Ontario Waits

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Ontario wait times, July 2026: what changed

Compared with June 2026, the Ontario average wait was shorter for 7 and longer for 4 of 11 common surgeries and scans. The average time to see an ER doctor was 2 hr, 6 min longer than in June 2026.

Surgery and scans: Ontario average

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

Surgery or scanJul 2026From Jun 2026From Jul 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 July 2026; for less common procedures it often publishes a quarter or a year instead.

Biggest drops from June 2026

  • Hysterectomy: 246 days in June 2026 to 233 days in July 2026, 13 days shorter
  • Cataract surgery: 194 days in June 2026 to 183 days in July 2026, 11 days shorter
  • Groin hernia repair: 153 days in June 2026 to 142 days in July 2026, 11 days shorter

Biggest increases from June 2026

  • Knee replacement: 206 days in June 2026 to 215 days in July 2026, 9 days longer
  • Hip replacement: 189 days in June 2026 to 194 days in July 2026, 5 days longer
  • Breast cancer surgery: 41 days in June 2026 to 45 days in July 2026, 4 days longer
  • CT scan: 79 days in June 2026 to 83 days in July 2026, 4 days longer

Shortest wait, by hospital

The hospital with the shortest average wait for each common surgery and scan, July 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 June 2026 to July 2026. Only hospitals with 10 or more patients for each wait in both months are compared.

Surgery or scanSurgery or scan, hospitalHospitalChange

From June 2026 to July 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, July 2026
2 hr
June 2026
1 hr 54 min6 min longer now

Biggest drops from June 2026

Biggest rises from June 2026

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 July 2026 with June 2026 and with July 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