Emergency Dept. & Urgent Care Wait Times

The box below lists the approximate times people in Winnipeg Health Region Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre waiting rooms are currently waiting before being placed in a treatment area. Wait times posted here are for informational purposes only.

Even if the wait times below appear long, you will be seen quickly if your condition is an emergency. If your condition is life-threatening, please call 911 or go to your nearest Emergency Department immediately (view disclaimer).

PATIENTS WAITING - this shows the number of patients in the waiting room who have been registered and triaged, but are waiting to get into a treatment space.

AVERAGE WAIT - this shows the average wait time (from time of patient registration in the computer system to the time that the web page was last updated) for all patients currently in the waiting room as of the web page update time.

LONGEST NON-URGENT WAIT - this shows the longest any one patient currently in the waiting room has been waiting (from time of patient registration in the computer system to the time that the web page was last updated).

Disclaimer

These emergency department wait times are being provided for general information only.

Please be advised that the wait times can change significantly and immediately, without warning and therefore are not guaranteed. Patients will be seen in the emergency department based on their medical condition and the severity of their situation.

Emergency demands can change quickly and dramatically.  Due to these changing demands in emergency departments, these wait times posted on this website may not be the time you will need to wait once you arrive at the emergency department. The provision of the wait times on the website are not medical advice or a recommendation of one emergency department over another.

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority expressly disclaims all liability for use or reliance on of the wait time website information and for any claims, actions, demands or suits arising from such use or reliance.

WRHA does not assume and is not responsible for any liability whatsoever arising from any person’s use of this website or from any person’s decision to access any of the services referred to in the website.