Search Emergency Room wait times for your nearby Ontario hospital

Through Ontario’s Wait Time Strategy, the government has sought to implement new initiatives to improve the Emergency Room processes and create a system of accountability via transparent reporting of wait times for Hospitals across the province.

Emergency Room length of stay

Reporting the time patients spend in the ER is part of Ontario’s commitment to being open about our progress. Reducing ER wait times and improving access to family health care are the two top health care priorities.

The following webpage on the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care website will give you an idea of how long a patient who needs immediate, unscheduled health care services can expect to spend in an ER for nearby hospitals:

http://www.ontariowaittimes.com/er/en/PublicMain.aspx

The site provides detailed information on “total time spent in the ER.” This is the maximum time nine out of ten Ontarians spend in the ER and is measured from the time patients register or initially see a triage nurse until the time they leave the ER. The time patients leave the ER may be when they are sent home after being treated or when they are admitted to a hospital ward or inpatient bed, if medically necessary.

Source: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/waittimes/strategy.aspx