How many hours have Ontario ERs and urgent care centres been closed since 2022?

Scheduled closures refer to cases where a hospital or health authority has permanently or semi-permanently reduced the hours of an emergency room or urgent care centre. Unscheduled closures are unplanned and sporadic interruptions.

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.
CBC's original analysis