Fergus ER wait times

Live waits from each hospital’s own website where it publishes one, and last month’s averages from Ontario Health, for every emergency department near Fergus.

If this is an emergency, call 911. The sickest patients are seen first, not in the order they arrive.

Ontario average, August 2026

2 hr 6 min

to see a doctor, from triage or registration

9 in 10 seen within 4 hr 30 min

The Ontario average is last month’s. Each hospital in the list shows its own live wait where it publishes one. How these numbers work

Near Fergus

Shortest live wait within 50 km

Headwaters Health Care Centre - Dufferin

Orangeville · 34 km

3 hr 30 min

The hospital’s own estimate, updated 5 min ago.

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Closest: Groves Memorial Community Hospital, under 1 km, 2 hr 30 min average last month.

Waits change quickly and the sickest patients are seen first.

Ontario average time to see a doctor

Aug 2025 1 hr 54 min to Aug 2026 2 hr 6 minHover or drag along the line for any month.

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Month	Time to see a doctor
August 2026	2 hr 6 min
July 2026	2 hr
June 2026	1 hr 54 min
May 2026	1 hr 54 min
April 2026	1 hr 54 min
March 2026	1 hr 48 min
February 2026	1 hr 48 min
January 2026	1 hr 42 min
December 2025	2 hr 6 min
November 2025	1 hr 48 min
October 2025	1 hr 54 min
September 2025	2 hr
August 2025	1 hr 54 min

11 ERs within 50 km

11 ERs

Green "now": the hospital's live wait, checked 3:47 p.m. Grey "avg": last month's average. Tap a pin for details.

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Groves Memorial Community HospitalFergus · under 1 km9 in 10 seen within 5 hr 12 min2 hr 30 minlast month’s average
Monthly: 20 min longer than in Sep 2025
Guelph General HospitalGuelph · 19 km9 in 10 seen within 5 hr 6 min2 hr 24 minlast month’s average
Monthly: 6 min longer than in Sep 2025
WRHN - MidtownKitchener · 30 kmLast month: 3 hr 30 min average · 9 in 10 within 7 hr 6 min4 hr 41 minLive · updated 18 min ago
Monthly: 42 min longer than in Sep 2025
WRHN - Queen's BoulevardKitchener · 31 kmLast month: 3 hr 6 min average · 9 in 10 within 6 hr4 hr 11 minLive · updated 18 min ago
Monthly: 42 min longer than in Sep 2025
Headwaters Health Care Centre - DufferinOrangeville · 34 kmLast month: 2 hr average · 9 in 10 within 4 hr3 hr 30 minLive · updated 5 min ago
Monthly: 14 min longer than in Sep 2025
Halton Healthcare Services - GeorgetownGeorgetown · 36 kmLast month: 2 hr 6 min average · 9 in 10 within 4 hr 12 min4 hr 47 minLive · updated 17 min ago
Monthly: 2 min longer than in Sep 2025
Cambridge Memorial HospitalCambridge · 37 kmLast month: 4 hr 24 min average · 9 in 10 within 9 hr 42 min4 hr 53 minLive · updated 27 min ago
Monthly: 52 min longer than in Sep 2025
North Wellington Health Care - PalmerstonPalmerston · 40 km9 in 10 seen within 2 hr1 hrlast month’s average
Monthly: 2 min longer than in Sep 2025
North Wellington Health Care - Mount ForestMount Forest · 42 km9 in 10 seen within 2 hr 42 min1 hr 18 minlast month’s average
Monthly: about the same as in Sep 2025
Listowel Memorial HospitalListowel · 46 km9 in 10 seen within 3 hr 30 min1 hr 42 minlast month’s average
Monthly: 8 min shorter than in Sep 2025
Halton Healthcare Services - MiltonMilton · 47 kmLast month: 1 hr 54 min average · 9 in 10 within 3 hr 24 min3 hr 53 minLive · updated 17 min ago
Monthly: about the same as in Sep 2025


Groves Memorial Community HospitalFergus	under 1 km	Not published	2 hr 30 min9 in 10: 5 hr 12 min	3 hr 18 min	4 hr 54 min	↑ 20 min
Guelph General HospitalGuelph	19 km	Not published	2 hr 24 min9 in 10: 5 hr 6 min	3 hr 6 min	4 hr 30 min	↑ 6 min
WRHN - MidtownKitchener	30 km	4 hr 41 minupdated 18 min ago	3 hr 30 min9 in 10: 7 hr 6 min	4 hr 12 min	5 hr 54 min	↑ 42 min
WRHN - Queen's BoulevardKitchener	31 km	4 hr 11 minupdated 18 min ago	3 hr 6 min9 in 10: 6 hr	3 hr 48 min	5 hr 24 min	↑ 42 min
Headwaters Health Care Centre - DufferinOrangeville	34 km	3 hr 30 minupdated 5 min ago	2 hr9 in 10: 4 hr	3 hr 6 min	4 hr 12 min	↑ 14 min
Halton Healthcare Services - GeorgetownGeorgetown	36 km	4 hr 47 minupdated 17 min ago	2 hr 6 min9 in 10: 4 hr 12 min	3 hr 18 min	4 hr 6 min	↑ 2 min
Cambridge Memorial HospitalCambridge	37 km	4 hr 53 minupdated 27 min ago	4 hr 24 min9 in 10: 9 hr 42 min	6 hr 6 min	7 hr 6 min	↑ 52 min
North Wellington Health Care - PalmerstonPalmerston	40 km	Not published	1 hr9 in 10: 2 hr	1 hr 48 min	2 hr 30 min	↑ 2 min
North Wellington Health Care - Mount ForestMount Forest	42 km	Not published	1 hr 18 min9 in 10: 2 hr 42 min	2 hr 12 min	3 hr 6 min	same
Listowel Memorial HospitalListowel	46 km	Not published	1 hr 42 min9 in 10: 3 hr 30 min	2 hr 30 min	3 hr 18 min	↓ 8 min
Halton Healthcare Services - MiltonMilton	47 km	3 hr 53 minupdated 17 min ago	1 hr 54 min9 in 10: 3 hr 24 min	2 hr 54 min	4 hr 6 min	same

Source: Ontario Health, Time Spent in Emergency Departments, August 2026. Data from the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, Canadian Institute for Health Information. Times are monthly averages for all patients at each site. Right now: each hospital’s own website, read about every five minutes and hidden when more than 90 minutes old. Hospitals measure their live wait differently. Live waits are estimates, for general information only. They can change quickly and without warning, are not guaranteed, and are not medical advice or a recommendation of one emergency department over another. Your own wait may be longer or shorter, and the sickest patients are seen first.

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