Table with 4 columns and 6 rows.
Nurse shortage37,10085.27%12
General staff shortage4,96311.41%21
COVID-related staff shortage9222.12%6
Physician shortage3410.78%9
Other1610.37%4
No reason given220.05%3
CBC defined a closure as any interruption to an ER’s 24-hour service or an Urgent Care Centre’s previously posted hours at any time for any amount of time on a given date. If a facility was closed for several hours twice in a day – ex: for a period in the morning and again later at night – the hours were summed up and it was counted as one day with closures.