Top 10 ERs with the most days of partial closures or reduced hours

Using hospital news releases and media reports, CBC compiled all temporary closures and schedule changes announced by publicly funded Ontario hospitals with emergency rooms or urgent care centres between Jan. 1, 2022, and Nov. 30, 2024.

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CBC categorized all closures as scheduled or unscheduled. Scheduled closures are instances where a hospital or health authority has changed its policy to permanently or semi-permanently reduce the hours of an ER or UCC. Unscheduled closures are unplanned and sporadic.
CBC original analysis