Pickering 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 Pickering.
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 Pickering
Shortest live wait within 25 km
Uxbridge · 22 km
1 hr 15 min
Closest: Markham Stouffville Hospital, 8 km, 2 hr 40 min now.
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 |
8 ERs within 25 km
8 ERs
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- Markham Stouffville HospitalOak Valley Health · Markham · 8 kmLast month: 1 hr 30 min average · 9 in 10 within 3 hr 12 min2 hr 40 minLive · updated 27 min agoMonthly: 4 min longer than in Sep 2025
- Lakeridge Health - AjaxAjax · 12 kmLast month: 1 hr 48 min average · 9 in 10 within 4 hr 6 min3 hr 40 min to 5 hr or moreLive · updated 9 min agoMonthly: 4 min longer than in Sep 2025
- Scarborough Health Network - CentenaryToronto · 14 km9 in 10 seen within 2 hr 36 min1 hr 18 minlast month’s averageMonthly: 18 min longer than in Sep 2025
- Scarborough Health Network - BirchmountToronto · 18 km9 in 10 seen within 2 hr 54 min1 hr 24 minlast month’s averageMonthly: 20 min longer than in Sep 2025
- Scarborough Health Network - Scarborough GeneralToronto · 18 km9 in 10 seen within 3 hr 24 min1 hr 48 minlast month’s averageMonthly: 20 min longer than in Sep 2025
- Lakeridge Health - OshawaOshawa · 21 kmLast month: 1 hr 30 min average · 9 in 10 within 3 hr 12 min1 hr 24 min to 2 hr 15 minLive · updated 9 min agoMonthly: 2 min longer than in Sep 2025
- Uxbridge HospitalOak Valley Health · Uxbridge · 22 kmLast month: 1 hr 54 min average · 9 in 10 within 3 hr 54 min1 hr 15 minLive · updated 27 min agoMonthly: 2 min longer than in Sep 2025
- North York General HospitalToronto · 23 km9 in 10 seen within 2 hr 48 min1 hr 30 minlast month’s averageMonthly: 6 min shorter than in Sep 2025
| Markham Stouffville HospitalOak Valley Health · Markham | 8 km | 2 hr 40 minupdated 27 min ago | 1 hr 30 min9 in 10: 3 hr 12 min | 2 hr 24 min | 3 hr 48 min | ↑ 4 min |
| Lakeridge Health - AjaxAjax | 12 km | 3 hr 40 min to 5 hr or moreupdated 9 min ago | 1 hr 48 min9 in 10: 4 hr 6 min | 3 hr 24 min | 4 hr 30 min | ↑ 4 min |
| Scarborough Health Network - CentenaryToronto | 14 km | Not published | 1 hr 18 min9 in 10: 2 hr 36 min | 2 hr 30 min | 3 hr 12 min | ↑ 18 min |
| Scarborough Health Network - BirchmountToronto | 18 km | Not published | 1 hr 24 min9 in 10: 2 hr 54 min | 2 hr 42 min | 3 hr 36 min | ↑ 20 min |
| Scarborough Health Network - Scarborough GeneralToronto | 18 km | Not published | 1 hr 48 min9 in 10: 3 hr 24 min | 3 hr 12 min | 4 hr 12 min | ↑ 20 min |
| Lakeridge Health - OshawaOshawa | 21 km | 1 hr 24 min to 2 hr 15 minupdated 9 min ago | 1 hr 30 min9 in 10: 3 hr 12 min | 2 hr 36 min | 4 hr 6 min | ↑ 2 min |
| Uxbridge HospitalOak Valley Health · Uxbridge | 22 km | 1 hr 15 minupdated 27 min ago | 1 hr 54 min9 in 10: 3 hr 54 min | 2 hr 54 min | 4 hr | ↑ 2 min |
| North York General HospitalToronto | 23 km | Not published | 1 hr 30 min9 in 10: 2 hr 48 min | 2 hr 54 min | 4 hr 18 min | ↓ 6 min |
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.
ER waits in nearby towns
- Ajax
- Rouge
- Markham
- Stouffville
- Malvern
- Whitby
- Woburn
- Whitchurch-Stouffville
- L'Amoreaux
- Uxbridge
- Parkwoods-Donalda
- Oshawa
Surgery and scan waits near Pickering
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
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 |