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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.
Select Location:
December 2025
On average, patients waited
2Hours
On average, patients spent
3.2Hours
Length of Stay in Emergency for High-Urgency Patients Not Admitted to Hospital:
On average, patients spent
4.7Hours
On average, patients spent
19.2Hours
SEARCH RESULTS:
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Compare results across hospitals for the indicator selected:
| Hospital name | Average (Hours) |
|---|---|
| Ontario | 2.1 |
| Southlake Regional Health Centre | 0.6 |
| Nipigon District Memorial Hospital | 0.7 |
| South Bruce Grey Health Centre-Durham | 0.8 |
| Atikokan General Hospital | 0.8 |
| Manitoulin Health Centre - Little Current | 0.8 |
| William Osler Health System-Etobicoke Site | 0.8 |
| South Bruce Grey Health Centre-Chesley | 0.9 |
| North Shore Health Network - Thessalon Site | 0.9 |
| North Shore Health Network - Richards Landing | 1 |
| Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance-Clinton | 1 |
| Brightshores Health System-Wiarton Site | 1 |
| Mackenzie Health-Richmond Hill Hospital | 1 |
| St. Francis Memorial Hospital | 1 |
| Manitoulin Health Centre - Mindemoya Unit | 1 |
| St. Joseph's General Hospital | 1 |
| Unity Health Toronto - St. Joseph's | 1.1 |
| Espanola General Hospital | 1.1 |
| Quinte Health - Picton | 1.1 |
| Wingham And District Hospital | 1.1 |
| Dryden Regional Health Centre | 1.1 |
| Lady Dunn Health Centre | 1.1 |
| Wilson Memorial General Hospital | 1.1 |
| William Osler Health System-Peel Memorial | 1.1 |
| Haldimand War Memorial Hospital | 1.2 |
| Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance-Seaforth | 1.2 |
| Sensenbrenner Hospital | 1.2 |
| Renfrew Victoria Hospital | 1.2 |
| The Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital | 1.2 |
| Bingham Memorial Hospital | 1.2 |
| North Wellington Health Care - Palmerston | 1.2 |
| Centre For Addiction And Mental Health | 1.2 |
| Geraldton District Hospital | 1.2 |
| Anson General Hospital | 1.2 |
| William Osler Health System-Civic Site | 1.2 |
| Trillium Health Partners-Queensway Hlth | 1.2 |
| Blanche River Health - Englehart | 1.2 |
| St. Joseph's Health Care System-Hamilton | 1.3 |
| Mackenzie Health-Jane Street Site | 1.3 |
| North Shore Health Network - Blind River Site | 1.3 |
| South Huron Hospital | 1.3 |
| Brightshores Health System-Meaford Site | 1.3 |
| Scarborough Health Network-Centenary Site | 1.3 |
| Mattawa General Hospital | 1.3 |
| Services De Sante De Chapleau Health Services | 1.3 |
| Perth And Smiths Falls District Hospital - Perth Site | 1.3 |
| Bluewater Health-Charlotte Eleanor Englehart (Petrolia) | 1.3 |
| Haliburton Highlands Health Services Corp - Haliburton | 1.3 |
| Mackenzie Health-Cortellucci Vaughan Hosp | 1.3 |
| Niagara Health System-Port Colborne Site | 1.4 |
| Scarborough Health Network-Birchmount Site | 1.4 |
| South Bruce Grey Health Centre-Walkerton | 1.5 |
| Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance-St. Marys | 1.5 |
| Bluewater Health - Sarnia General Site | 1.5 |
| Brightshores Health System-Markdale Site | 1.5 |
| Lakeridge Health-Port Perry Site | 1.5 |
| Collingwood General And Marine Hospital | 1.5 |
| Niagara Health System-Fort Erie Douglas Site | 1.5 |
| North York General Hospital | 1.5 |
| St. Joseph's Health Care, London | 1.5 |
| Sinai Health System-Mount Sinai Site | 1.6 |
| Alexandra Hospital | 1.6 |
| St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital | 1.6 |
| Alexandra Marine and General Hospital | 1.6 |
| Kingston Health Sciences Centre-Hotel Dieu | 1.6 |
| Hopital Montfort | 1.6 |
| Lakeridge Health-Oshawa Site | 1.6 |
| Deep River And District Hospital | 1.6 |
| Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare-Huntsville | 1.6 |
| Trillium Health Partners-Mississauga | 1.6 |
| Scarborough Health Network-Scar.Gen.Site | 1.7 |
| West Haldimand General Hospital | 1.7 |
| South Bruce Grey Health Centre-Kincardine | 1.7 |
| Manitouwadge General Hospital | 1.7 |
| Hopital Notre Dame Hospital (Hearst) | 1.7 |
| Hanover And District Hospital | 1.7 |
| Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare-Bracebridge | 1.7 |
| University Health Network-Western Site | 1.8 |
| Campbellford Memorial Hospital | 1.8 |
| Quinte Health - Bancroft | 1.8 |
| Listowel Memorial Hospital | 1.8 |
| Timmins and District Hospital | 1.8 |
| Norfolk General Hospital | 1.8 |
| Lakeridge Health-Bowmanville Site | 1.8 |
| North Wellington Health Care - Mount Forest | 1.8 |
| Oak Valley Health-Markham Stouffville Hospital | 1.8 |
| Woodstock Hospital | 1.9 |
| Brightshores Health System-Southampton Site | 1.9 |
| Glengarry Memorial Hospital | 1.9 |
| Thunder Bay Regional Hlth Sciences Ctr | 1.9 |
| Oak Valley Health-Uxbridge Hospital | 1.9 |
| Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre | 2 |
| Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital | 2 |
| Lakeridge Health-Ajax Site | 2 |
| West Nipissing General Hospital | 2 |
| Halton Healthcare Services Corp-Milton | 2 |
| Tor. East Hlth Ntwrk-Michael Garron Hosp | 2 |
| Sioux Lookout Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre - Cntr | 2 |
| University Health Network-General Site | 2.1 |
| Ottawa Hospital (The)-Civic Site | 2.1 |
| Joseph Brant Hospital | 2.1 |
| Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance-Stratford | 2.1 |
| The Lady Minto Hospital | 2.1 |
| Humber River Health-Wilson Site | 2.1 |
| Ottawa Hospital (The)-General Site | 2.2 |
| Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital | 2.2 |
| Groves Memorial Community Hospital | 2.2 |
| Hawkesbury And District General Hospital | 2.2 |
| Brightshores Health System-Lions Head Site | 2.2 |
| Unity Health Toronto-St. Michael's | 2.3 |
| Lennox and Addington County Gen Hospital | 2.3 |
| Erie Shores Healthcare | 2.3 |
| Brightshores Health System-Owen Sound | 2.3 |
| Lake-of-the-Woods District Hospital | 2.3 |
| West Parry Sound Health Centre | 2.3 |
| Chatham-Kent Health Alliance-Chatham | 2.3 |
| Georgian Bay General Hosp-Midland Site | 2.3 |
| Temiskaming Hospital | 2.3 |
| Perth & Smiths Falls Dist-Smiths Falls Site | 2.3 |
| Blanche River Health - Kirkland | 2.3 |
| Headwaters Health Care Centre-Dufferin | 2.4 |
| Chatham-Kent Health Alliance-Wallaceburg | 2.4 |
| Halton Healthcare Services Corp-Georgetown | 2.4 |
| Hamilton Health Sciences Corp-West Lincoln | 2.4 |
| Quinte Health - Trenton | 2.5 |
| London Hlth Sciences Ctr-Victoria Hosp | 2.5 |
| Hamilton Health Sciences Corp-McMaster | 2.5 |
| Hospital for Sick Children (The) | 2.6 |
| Niagara Health System-Welland County | 2.6 |
| Niagara Health System-Greater Niagara | 2.6 |
| Guelph General Hospital | 2.6 |
| Halton Healthcare Services Corp-Oakville | 2.6 |
| Hamilton Health Sciences Corp-General | 2.6 |
| Stevenson Memorial Hospital Alliston | 2.6 |
| Sault Area Hospital-Sault Ste. Marie | 2.7 |
| Ross Memorial Hospital | 2.7 |
| Trillium Health Partners-Credit Valley | 2.7 |
| Niagara Health System-St Catharines Gen | 2.8 |
| Almonte General Hospital | 2.8 |
| St. Mary's General Hospital | 2.8 |
| Carleton Place And District Memorial Hospital | 2.8 |
| Kemptville District Hospital | 2.8 |
| Hamilton Health Sciences Corp-Juravinski | 2.8 |
| Pembroke Regional Hospital Inc. | 2.9 |
| Arnprior Regional Health | 3 |
| Northumberland Hills Hospital | 3 |
| Brockville General Hospital | 3.1 |
| Brant Community Healthcare Sys-Brantford | 3.1 |
| Peterborough Regional Health Centre | 3.2 |
| Grand River Hospital Corp-Waterloo Site | 3.2 |
| Winchester District Memorial Hospital | 3.2 |
| North Bay Regional Health Centre | 3.2 |
| Health Sciences North-Laurentian | 3.4 |
| Kingston Health Sciences Centre-Kingston General | 3.4 |
| Cornwall Community Hospital | 3.4 |
| Windsor Regional Hospital - Ouellette Campus | 3.4 |
| Queensway-Carleton Hospital | 3.6 |
| Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | 3.6 |
| London Hlth Sciences Ctr-University Hosp | 3.6 |
| Cambridge Memorial Hospital | 3.7 |
| Quinte Health - Belleville | 4 |
| Windsor Regional Hospital-Metropolitan Campus | 4.2 |
| Children's Hospital Of Eastern Ontario | 4.3 |
, in Ontario, 202412 to 202512
NDA = Data is not available
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.
Last Updated: March 03, 2026
