Ontario Waits

Sault Ste. Marie 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 Sault Ste. Marie.

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

Near Sault Ste. Marie

Shortest wait within 100 km, last month

North Shore Health Network - Thessalon

Thessalon · 66 km

42 min

Average time to see a doctor last month. No ER within 100 km publishes a live wait.
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Closest: Sault Area Hospital - Sault Ste. Marie, 4 km, 2 hr 48 min average last month.

Waits change quickly and the sickest patients are seen first.

3 ERs within 100 km

Green "now": the hospital's live wait, checked 4:25 p.m. Grey "avg": last month's average. Tap a pin for details.

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  1. Sault Area Hospital - Sault Ste. MarieSault Ste. Marie · 4 km9 in 10 seen within 6 hr 12 min2 hr 48 minlast month’s average
    Monthly: 4 min longer than in Sep 2025
  2. North Shore Health Network - Richards LandingRichards Landing · 35 km9 in 10 seen within 2 hr1 hrlast month’s average
    Monthly: 12 min longer than in Sep 2025
  3. North Shore Health Network - ThessalonThessalon · 66 km9 in 10 seen within 1 hr 18 min42 minlast month’s average
    Monthly: 6 min shorter than in Sep 2025

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

Surgery and scan waits near Sault Ste. Marie

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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MonthTime to see a doctor
August 20262 hr 6 min
July 20262 hr
June 20261 hr 54 min
May 20261 hr 54 min
April 20261 hr 54 min
March 20261 hr 48 min
February 20261 hr 48 min
January 20261 hr 42 min
December 20252 hr 6 min
November 20251 hr 48 min
October 20251 hr 54 min
September 20252 hr
August 20251 hr 54 min