ERstat continuously tracks emergency-room closures, reopenings and service disruptions across every Canadian province, from official health-authority sources. No government or agency publishes this as one national record. If you are a researcher, journalist or student, this page is the canonical place to access and cite it.
Free for non-commercial use under CC BY-NC 4.0 with attribution to erstat.ca. Full event-level history, wait-time time series and bulk export are available under a commercial licence.
| Channel | Format | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| JSON API (free key) | JSON | Apps, dashboards, live analysis |
| GitHub archive | CSV | Research, coursework, spreadsheets |
| Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21853002) | CSV | Academic citation, archival record |
| Embeddable widget (no key) | HTML | Newsrooms & community sites |
| Commercial licence | JSON / bulk | History, time series, commercial products |
In news copy, a visible link is all we ask: "according to data from ERstat". For academic work:
ERstat. (2026). Canadian ER closures and service disruptions [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21853002
"Canadian ER Closures and Service Disruptions." ERstat, 2026, erstat.ca/data. Accessed 2026-08-08.
@misc{erstat_closures,
author = {{ERstat}},
title = {Canadian ER Closures and Service Disruptions},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.21853002},
url = {https://erstat.ca/data},
note = {Accessed 2026-08-08}
}
The DOI resolves to the latest archived version on Zenodo; each monthly snapshot is preserved as its own citable version.
Statuses come from official health-authority publications and hospital announcements, normalized into one national schema and refreshed continuously. Coverage began in February 2026. For per-province detail on which health systems publish live waits (and which do not), see the transparency page.