St. Joseph's King Campus

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About St. Joseph's Hamilton (King)

St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton – King Campus (2757 King Street E) is a leading ambulatory care facility serving East Hamilton, Stoney Creek, and the broader Hamilton-Wentworth region. The campus is home to an Urgent Care Centre staffed by emergency-trained physicians and nurses, equipped to treat non-life-threatening conditions such as minor injuries, fever, simple fractures, and abdominal pain — seeing more than 62,000 patients annually. Patients with life-threatening emergencies, trauma, stroke, or cardiac events should proceed directly to the Charlton Campus Emergency Department or call 911.

Services & Specialties

Urgent Care Centre (non-life-threatening emergencies), Blood tests and X-ray diagnostics, Regional Eye Institute and cataract surgery, Pain Management Services, Mature Women's Health Centre, Satellite Dialysis Clinic (39 beds), Surgery Centre (cataract procedures), Stay Well therapeutic exercise program, Asthma management education, Diabetes and nutrition clinics, Specialty Clinics (by physician referral).

Amenities

• Outpatient parking lot off King Street East
• Short-term drop-off zone at Urgent Care entrance
• Specialty clinic services on lower level (Room 1300)

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Tips Before You Go

• This campus has an Urgent Care Centre, not a full Emergency Department — for life-threatening emergencies, trauma, stroke, or cardiac events, go to St. Joseph's Charlton Campus ED at 50 Charlton Ave E or call 911.
• Ambulances do not transport patients to this Urgent Care — if you require ambulance transport, you will be directed to the Charlton Campus.
• Upon arrival, take a number from the Qmatic machine at the Urgent Care entrance and wait to be called based on severity of symptoms.
• Urgent Care closes at 10:00 PM — if your condition arises after hours, proceed to the Charlton Campus Emergency Department.
• For scheduled clinic appointments, arrive 15–30 minutes early and bring your valid Ontario health card.

What to Bring

• Valid Ontario health card (OHIP)
• Government-issued photo ID
• List of current medications and dosages
• List of known allergies
• Physician referral letter (required for specialty clinics)
• Health benefits or insurance information if applicable
• Comfortable clothing suitable for examination
• A book or charged device — wait times may vary based on patient volume

Parking

Short-term 15-minute drop-off and pick-up parking is available adjacent to the Urgent Care entrance on the west side of the building. Drop-off and pick-up for the Dialysis Centre is located on the east side. An outpatient parking lot is accessible off the King Street East entrance. Parking is managed by Precise ParkLink — check the SJHH website for current rates.

Getting There

HSR Route 05 (Delaware towards Jones at King) serves the campus, with the closest stop — St. Joseph's Ambulatory at King — approximately 160 metres away (a 3-minute walk). HSR Routes 04 and 05 both pass near the campus. For live bus times visit hsrnow.hamilton.ca or call 905-527-4441.

Frequently Asked Questions

About ER Wait Times

Emergency departments use triage. Patients with more serious conditions are seen first, regardless of arrival time.

Wait times are ERstat’s estimates, built from what hospitals publish, or from our model where a hospital publishes no wait. They are not the hospital’s own figures. Actual waits 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.

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 immediately.