In rural B.C., frequent ER closings show how ‘fragile’ the health care system has become

16 juillet 2025 à 06:00

A sign points the way to the emergency room at the hospital in Kitimat, B.C. The hospital’s ER crisis peaked in January, 2024, when it was shuttered for almost 250 hours.

Don Glasgow is lucky he had a heart attack on April 24.

Had his organ faltered after 7 p.m. a day earlier or a day later, he would have found the doors locked at his nearest emergency department in Lillooet, a mountain town about two hours from Kamloops.

Tricia Thorpe and Don Glasgow outside the new fire-resistant home they’re building themselves, made of insulated concrete form, a metal roof and planned concrete siding. In June 2021 they lost their home, barn and workshop to the wildfire that tore through Lytton B.C.
June 6. 2022
(Melissa Tait / The Globe and Mail)

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Canadian ERs closed their doors for at least 1.14 million hours since 2019, records show

Par :Kelly Grant · Ha Tu Thanh · Yang Sun

4 juillet 2025 à 06:00

How often has your province closed emergency rooms, and which years have had more closures than others? Consult our summary tables and learn more about the methodology.

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Explore the emergency room closures in your area with our interactive map

Par :Yang Sun · Ha Tu Thanh · Kelly Grant

4 juillet 2025 à 06:00

This project aims to document every instance in which a hospital emergency department (ER) in Canada closed its doors – temporarily or permanently – since 2019. For each closure, The Globe and Mail captured the ER’s name, start and end times, and the reason for the disruption.

Explore the interactive map below to browse ER closures across Canada, as compiled by The Globe and Mail.

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