Ontario Waits

Monthly reports

Ontario wait times, June 2026: what changed

Compared with May 2026, the Ontario average wait was shorter for 4, longer for 5 and unchanged for 2 of 11 common surgeries and scans. The average time to see an ER doctor was 1 hr 54 min, the same as in May 2026.

Surgery and scans: Ontario average

Average days waited by non-urgent patients across Ontario, June 2026, against May 2026 and June 2025. For surgery, days to see the surgeon plus days to surgery.

Surgery or scanJun 2026From May 2026From Jun 2025

Not in this report: Thyroid surgery, Kidney stone removal and Prostate cancer surgery. Ontario Health has no one-month Ontario figure for them for June 2026; for less common procedures it often publishes a quarter or a year instead.

Biggest drops from May 2026

  • Knee replacement: 220 days in May 2026 to 206 days in June 2026, 14 days shorter
  • Hip replacement: 200 days in May 2026 to 189 days in June 2026, 11 days shorter
  • Hysterectomy: 254 days in May 2026 to 246 days in June 2026, 8 days shorter

Biggest increases from May 2026

Shortest wait, by hospital

The hospital with the shortest average wait for each common surgery and scan, June 2026. Only hospitals with 10 or more patients for each wait that month. Children’s hospitals are not included.

Biggest improvement, by hospital

For each common surgery and scan, the hospital whose average wait dropped the most from May 2026 to June 2026. Only hospitals with 10 or more patients for each wait in both months are compared.

Surgery or scanSurgery or scan, hospitalHospitalChange

From May 2026 to June 2026. Hospitals tied for the biggest drop are each listed.

Emergency rooms

Average time from triage or registration to first seeing a doctor, all patients.

Ontario, June 2026
1 hr 54 min
May 2026
1 hr 54 minNo change now

Biggest drops from May 2026

Biggest rises from May 2026

8 more ERs changed by 30 min.

Of 159 emergency departments with a figure in both months. Ontario Health publishes these to the nearest tenth of an hour (6 minutes). Every Ontario ER

Source and method

All figures are from Ontario Health’s public reporting, as published with its August 2026 data. This report compares June 2026 with May 2026 and with June 2025. Surgery and scan figures are the average days waited by non-urgent (priority 4) adult patients whose wait ended that month, rounded to whole days; for surgery, days to see the surgeon plus days to surgery. Only one-month figures are compared, never a quarter or a year. A hospital is counted only with 10 or more patients for each wait in the month, and in both months for a change. Emergency room figures are the average time from triage or registration to first assessment by a doctor, for all patients. Ontario Health can revise earlier months. Nothing here says why a wait changed. How these numbers work