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The Best Emergency Rooms in Toronto (2026)

A civic directory of every currently open 24/7 emergency department in the City of Toronto — Level 1 trauma, pediatric SickKids, Hospital Row, the west-end and northwest community EDs, all three Scarborough Health Network sites, Etobicoke General, and CAMH’s psychiatric ED. Women’s College has no typical ED; Queensway Health Centre is urgent care only. This is not medical advice and not a wait-time ranking. Call 911 for a life-threatening emergency.

Updated for 2026•15 Destinations

No.1

Sunnybrook official Emergency Department entrance photograph from sunnybrook.ca

Healthcare• Bayview

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

“Bayview Level 1 trauma and regional burn campus: Life-Saving Drive walk-in, official 24/7, self check-in kiosk — not a pediatric admission hospital.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Sunnybrook’s Emergency Department sits on the Bayview Campus at 2075 Bayview Avenue, A-Wing ground floor — the walk-in door is on Life-Saving Drive. Official sunnybrook.ca/departments/emergency-department/ posts the department open 24/7 and the switchboard at 416-480-6100. This is one of two adult Level 1 trauma centres in Toronto and the hospital’s published ED page states it is a regional centre for critically ill and injured patients, including trauma and stroke cases that cannot go elsewhere for that specialized care. The same campus houses the Ross Tilley Burn Centre. First-timers: use the self check-in kiosk inside the walk-in entrance; patients arriving by ambulance are triaged and are not necessarily seen faster than walk-ins. Bring OHIP, photo ID, a medication list, and a support person if you can.

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No.2

St. Michael’s Hospital Peter Gilgan Patient Care Tower, official Unity Health photograph

Healthcare• Garden District

St. Michael's Hospital

“Downtown adult Level 1 trauma: go to Victoria & Shuter, not the Queen Street lobby. Official 24/7 regional trauma and stroke centre.”

— Very Toronto Editors

St. Michael’s Emergency Department is downtown at the corner of Victoria Street and Shuter Street — one block northeast of Queen and Yonge — not through the Queen Street hospital doors. Official unityhealth.to/areas-of-care/programs-and-clinics/emergency/ calls it a regional trauma and stroke centre open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Switchboard on the hospital location page is 416-360-4000; mailing address remains 30 Bond Street. The Peter Gilgan Patient Care Tower is the campus you see from Queen; the ED is a separate walk-up. First-timers: do not enter at Queen Street and try to wander through. You cannot park at the emergency doors (ambulance only); Unity Health recommends TTC, Queen station north exit. This is an adult trauma and inner-city emergency department, not a dedicated pediatric ED.

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No.3

SickKids official University Avenue campus exterior from sickkids.ca

Healthcare• Discovery District

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

“The city’s pediatric trauma ED: 170 Elizabeth Street entrance, official 24/7. Adult medical emergencies belong at a general hospital.”

— Very Toronto Editors

SickKids is the city’s pediatric emergency department and the pediatric trauma centre for Toronto and the GTA. The campus mailing address is 555 University Avenue; official coming-to-hospital notes put the main entrance at 170 Elizabeth Street (open 24/7) with University Avenue used mainly for weekday drop-offs. The Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at sickkids.ca states it is the primary-care pediatric hospital for downtown, the tertiary pediatric referral centre for the GTA, and the pediatric trauma centre, with approximately 200 major trauma cases a year managed in the ED and more than 80,000 ED visits annually. Phone on city health-line listings for the ED is 416-813-5807; hospital switchboard is 416-813-1500. First-timers: this is children and youth, not a general adult trauma bay. Underground parking is off Elm Street; St. Patrick and Queen’s Park subway stations are the walk-in pair. Check sickkids.ca for current family-presence rules before you go — they change.

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No.4

Toronto General Hospital official campus photograph from uhn.ca

Healthcare• Discovery District

Toronto General Hospital

“Hospital Row medical ED: Elizabeth & Gerrard, official 24/7. Cardiac and transplant campus — not a Level 1 trauma bay.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Toronto General’s Emergency Department is in the R. Fraser Elliott Building, ground floor, at 190 Elizabeth Street — the always-open door at Elizabeth and Gerrard. The hospital mailing address is 200 Elizabeth Street. Official uhn.ca/OurHospitals/TGH and Toronto Central Healthline (updated February 27, 2026) list the ED phone as 416-340-3946, hours daily 24 hours. Other TGH doors on University, Elizabeth, and Gerrard lock overnight (8 p.m.–6 a.m.); after hours use the ED entrance or the intercom. This is UHN’s flagship medical campus — cardiac surgery, multi-organ transplant, hepatobiliary and respirology — not one of Toronto’s two adult Level 1 trauma centres. First-timers: go to Elizabeth and Gerrard, not the University Avenue ceremonial doors. Bring OHIP. For life-threatening trauma, paramedics route to Sunnybrook or St. Michael’s; TGH is the medical-specialty front door on Hospital Row.

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No.5

Toronto Western Hospital official Leonard Avenue entrance photograph from uhn.ca

Healthcare• Kensington / Bathurst & Dundas

Toronto Western Hospital

“Kensington-side stroke and neuro ED: Dundas walk-in at the Fell Pavilion, official 24/7. Children may be transferred for pediatric admission.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Toronto Western’s Emergency Department is in the Fell Pavilion, first floor, 399 Bathurst Street, with the published walk-in off Dundas Street West just east of Bathurst. Official uhn.ca/OurHospitals/TWH lists that entrance and a busy ED that sees more than 60,000 patients a year. Toronto Central Healthline and 211 Ontario list the ED phone as 416-603-5757; hospital general inquiries remain 416-603-2581. Hours: 24/7. Bathurst and Leonard doors lock overnight (8 p.m.–6 a.m.); after hours use the Dundas ED entrance. UHN describes TWH as home to the Krembil Brain Institute and a designated regional stroke centre, with a strong neurosurgery and musculoskeletal program. First-timers: children can be seen, but official 211 notes there are no pediatricians on staff — if a child needs admission or specialist pediatric care they are transferred. The new patient-and-surgical tower is under construction on the Bathurst/Nassau corner through 2028; expect a construction campus, not a quiet drop-off.

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No.6

Mount Sinai Hospital official Emergency Department photograph from sinaihealth.ca

Healthcare• Discovery District

Mount Sinai Hospital

“Hospital Row adult ED: Murray Street drop-off, official 24/7. Sinai’s own page sends kids who need imaging or admission to SickKids or a pediatric community ED.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Mount Sinai’s Emergency Department is the Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Centre at 600 University Avenue, on the south side of the main building, with drop-off and pick-up on Murray Street. Official sinaihealth.ca/areas-of-care/emergency-department says the ED is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year, sees more than 60,000 patients annually, and lists 416-586-5054. Sinai Health’s own page is explicit about children: the team can assess and stabilize and provide first aid and pain management, but the hospital cannot perform diagnostic imaging for children and does not have specialist paediatric care on site for children over one week of age. Official nearby pediatric EDs they name are SickKids (170 Elizabeth), St. Joseph’s (30 The Queensway), Michael Garron, and North York General. First-timers: this is Hospital Row, connected to Toronto General and Princess Margaret — an adult academic ED with geriatric emergency nurses (GEM), psychiatric emergency services, and a Pathway to Peers program for ages 16–29. Murray Street is the 24-hour door; the University Avenue entrance is weekday-limited.

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No.7

St. Joseph’s Health Centre official campus photograph from unityhealth.to

Healthcare• Roncesvalles / Parkdale

St. Joseph's Health Centre

“West-end 24/7: Queensway Emergency doors, official (416) 530-6003. Community ED with a dedicated children’s Rainbow Zone — not Level 1 trauma.”

— Very Toronto Editors

St. Joseph’s Emergency Department is the west-end 24/7 at 30 The Queensway, Barnicke Wing, ground floor, just inside the Emergency entrance. Official unityhealth.to/clinics-services/emergency-department/ lists hours 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and phone 416-530-6003. This is the Unity Health sister to St. Michael’s — a community teaching hospital in Parkdale / Roncesvalles, not a Level 1 trauma centre. St. Joseph’s Health Centre Foundation describes a dedicated children’s emergency area (the Rainbow Zone) and more than 14,000 child visits a year inside a department that sees more than 100,000 visits annually. Sinai Health’s pediatric-ED list also names St. Joe’s as a nearby hospital that provides care to children. First-timers: use the Emergency entrance on The Queensway, not the main Sunnyside lobby, if you are coming in after hours. This is the west-end general ED when you are in Parkdale, High Park, Swansea, or the Queensway corridor and do not need a downtown trauma bay.

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No.8

Hennick Humber Hospital official 2026 campus photograph from hrh.ca

Healthcare• Downsview

Hennick Humber Hospital

“Northwest 24/7: Wilson campus only — not Finch. Officially renamed Hennick Humber Hospital in April 2026. Digital, high-volume community ED.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Hennick Humber Hospital is the Wilson Avenue acute-care campus of Humber River Health: 1235 Wilson Avenue, at Keele and Wilson. Official hrh.ca/emergency/ posts the Emergency Department open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; the entrance is on the north side of the building off Wilson. Switchboard 416-242-1000; 211 Ontario lists the ED at ext. 42008 and an emergency psychiatric unit at ext. 43600. On April 10, 2026 Humber River Health officially renamed this Wilson site Hennick Humber Hospital after a $50 million Hennick Family Foundation gift — the corporate name Humber River Health is unchanged. This is North America’s first fully digital hospital and Ontario’s highest-volume community ED (hospital materials have long cited on the order of 135,000–140,000 visits a year). First-timers: do not go to the old York-Finch building at 2111 Finch West — that site is a reactivation / ambulatory campus, not the 24/7 ED. Between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. visitors must use the Emergency entrance or the main south entrance.

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No.9

North York General Hospital official Emergency Care photograph from nygh.on.ca

Healthcare• North York / Leslie & Sheppard

North York General Hospital

“North-end 24/7 at Leslie & Sheppard: official Steinberg Emergency, children seen here. Do not confuse it with the Finch reactivation site.”

— Very Toronto Editors

North York General’s Charlotte & Lewis Steinberg Emergency is at the General site, 4001 Leslie Street, first floor, Leslie just south of Sheppard Avenue East. Official nygh.on.ca/care-service/emergency-care/ posts it open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and calls it among the busiest emergency departments in the GTA. Switchboard is 416-756-6000. A small short-term Emergency parking lot sits at the ED doors (pay-and-display; change machine inside). Sinai Health’s pediatric-ED list names North York General as a hospital that provides care to children. First-timers: this is the north-end general ED for Willowdale, Don Mills, Bayview Village, and the 401/404 corner — not the Finch Reactivation Care Centre and not the Champagne or Consumers outpatient sites. Critically ill patients are treated first; the official page is explicit that wait times for others vary. Bring OHIP. For a life-threatening emergency the hospital’s own instruction is to dial 911.

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No.10

Michael Garron Hospital official Emergency Department exterior from tehn.ca

Healthcare• East York

Michael Garron Hospital

“East-end 24/7: Mortimer Avenue doors. Official Child and Youth Zone 9 a.m.–10 p.m.; after that the main ED still takes kids.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Michael Garron’s Stavro Emergency Department is at 825 Coxwell Avenue, with the published walk-in off Mortimer Avenue east of Coxwell. Official tehn.ca and 211 Ontario list the main ED open 24 hours a day, seven days a week; 211’s ED line is 416-469-6435 and the hospital switchboard is 416-469-6580. Beside the main doors, the Child and Youth Emergency Zone treats children and youth 17 and under — official tehn.ca/programs-services/emergency/child-and-youth-emergency-zone currently posts that zone every day 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., with the main ED always available for any age when the zone is closed. Use the door immediately to the right of the main Emergency entrance for the kids’ zone. First-timers: this is East York / Danforth / the Beaches’ community teaching hospital, not a Level 1 trauma centre. The campus has been in a multi-year redevelopment with a new patient-care tower. Bring OHIP; parking is off Sammon Avenue.

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No.11

Scarborough Health Network General Hospital official campus photograph from shn.ca

Healthcare• Scarborough / Bendale

Scarborough Health Network — General Hospital

“Central Scarborough 24/7 at Lawrence & McCowan. Official SHN full-service ED — not Birchmount, not Centenary.”

— Very Toronto Editors

SHN General is the Lawrence Avenue East campus at 3050 Lawrence Avenue East (Lawrence and McCowan). Official shn.ca/areas-of-care/emergency-and-urgent-care/ states that all three SHN hospitals run full-service emergency departments open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. General’s ED contact on that page is 416-438-2911 ext. 86300. The hospital has been the focus of a large emergency-department expansion and, on SHN’s Build It Forward page, a modernized imaging department. First-timers: this is the central Scarborough 24/7, not Birchmount (Finch) and not Centenary (Ellesmere). Visitor parking is the garage on the west side off Lawrence. SHN’s own pediatric guidance is that children should come to an SHN ED for head injury, significant bone or soft-tissue injury, high persistent fever, persistent vomiting or diarrhea, or a significant change in activity — and that the list is not exhaustive. Do not treat this as a wait-time ranking; it is the mid-Scarborough door.

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No.12

Scarborough Health Network Birchmount Hospital official campus photograph from shn.ca

Healthcare• Scarborough / L'Amoreaux

Scarborough Health Network — Birchmount Hospital

“North Scarborough 24/7 at Birchmount & Finch. Official full-service ED; the dedicated mental-health ED is still a build, not open.”

— Very Toronto Editors

SHN Birchmount is the north-Scarborough 24/7 at 3030 Birchmount Road (Birchmount and Finch). Official shn.ca lists a full-service Emergency Department open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; the Birchmount ED contact is 416-438-2911 ext. 72550. Toronto Central Healthline last fully updated this listing on February 24, 2026. This is the L’Amoreaux / Steeles / Agincourt door — closer to the northern 401/404 edge of Scarborough than General or Centenary. SHN has announced an Integrated Mental Health Centre and a future Cope Family Mental Health Emergency Department at Birchmount; construction is described as beginning in spring, so treat that as a build, not an open second ED. First-timers: same SHN triage rules as the other two campuses. Bring OHIP. If you are in west Scarborough, General is usually the closer Lawrence campus; if you are in the northeast, Centenary is the Ellesmere campus.

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No.13

Scarborough Health Network Centenary Hospital official campus photograph from shn.ca

Healthcare• Scarborough / Morningside

Scarborough Health Network — Centenary Hospital

“Northeast Scarborough 24/7 at Ellesmere & Neilson. Official full-service ED; the on-site Urgent Care Centre is for non-life-threatening visits.”

— Very Toronto Editors

SHN Centenary is the northeast Scarborough 24/7 at 2867 Ellesmere Road (Neilson and Ellesmere). Official shn.ca lists a full-service Emergency Department open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; the Centenary ED contact is 416-284-8131 ext. 67404. 211 Ontario last updated the listing May 22, 2026. On the same campus SHN runs an Urgent Care Centre as an extension of the ED for people six months and older with non-life-threatening problems that do not need admission or immediate surgery — that is not a substitute for the 24/7 ED. First-timers: this is the West Hill / Morningside / Highland Creek / west-Durham-adjacent door. Parking: north lot at the front, south lot at the rear closest to the emergency department, plus an emergency lot on the east side. Mental-health crisis workers are noted on the 211 listing as available 24 hours.

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No.14

Etobicoke General Hospital official campus photograph from williamoslerhs.ca

Healthcare• Rexdale / West Humber

Etobicoke General Hospital

“Far-west 24/7 by Pearson: 101 Humber College Blvd, official Osler ED. Queensway/Sherway is urgent care only — do not treat it as this hospital.”

— Very Toronto Editors

Etobicoke General is William Osler Health System’s Toronto ED: 101 Humber College Boulevard, at Highway 27 and Humber College Boulevard in West Humber–Clairville / Rexdale. Official williamoslerhs.ca/areas-of-care/emergency-and-urgent-care/ lists two Osler emergency departments open 24 hours a day, every day — Brampton Civic and Etobicoke General. Direct ED line on 211 Ontario and Central West Healthline is 416-747-3528; hospital switchboard is 416-747-3400. This is the closest full hospital to Pearson. The 2018 Wellness Centre and 2019 patient tower expanded the emergency department on this campus. First-timers: Osler’s Urgent Care Centre is at Peel Memorial in Brampton, not here — infants six months or younger are directed to an Osler Emergency Department, not urgent care. Do not confuse this with Trillium’s Queensway Health Centre at 150 Sherway Drive, which is an urgent-care clinic (daily 3–9 p.m.), not a 24/7 ED.

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No.15

CAMH official Crisis & Critical Care Building exterior from camh.ca

Healthcare• Queen West

CAMH Emergency Department

“Queen West psychiatric ED only: 16+, official 24/7 in the Crisis & Critical Care Building. Medical trauma and kids under 16 go to a general hospital.”

— Very Toronto Editors

CAMH’s Emergency Department is a 24/7 psychiatric emergency department, not a medical trauma bay. Official camh.ca/en/patients-and-families/programs-and-services/emergency-department places it in the Crisis & Critical Care Building at the Queen Street site, 1051 Queen Street West, open 24 hours, 7 days a week, for adults age 16 and older who need emergency psychiatric assessment and treatment for mental health and substance-use issues. No referral is required. The page is explicit that the ED does not provide crisis counselling or general information over the phone — for a medical emergency call 911 or go to a general hospital ED. 211 Ontario lists Access CAMH at 416-535-8501 ext. 2 and emergency-room inquiries only at 416-979-6885. First-timers: this is Queen West, west of Ossington, inside the redeveloped CAMH campus. If the emergency is chest pain, a stroke, major trauma, or a child under 16, this is the wrong door. If it is a psychiatric crisis for someone 16 or older, this is the city’s dedicated 24/7 psychiatric ED.

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