Time Spent in Emergency Departments

Time Spent in Emergency Departments

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Time Spent in Emergency Departments


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This is how long patients spent in emergency departments in Ontario hospitals at various stages and depending on their condition.

Emergency

Provincial × Emergency

January 2026
Wait Time to First Assessment by a Doctor in Emergency for All Patients:

On average, patients waited

1.7Hours

Length of Stay in Emergency for Low-Urgency Patients Not Admitted to Hospital:

On average, patients spent

3Hours

77% of patients finished their emergency visit within target time of 4 hours
Length of Stay in Emergency for High-Urgency Patients Not Admitted to Hospital:

On average, patients spent

4.5Hours

89% of patients finished their emergency visit within target time of 8 hours
Length of Stay in Emergency for All Patients Admitted to Hospital:

On average, patients spent

20.3Hours

26% of patients admitted to hospital from emergency within target time of 8 hours

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Provincial × Emergency

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Hospital name Average (Hours)
Ontario1.7
Southlake Regional Health Centre0.5
South Bruce Grey Health Centre-Durham0.6
South Bruce Grey Health Centre-Chesley0.6
Mackenzie Health-Richmond Hill Hospital0.7
William Osler Health System-Etobicoke Site0.8
Blanche River Health - Englehart0.8
Unity Health Toronto - St. Joseph's0.9
Haldimand War Memorial Hospital0.9
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance-Clinton0.9
Quinte Health - Picton0.9
Mattawa General Hospital0.9
Bluewater Health-Charlotte Eleanor Englehart (Petrolia)0.9
Haliburton Highlands Health Services Corp - Haliburton0.9
North Shore Health Network - Thessalon Site0.9
William Osler Health System-Peel Memorial0.9
Mackenzie Health-Cortellucci Vaughan Hosp0.9
Niagara Health System-Port Colborne Site1
Scarborough Health Network-Birchmount Site1
Mackenzie Health-Jane Street Site1
North of Superior Healthcare Group - Wilson Memorial General Hospital1
Espanola General Hospital1
Wingham And District Hospital1
St. Francis Memorial Hospital1
Nipigon District Memorial Hospital1
North Wellington Health Care - Palmerston1
Niagara Health System-Fort Erie Douglas Site1
St. Joseph's General Hospital1
Dryden Regional Health Centre1
Brightshores Health System-Lions Head Site1
William Osler Health System-Civic Site1
St. Joseph's Health Care System-Hamilton1.1
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance-Seaforth1.1
St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital1.1
Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. - Rainy River1.1
Sensenbrenner Hospital1.1
Manitoulin Health Centre - Little Current1.1
Manitoulin Health Centre - Mindemoya Unit1.1
Bingham Memorial Hospital1.1
Perth And Smiths Falls District Hospital - Perth Site1.1
North Shore Health Network - Blind River Site1.2
South Huron Hospital1.2
South Bruce Grey Health Centre-Walkerton1.2
Brightshores Health System-Meaford Site1.2
Strathroy Middlesex General Hospital1.2
Lakeridge Health-Oshawa Site1.2
Renfrew Victoria Hospital1.2
Services De Sante De Chapleau Health Services1.2
North York General Hospital1.2
Centre For Addiction And Mental Health1.2
St. Joseph's Health Care, London1.2
Trillium Health Partners-Queensway Hlth1.2
North Shore Health Network - Richards Landing1.3
Alexandra Hospital1.3
Brightshores Health System-Markdale Site1.3
Scarborough Health Network-Centenary Site1.3
Lakeridge Health-Port Perry Site1.3
Collingwood General And Marine Hospital1.3
Lady Dunn Health Centre1.3
Anson General Hospital1.3
Hamilton Health Sciences Corp-McMaster1.3
West Haldimand General Hospital1.4
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance-St. Marys1.4
Bluewater Health - Sarnia General Site1.4
Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. - La Verendrye1.4
Brightshores Health System-Southampton Site1.4
Brightshores Health System-Wiarton Site1.4
Lakeridge Health-Bowmanville Site1.4
The Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital1.4
North Wellington Health Care - Mount Forest1.4
Thunder Bay Regional Hlth Sciences Ctr1.4
Trillium Health Partners-Mississauga1.4
Scarborough Health Network-Scar.Gen.Site1.5
Kingston Health Sciences Centre-Hotel Dieu1.5
Lakeridge Health-Ajax Site1.5
Norfolk General Hospital1.5
Manitouwadge General Hospital1.5
Deep River And District Hospital1.5
Oak Valley Health-Markham Stouffville Hospital1.5
Geraldton District Hospital1.5
Sinai Health System-Mount Sinai Site1.6
Hospital for Sick Children (The)1.6
Alexandra Marine and General Hospital1.6
South Bruce Grey Health Centre-Kincardine1.6
Quinte Health - Bancroft1.6
Joseph Brant Hospital1.6
Hanover And District Hospital1.6
Tor. East Hlth Ntwrk-Michael Garron Hosp1.6
Georgian Bay General Hosp-Midland Site1.6
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare-Huntsville1.6
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare-Bracebridge1.6
University Health Network-Western Site1.7
Campbellford Memorial Hospital1.7
Timmins and District Hospital1.7
Hopital Montfort1.7
Headwaters Health Care Centre-Dufferin1.7
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance-Stratford1.7
Hopital Notre Dame Hospital (Hearst)1.7
Halton Healthcare Services Corp-Milton1.7
Glengarry Memorial Hospital1.7
Humber River Health-Wilson Site1.7
Unity Health Toronto-St. Michael's1.8
Ottawa Hospital (The)-Civic Site1.8
Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital1.8
Erie Shores Healthcare1.8
McCausland Hospital1.8
Four Counties Health Services Corporation1.8
Lake-of-the-Woods District Hospital1.8
Perth & Smiths Falls Dist-Smiths Falls Site1.8
Hamilton Health Sciences Corp-West Lincoln1.8
University Health Network-General Site1.9
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre1.9
Woodstock Hospital1.9
Lennox and Addington County Gen Hospital1.9
Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital1.9
West Nipissing General Hospital1.9
St. Mary's General Hospital1.9
Ottawa Hospital (The)-General Site2
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance-Wallaceburg2
Temiskaming Hospital2
Hawkesbury And District General Hospital2
Oak Valley Health-Uxbridge Hospital2
Blanche River Health - Kirkland2
Groves Memorial Community Hospital2.1
Ross Memorial Hospital2.1
Hamilton Health Sciences Corp-General2.1
Stevenson Memorial Hospital Alliston2.1
Halton Healthcare Services Corp-Georgetown2.1
Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre - Cntr2.1
Sault Area Hospital-Sault Ste. Marie2.2
Guelph General Hospital2.2
Halton Healthcare Services Corp-Oakville2.2
West Parry Sound Health Centre2.2
Chatham-Kent Health Alliance-Chatham2.2
London Hlth Sciences Ctr-Victoria Hosp2.2
Cornwall Community Hospital2.2
Trillium Health Partners-Credit Valley2.2
Niagara Health System-Welland County2.3
Niagara Health System-Greater Niagara2.3
Niagara Health System-St Catharines Gen2.3
Brightshores Health System-Owen Sound2.3
The Lady Minto Hospital2.3
Arnprior Regional Health2.3
Hamilton Health Sciences Corp-Juravinski2.3
Quinte Health - Trenton2.5
Grand River Hospital Corp-Waterloo Site2.5
Health Sciences North-Laurentian2.6
Kingston Health Sciences Centre-Kingston General2.6
Almonte General Hospital2.6
Carleton Place And District Memorial Hospital2.6
Pembroke Regional Hospital Inc.2.7
Northumberland Hills Hospital2.7
Brant Community Healthcare Sys-Brantford2.7
Windsor Regional Hospital - Ouellette Campus2.7
Peterborough Regional Health Centre2.8
Children's Hospital Of Eastern Ontario2.8
Brockville General Hospital2.8
Kemptville District Hospital2.9
Winchester District Memorial Hospital2.9
North Bay Regional Health Centre2.9
Queensway-Carleton Hospital3
Quinte Health - Belleville3
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre3.1
Windsor Regional Hospital-Metropolitan Campus3.1
Cambridge Memorial Hospital3.2
London Hlth Sciences Ctr-University Hosp3.2
Average time all patients waited for first assessment by a doctor in emergency, in Ontario, 202501 to 202601
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Ontario
2025012.2
2025022.1
2025032.0
2025042.0
2025052.0
2025061.9
2025072.0
2025081.9
2025092.0
2025101.9
2025111.8
2025122.1
2026011.7

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Data source: National Ambulatory Care Reporting System (NACRS), Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). For more information, please visit the Indicator Library for the technical description of Wait Time to First Assessment in Emergency indicator (average time and volume) and Length of Stay in Emergency indicators (average time, volume, and percentage within target).

Please note that as of the December 2025 data refresh, 43 additional sites have been added to the current and historical emergency department public reporting. Data exported after this time should not be compared to any data exported earlier.

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Last Updated: March 13, 2026

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