Open 24 hours. We estimate about 2h 18m.
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Quieter times: No historical wait time data is currently available for this location. Generally, early weekday mornings tend to be quieter at rural emergency departments. For non-life-threatening concerns, consider contacting your family health team or a telehealth service first.
Busier times: Without historical wait data, specific busy periods cannot be confirmed. As with most emergency departments, evenings, weekends, and holidays may see higher patient volumes. If your situation is not life-threatening, weekday daytime hours are typically less congested.
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Open on ERstat →The Manitoulin Health Centre – Little Current Site operates a 24-hour emergency department serving Manitoulin Island and surrounding rural communities in Northern Ontario. Opened in its modern form in June 2017, the ER features dedicated trauma rooms and telemedicine connectivity to specialists in Sudbury, ensuring access to specialist care despite the hospital's remote island location. This facility is the primary acute care resource for the region, handling emergencies, inpatient care, obstetrics, and day surgery for residents who would otherwise face long travel times to larger urban centres.
24-hour Emergency Department, Trauma rooms (Trauma 1 and Trauma 2), Telemedicine connection to specialists in Sudbury, Acute inpatient medical, surgical, and pediatric care (16 beds), Obstetrics – low-risk, full-term single pregnancies (2 Combined Care beds), Day Surgery, Diagnostic Imaging, Laboratory services, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy, Diabetes Clinic, Dietitian services, Community-based mental health and addictions services (HSN), Transitional and rehabilitative care, OHIP-covered services.
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On-site parking is available at 11 Meredith St W, Little Current. Specific details on fees or lot capacity are not confirmed publicly — contact the hospital at (705) 368-2300 for current parking information.
No formal public transit routes serve the Little Current hospital site. The hospital is located in a small, rural community on Manitoulin Island, and personal vehicle or arranged transportation is the primary means of access. Patients may wish to inquire with the hospital or local municipality about patient transportation assistance programs.
Emergency departments use triage. Patients with more serious conditions are seen first, regardless of arrival time.
Wait times are estimates based on Ontario health data. Actual wait times may vary.
This hospital does not publish a live wait, so the figure above comes from our model rather than from its own feed. We publish how that model performs where it can be checked, at the hospitals that do publish. See the accuracy scorecard, or how we work the number out.
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