Ontario Waits
All surgeries and scans

Non-malignant lesion removal

Ontario average

152 days

69 days to see the surgeon (April 2025 to March 2026), then 83 days to surgery (October 2025 to March 2026)

Time for tests between the two is not tracked. How these numbers work

Ontario Health reports this one over a longer period, not month by month. Every hospital below covers the same period.

Near L2S 0A9, St. Catharines Southwest

Shortest wait within 25 km

Niagara Health System - St. Catharines General

St. Catharines · 2 km

108 days

44 days shorter than the Ontario average.
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What you can do: ask your family doctor or surgeon about a referral to a hospital with a shorter wait.

1 hospital within 25 km

Only 1 within 25 km.

Total days at each hospital. Green: the three shortest in this list. Pick a pin for details.

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  1. Niagara Health System - St. Catharines GeneralSt. Catharines · 2 kmSee surgeon 55 · Surgery 53108 days