Also known as Mount St. JosephVancouver, British Columbia
9 in 10 patients seen within
Long wait
Was 30 min at
2 hr 45 min
Estimated length of stay, for 3 in 4 patients who go home
Due to increased arrivals after 6PM you can expect long waits. Please consider a closer ED or UPCC.
Open today 8 am – 8 pm
Life-threatening emergency? Call 911, don't wait.
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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
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18 departments, clinics and services
View all departments| Hour | Average estimate | vs hour before |
|---|---|---|
| Yesterday, 6 pm – 7 pm | 2 hr 0 min | No change |
| Yesterday, 7 pm – 8 pm | 2 hr 4 min | |
| Yesterday, 8 pm – 9 pm | 2 hr 5 min | |
| Yesterday, 9 pm – 10 pm | 2 hr 0 min | |
| Yesterday, 10 pm – 11 pm | 2 hr 0 min | No change |
| Yesterday, 11 pm – midnight | 50 min | |
| Today, midnight – 1 am | No data | No comparison |
| Today, 1 am – 2 am | No data | No comparison |
| Today, 2 am – 3 am | No data | No comparison |
| Today, 3 am – 4 am | No data | No comparison |
| Today, 4 am – 5 am | 30 min | No comparison |
| Today, 5 am – 6 am | No data | No comparison |
| Today, 6 am – 7 am | No data | No comparison |
| Today, 7 am – 8 am | No data | No comparison |
| Today, 8 am – 9 am | 1 hr 18 min | No comparison |
| Today, 9 am – 10 am | 1 hr 56 min | |
| Today, 10 am – 11 am | 2 hr 24 min | |
| Today, 11 am – noon | 2 hr 29 min | |
| Today, noon – 1 pm | 2 hr 8 min | |
| Today, 1 pm – 2 pm | 1 hr 41 min | |
| Today, 2 pm – 3 pm | 1 hr 0 min | |
| Today, 3 pm – 4 pm | 32 min | |
| Today, 4 pm – 5 pm | 1 hr 52 min | |
| Today, 5 pm – 6 pm | 2 hr 0 min |
Mount Saint Joseph Hospital is a hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia. Emergency department: All ages.
Mount Saint Joseph Hospital (MSJ) is a Providence Health Care community hospital at 3080 Prince Edward Street in Vancouver. It was founded by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, who from 1921 provided health and education services primarily to the Asian community, and it opened on 2 October 1946. Providence describes MSJ today as a 160-bed acute and extended care facility. It has a high acuity unit, a radiology clinic with x-ray, CT, mammography and ultrasound, a laboratory, a surgical eye centre with three operating rooms, and outpatient clinics including cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, neurology and the Providence Breast Centre. The second floor is a long-term care home for 60 residents, and an eight-bed non-oncology clinical trials unit was announced by the Province in September 2025.
The emergency department is open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day, including holidays. It is not a 24-hour department: outside those hours, St. Paul's Hospital at 1081 Burrard Street has the Providence emergency department that operates 24/7. The entrance is off Prince Edward Street. Providence is improving the emergency department, and as of September 1, 2026 the temporary emergency and Surgical Day Care doors are just past the one-way vehicle entrance. Both Providence emergency departments see patients of all ages, including children, and pregnancy, birthing and newborn care is listed at St. Paul's Hospital. For problems that are not emergencies, Vancouver Coastal Health's Southeast Urgent and Primary Care Centre, 5880 Victoria Drive, is an east Vancouver option. It is open Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 10 pm and Sunday from 9 am to 5 pm, with regular hours on statutory holidays, and is walk-in only.
Sources: providencehealthcare.org, providencehealthcare.org 2, providencehealthcare.org 3, providencehealthcare.org 4, providencehealthcare.org 5, providencehealthcare.org 6, news.gov.bc.ca, chac.ca (PDF), vch.ca, sphemerg.ca, Wikipedia
This ER treats patients of all ages.
In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
Many clinics and programs need a referral. Check the official page or call the switchboard at 604-874-1141 before you go. In an emergency, call 911.
At 6:18 pm PDT, the 9 in 10 patients seen within was 2 hours 0 minutes (long wait), according to edwaittimes.ca. It changes as patients arrive, and the most urgent cases are always seen first.
Source: edwaittimes.ca
"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
edwaittimes.ca posts this note for Mount Saint Joseph: more people arrive after 6 pm, so you can expect long waits, and it asks you to consider a closer emergency department or urgent and primary care centre. The ER is open 8 am to 8 pm, not around the clock. After 8 pm, go to St. Paul's or another 24-hour ER, or call 911.
Source: providencehealthcare.org; providencehealthcare.org; providencehealthcare.org; providencehealthcare.org; providencehealthcare.org; providencehealthcare.org; news.gov.bc.ca; chac.ca; vch.ca; sphemerg.ca
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.
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.
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.
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.
Open 8 am – 8 pm daily. Hours can change on holidays; the wait panel above shows whether it is open now.
Source: edwaittimes.ca
The emergency department at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital sees patients of all ages.
Source: edwaittimes.ca
Mount Saint Joseph Hospital is at 3080 Prince Edward St, Vancouver, BC V5T 3N4. Pay parking at the hospital, plus free street parking nearby (restricted at certain hours on Kingsway). Accessible spaces are across from the entrance, by the pay station. 15th Avenue street parking, Prince Edward to St. George Street, is closed until the end of October 2026.
Source: edwaittimes.ca
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
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.
Mount Saint Joseph Hospital
3080 Prince Edward St, Vancouver, BC V5T 3N4
Right now the estimate at MSJ is 2 hr 0 min, shorter than the 2 hr 53 min median across 4 Vancouver ERs.
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Serious problems that need a hospital, any time: broken bones, deep cuts, severe pain, or a fever in a baby under 3 months.
Problems that are not life-threatening but need care today: sprains, minor cuts and burns, infections. Hours are often limited.
Minor problems such as colds, sore throats, rashes or prescription refills are often quicker here.
Nearest tracked urgent care: Vancouver City Centre Urgent and Primary Care Centre (2.6 km)
Not sure where to go?
Call HealthLink BC at 811 to talk to a nurse. About HealthLink BC
Call 911
Chest pain or pressure, signs of a stroke, severe bleeding, trouble breathing, a serious injury, or someone who will not wake up.
