Lions Gate Hospital Emergency Wait Time

North Vancouver, British Columbia

A tower of Lions Gate Hospital and its street sign in North Vancouver, British Columbia
Open 24 hoursERTreats: All ages
Photo: Arnold C, Attribution

Live North Vancouver ER wait time right now

9 in 10 patients seen within

5 hours 45 minutes

Very long wait

Was 6 hr 0 min at

7 hr 45 min

Estimated length of stay, for 3 in 4 patients who go home

Life-threatening emergency? Call 911, don't wait.

Wait time key

  • Shorter wait: Under 2 hr
  • Long wait: 2 to 4 hr
  • Very long wait: 4 hr or more

Source

edwaittimes.ca

We check it every 5 minutes and show its own label for the number. How this page works

What does this number mean?

9 in 10 patients are seen within this time; about 1 in 10 wait longer. It is not the total time at the hospital, and sicker patients are seen first. How edwaittimes.ca defines it

The colours are set by us, not by edwaittimes.ca. Under 2 hours is the Canadian goal for even the least urgent patients. cihi.ca

How we measure and colour waits

Hospital details

Address
231 East 15th St, North Vancouver, BC V7L 2L7
Phone
604-988-3131Main switchboard. For an emergency, call 911.
Hours
Every dayOpen 24 hours
Who it treats
  • Emergency department treats all ages
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Operated by
Vancouver Coastal Health
Parking
  • Main parkade on 15th Street, east of St. Georges Avenue: $3.50 an hour, $14.25 for 24 hours, $6 evenings and weekends.
  • Five-minute drop-off in front of the emergency department, from St. Georges Avenue.
  • Meters take cards, coins and pay-by-phone (no change).

Parking information

Departments and services

59 departments, clinics and services

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Official information

Wait times in the last 24 hours

Average published estimate for each hour, in local time (PDT). Gaps are hours with no reading.
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Average estimated wait by hour, last 24 hours
HourAverage estimatevs hour before
Yesterday, 5 pm – 6 pm6 hr 28 min
Yesterday, 6 pm – 7 pm6 hr 15 min
Yesterday, 7 pm – 8 pm6 hr 15 minNo change
Yesterday, 8 pm – 9 pm5 hr 59 min
Yesterday, 9 pm – 10 pm6 hr 4 min
Yesterday, 10 pm – 11 pm6 hr 30 min
Yesterday, 11 pm – midnight6 hr 31 minNo change
Today, midnight – 1 am6 hr 23 min
Today, 1 am – 2 am6 hr 11 min
Today, 2 am – 3 am5 hr 35 min
Today, 3 am – 4 am5 hr 18 min
Today, 4 am – 5 am4 hr 36 min
Today, 5 am – 6 am3 hr 49 min
Today, 6 am – 7 am3 hr 6 min
Today, 7 am – 8 am1 hr 56 min
Today, 8 am – 9 am2 hr 6 min
Today, 9 am – 10 am2 hr 48 min
Today, 10 am – 11 am3 hr 26 min
Today, 11 am – noon3 hr 48 min
Today, noon – 1 pm3 hr 44 min
Today, 1 pm – 2 pm3 hr 59 min
Today, 2 pm – 3 pm4 hr 8 min
Today, 3 pm – 4 pm5 hr 3 min
Today, 4 pm – 5 pm5 hr 44 min

About Lions Gate Hospital

Lions Gate Hospital is a hospital in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Emergency department: All ages. This service is open 24 hours a day.

Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) is a Vancouver Coastal Health acute care hospital at 231 East 15th Street in North Vancouver. It opened in April 1961 and replaced North Vancouver General Hospital (1929) on the same campus. The Province says it has had 329 beds and 10 operating rooms since the new Paul Myers Tower, with 108 beds and eight operating rooms, opened to patients on March 9, 2025. Infrastructure BC describes LGH as a Level 3 Trauma Centre, and VCH's 2016 Accreditation Canada distinction lists it among its Level III trauma centres. VCH also calls it one of only five neurosurgery centres in B.C. The hospital serves the North Shore, and the Province says it also serves patients from the Sea-to-Sky corridor, the Sunshine Coast and the Central Coast. Its services include an intensive care unit, the Seaspan High Acuity Unit (12 rooms, opened in May 2022), the HOpe Centre for mental health and addiction care (opened 2014) with inpatient psychiatry, maternity services with a neonatal intensive care unit, and inpatient paediatric services.

The emergency department is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. There is a five-minute patient drop-off area in front of the emergency department, reached from St. Georges Avenue. A Psychiatric Emergency and Assessment Team (PEAT) area inside the department gives prompt psychiatric assessments around the clock. VCH does not give an age limit for the department. It notes that the BC Children's Hospital Emergency Department in Vancouver provides emergency care to children and youth up to the age of 16, and Lions Gate has an inpatient paediatric unit on the third floor for patients under 17 years and minus one day. Births are at the hospital's own third-floor labour and delivery unit, and the neonatal intensive care unit cares for babies born at or above 32 weeks of gestation. For problems that are not emergencies, the nearest urgent and primary care centre is the North Vancouver Urgent and Primary Care Centre, Suite 200, 221 West Esplanade, open Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm. It is walk-in only.

Sources: vch.ca, vch.ca 2, vch.ca 3, vch.ca 4, news.gov.bc.ca, infrastructurebc.com, vch.ca 5, vch.ca 6, vch.ca 7, vch.ca 8, Wikipedia

Who Lions Gate Hospital treats

This ER treats patients of all ages.

In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Lions Gate Hospital departments and services

The official VCH facility page lists 59 departments, clinics and services here, grouped below by area of care.

Key services at a glance

  • Trauma care
  • Psychiatric emergency care
  • Children's emergency care
  • Intensive care (ICU)
  • Neonatal intensive care (NICU)
  • Labour and delivery
  • CT scan
  • MRI
  • X-ray
  • Ultrasound
  • Lab

All departments by area of care

Emergency, trauma and critical careEmergency Department · Forensic Nursing Services · Sexual Assault Services (SAS)3
  • Emergency Department
  • Forensic Nursing Services
  • Sexual Assault Services (SAS)
Brain, nerves and strokeRapid Access Neurology1
  • Rapid Access Neurology
Cancer and blood disordersOncology (Chemotherapy) Clinic1
  • Oncology (Chemotherapy) Clinic
SurgeryEnhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) · Outpatient Procedure Unit · Perioperative Care Unit5
  • Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
  • Outpatient Procedure Unit
  • Perioperative Care Unit
  • Pre-Anesthesia Clinic
  • Surgical Care Centre
Bones, joints and musclesCast Clinic · Hand Program · Rapid Access Spinal Clinics3
  • Cast Clinic
  • Hand Program
  • Rapid Access Spinal Clinics
Lungs, breathing and sleepPulmonary (Lung) Function Testing · Respiratory Services · Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Diagnostics3
  • Pulmonary (Lung) Function Testing
  • Respiratory Services
  • Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Diagnostics
Digestive system and liverEndoscopy Clinic1
  • Endoscopy Clinic
Pregnancy, birth and women's healthAntepartum Assessment Outpatient Service · Maternity Services · Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)3
  • Antepartum Assessment Outpatient Service
  • Maternity Services
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Children and youthInpatient Paediatric Services · Paediatric Asthma Clinics2
  • Inpatient Paediatric Services
  • Paediatric Asthma Clinics
Mental health and addictionASAP · Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Programs · HOpe Centre4
  • ASAP
  • Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Programs
  • HOpe Centre
  • Psychiatric Emergency and Assessment Team (PEAT)
Medicine and specialty clinicsChronic Pain Clinic · High Acuity Unit (HAU) · Intensive Care Unit (ICU)6
  • Chronic Pain Clinic
  • High Acuity Unit (HAU)
  • Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
  • Medical Daycare Infusion Clinic
  • Palliative Care Unit
  • Wound Ostomy Continence
Diagnostic imaging and lab testsBone Densitometry · Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) · Computed Tomography14
  • Bone Densitometry
  • Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
  • Computed Tomography
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiograms (ECG)
  • Electroencephalogram (EEG) Services
  • Electromyography (EMG) Lab
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Interventional Radiography
  • Laboratory Services
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Ultrasound
  • X-Ray
Rehabilitation and therapyIntensive Rehabilitation Outpatient Program · Neurological Rehabilitation Outpatient Program · Specialised Therapy for Acute Rehabilitation4
  • Intensive Rehabilitation Outpatient Program
  • Neurological Rehabilitation Outpatient Program
  • Specialised Therapy for Acute Rehabilitation
  • Speech & Language Services
Community, home care and public healthEvergreen House1
  • Evergreen House
Patient and family supportIndigenous Patient Navigators · Spiritual Health2
  • Indigenous Patient Navigators
  • Spiritual Health
Food, shops and visitor servicesGift Shop · Retail Food Services · Sacred Spaces and Gathering Places5
  • Gift Shop
  • Retail Food Services
  • Sacred Spaces and Gathering Places
  • Thrift Shop, Auxiliary to the Lions Gate Hospital
  • Well Wishes Program
Other clinics and programsCoastal Simulation Program1
  • Coastal Simulation Program

Many clinics and programs need a referral. Check the official page or call the switchboard at 604-988-3131 before you go. In an emergency, call 911.

Lions Gate Hospital ER questions

Understanding the wait

What is the Lions Gate Hospital ER wait right now?

At 5:24 pm PDT, the 9 in 10 patients seen within was 5 hours 45 minutes (very long wait), according to edwaittimes.ca. It changes as patients arrive, and the most urgent cases are always seen first.

Source: edwaittimes.ca

Is there an ER near Lions Gate Hospital with a shorter wait?

"Nearby ER wait times right now", at the end of this page, lists the nearest tracked sites with their current waits. These are the nearest facilities in our tracked dataset, not necessarily every local care option. A shorter estimate is not a recommendation to travel farther. If it is an emergency, call 911.

Source: edwaittimes.ca

What does the Lions Gate Hospital ER wait time mean?

edwaittimes.ca describes its ED wait as the time from triage assessment to seeing a doctor or nurse practitioner. The displayed estimate is the 90th percentile: about 9 in 10 patients are seen within that time, while about 1 in 10 may wait longer. It is not an average, an appointment time or a guarantee.

Source: edwaittimes.ca: about the estimates

Is the estimated length of stay at Lions Gate Hospital the same as the wait time?

No. Estimated length of stay covers arrival to discharge home for 75% of patients, excluding people admitted to hospital. It includes assessment, tests and treatment. The wait-to-clinician estimate and this total-visit measure describe different parts of care.

Source: edwaittimes.ca: about the estimates

How often does edwaittimes.ca update Lions Gate Hospital's estimate?

The publisher says its online estimates refresh every five minutes. This is separate from our checks of the source and does not mean the number must change at every refresh. The page shows the timestamp available for the latest information.

Source: edwaittimes.ca: about the estimates

Why can the wait at Lions Gate Hospital change?

Demand can change suddenly as patients arrive, particularly after a serious incident. Patients with more urgent needs receive priority, so your own wait can be shorter or longer than the estimate.

Source: edwaittimes.ca: about the estimates

Planning your visit

Is the Lions Gate Hospital ER open 24 hours?

Yes. The emergency department at Lions Gate Hospital is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Source: edwaittimes.ca

Who can go to the Lions Gate Hospital ER?

The emergency department at Lions Gate Hospital sees patients of all ages.

Source: edwaittimes.ca

Where is Lions Gate Hospital, and is there parking?

Lions Gate Hospital is at 231 East 15th St, North Vancouver, BC V7L 2L7. Main parkade on 15th Street, east of St. Georges Avenue: $3.50 an hour, $14.25 for 24 hours, $6 evenings and weekends. Five-minute drop-off in front of the emergency department, from St. Georges Avenue. Meters take cards, coins and pay-by-phone (no change).

Source: edwaittimes.ca

Should I go to urgent care instead of Lions Gate Hospital?

Call 911 for anything life-threatening. An emergency department is for serious problems that need a hospital. Urgent care treats problems that are not life-threatening but need care the same day. For minor problems, a family doctor, walk-in clinic or pharmacist may be quicker. If you are not sure where to go, call HealthLink BC at 811 for advice from a nurse.

Source: edwaittimes.ca

Is there a mental health emergency service at Lions Gate Hospital?

Yes. The Psychiatric Emergency and Assessment Team (PEAT) at Lions Gate Hospital assesses people in the emergency department 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Inpatient psychiatry is at the HOpe Centre next to the hospital. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.

Source: vch.ca; vch.ca; vch.ca; vch.ca; news.gov.bc.ca; infrastructurebc.com; vch.ca; vch.ca; vch.ca; vch.ca; en.wikipedia.org

Should I choose Lions Gate Hospital using the online wait time?

The figures provide general information, not a recommendation about where to seek care. Travel, recent treatment at a hospital and your health needs also matter. For a serious emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency department. For advice about non-emergency options, contact HealthLink BC at 811.

Source: edwaittimes.ca: about the estimates

Map and directions

Lions Gate Hospital

231 East 15th St, North Vancouver, BC V7L 2L7

DirectionsOpen in Google Maps

Nearby ER wait times right now

Straight-line distance. A shorter wait is worth a longer drive only if the trip is safe.

Nearest tracked ERs

All North Vancouver ER wait timesER wait times near me

ER, urgent care or walk-in clinic?

  • Emergency department

    Serious problems that need a hospital, any time: broken bones, deep cuts, severe pain, or a fever in a baby under 3 months.

  • Urgent care

    Problems that are not life-threatening but need care today: sprains, minor cuts and burns, infections. Hours are often limited.

  • Walk-in clinics

    Minor problems such as colds, sore throats, rashes or prescription refills are often quicker here.

Nearest tracked urgent care: North Vancouver Centre Urgent and Primary Care Centre (1.5 km)

Not sure where to go?

Call HealthLink BC at 811 to talk to a nurse. About HealthLink BC

Call 811

Call 911

Chest pain or pressure, signs of a stroke, severe bleeding, trouble breathing, a serious injury, or someone who will not wake up.

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