m

Windsor Regional Hospital - Met Campus

Windsor

4h 18m

Milton District Hospital

Milton

4h 21m

Ajax Pickering Hospital

Ajax

4h 22m

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Toronto

4h 23m

Toronto Western Hospital (UHN)

Toronto

4h 31m

Greater Niagara General Hospital (Niagara Falls)

Niagara Falls

4h 34m

Northumberland Hills Hospital

Cobourg

4h 49m

Toronto General Hospital (UHN)

Credit Valley Hospital

Englehart and District Hospital Inc.

Englehart

5h 30m

Kirkland and District Hospital

Kirkland Lake

5h 30m

Timmins and District Hospital

Timmins

5h 32m

Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital

Oakville

5h 44m

Brantford General Hospital

Brantford

6h 7m

Health Sciences North (Sudbury)

Sudbury

6h 8m

St. Catharines Hospital (Niagara Health)

St Catharines

6h 16m

St. Mary's General Hospital

Kitchener

7h 1m

Brampton Civic Hospital

Brampton

7h 13m

Etobicoke General Hospital

Etobicoke

7h 13m

Cambridge Memorial Hospital

Cambridge

9h 20m

Espanola General Hospital

Espanola

10h

University Hospital (LHSC, London)

London

11h 30m

Victoria Hospital (LHSC, London)

Alexandra Marine and General Hospital

Goderich

—

Almonte General Hospital

Almonte

—

Anson General Hospital

Iroquois Falls

—

Arnprior Regional Health - Arnprior & District Memorial Hospital

Arnprior

—

Brockville Général - St. Vincent de Paul

Brockville

—

Belleville General Hospital

Belleville

—

Bingham Memorial Hospital

Matheson

—

Blind River District Health Centre

Blind River

—

Brockville General Hospital

Brockville

—

Campbellford Memorial Hospital

Campbellford

—

Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital

Carleton Place

—

Chapleau Health Services

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Ottawa

—

Cornwall Community Hospital - Mcconnell Ave.

Cornwall

—

Deep River and District Hospital

Deep River

—

Dryden Regional Health Centre

Four Counties Health Services Corporation

Newbury

—

Geraldton District Hospital

Geraldton

—

Glengarry Memorial Hospital

Alexandria

—

Grey Bruce Health Services (Corporate Headquarters) - Owen Sound

Owen Sound

—

Groves Memorial Community Hospital

Fergus

—

Guelph General Hospital

Guelph

—

Haldimand War Memorial Hospital

Dunnville

—

Haliburton Highlands Health Services - Haliburton Hospital

Haliburton

—

Hanover and District Hospital

Hanover

—

Hornepayne Community Hospital

Hornepayne

—

Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto

—

Hotel Dieu Hospital of Cornwall

Cornwall

—

Humber River Hospital -York Finch

Toronto

—

Humber River Regional Hospital - Church St. Site

Weston

—

Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance - Clinton Public Hospital

Clinton

—

Hôpital Général de Hawkesbury and District Général Hospital Inc.

Hawkesbury

—

Hôpital Montfort Hospital

Ottawa

—

James Bay General Hospital - Attawapiskat

Attawapiskat

—

Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital

Burlington

—

Kemptville District Hospital

Kingston General Hospital

Kingston

—

La Verendrye Hospital

Fort Frances

—

Lady Dunn Health Centre

Lake of the Woods District Hospital

Kenora

—

Lakeridge Health - Whitby

Whitby

—

Lennox and Addington County General Hospital

Listowel Wingham Hospitals Alliance - Listowel Memorial Hospital

Listowel

—

Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital

Richmond Hill

—

Manitoulin Health Centre - Little Current Site

Little Current

—

Manitouwadge General Hospital

Mattawa General Hospital Inc.

Mattawa

—

Matthews Memorial Hospital

Michael Garron Hospital

Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare - Huntsville District Memorial Hospital Site

Huntsville

—

Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital

Niagara-On-The-Lake

—

Nipigon District Memorial Hospital

Nipigon

—

Norfolk General Hospital

Simcoe

—

North Wellington Health Care - Louise Marshall Hospital

Mount Forest

—

North York General Hospital - Branson Division

North York

—

Notre-Dame Hospital - Hearst

Hearst

—

Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital

Orillia

—

Pembroke Regional Hospital

Pembroke

—

Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital

Smiths Falls

—

Peterborough Regional Health Centre

Peterborough

—

Queensway Carleton Hospital

Ottawa

—

Quinte Health Care - North Hastings District Hospital

Bancroft

—

Quinte Health Care - Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital

Picton

—

Quinte Healthcare Corporation - Trenton Memorial Hospital

Trenton

—

Rainy River Health Centre

Rainy River

—

Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital

Red Lake

—

Renfrew Victoria Hospital

Renfrew

—

Scarborough Health Network - Centenary Hospital

Toronto

—

Seaforth Community Hospital

Seaforth

—

Sensenbrenner Hospital

Kapuskasing

—

Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre

Sioux Lookout

—

Smooth Rock Falls Hospital

Smooth Rock Falls

—

South Bruce Grey Health Centre - Walkerton

South Muskoka Memorial Hospital

St Marys Memorial Hospital

St. Marys

—

St. Francis Memorial Hospital

Barrys Bay

—

St. Joseph's General Hospital - Elliot Lake

Elliot Lake

—

St. Josephs Health Centre of Sudbury

Sudbury

—

St. Michael's Hospital - Bond St. Site

Toronto

—

St. Thomas - Elgin General Hospital

St Thomas

—

Stratford General Hospital

Stratford

—

Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital

Strathroy

—

The Ottawa Hospital / l'Hôpital d'Ottawa - Général Campus

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Thunder Bay

—

Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital

Tillsonburg

—

Queensway Health Centre (Trillium)

Toronto

—

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority - Attawapiskat

Moose Factory

—

Weeneebayko General Hospital

Moose Factory

—

Wellington Health Care Alliance - Palmerston and District Hospital

Palmerston

—

West Haldimand General Hospital

Hagersville

—

West Nipissing General Hospital

Wilson Memorial General Hospital

Marathon

—

Winchester District Memorial Hospital

Winchester

—

Woodstock General Hospital

Woodstock

—

the Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus

Ottawa

—

the Ottawa Hospital - Riverside Campus

Ottawa

—

the Scarborough Hospital - General Campus

Scarborough

—

Frequently asked questions

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.

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.

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.

Why do some hospitals show no wait time?

Not every Canadian ER publishes a live wait, and some provinces release none at all. A blank means we have no live number, not that the ER is closed. Open a hospital's page for its current status, official website, and phone number.

Which Ontario ER has the shortest wait right now?

The list above is ordered by current posted wait, so the shortest comparable wait is at the top, but it shifts minute to minute, and in a real emergency the right choice is the nearest open ER, which can stabilize you and transfer you if needed.