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In New Brunswick, surgical wait time begins when you and your surgeon determine you need surgery and you are ready to receive the surgery. The wait time ends when your surgery is performed.

The wait times on this page provide you with information on how long you might wait for surgery. If you have questions about your wait time, please contact the access management office at the facility where your surgery will be done. If you have concerns about the length of time you have been waiting, please contact your family physician or your surgeon to discuss further options.

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CommunityHospital5 out of 10 surgeries were completed within...9 out of 10 surgeries were completed within...National benchmark
BathurstChaleur Regional Hospital101 day(s)271 day(s)
BathurstAcadie-Bathurst Ophthalmology Centre  
CampbelltonCampbellton Regional Hospital81 day(s)178 day(s)
EdmundstonEdmundston Regional Hospital99 day(s)190 day(s)
EdmundstonEdmundston Surgical Centre  
FrederictonDr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital224 day(s)471 day(s)
FrederictonFredericton Surgical Center  
Grand FallsGrand Falls General Hospital  
MiramichiMiramichi Regional Hospital106 day(s)237 day(s)
MiramichiMiramichi Cataract Surgical Center  
MonctonDr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre244 day(s)478 day(s)
MonctonMoncton Hospital266 day(s)429 day(s)
MonctonSurgiCentre Moncton Inc  
OromoctoOromocto Public Hospital  
SackvilleSackville Memorial Hospital  
Saint JohnSt. Joseph's Hospital270 day(s)383 day(s)
Saint JohnSaint John Regional Hospital242 day(s)336 day(s)
SussexSussex Health Centre  
WatervilleUpper River Valley Hospital228 day(s)272 day(s)
Province-wideAll Facilities199 day(s)413 day(s)


Wait times above are for surgeries completed from October 2024 to December 2024. Wait times are calculated from the date that the patient and physician agree to the surgery and the patient is ready to receive it to the date of the completion of surgery and are collected through the Surgical Access Registry. These statistics do not include emergency surgeries. Timeframes during which the patient was not available to have surgery are excluded from the wait time calculations.

The length of time you wait for surgery is affected by a number of reasons including patient, physician, hospital or system factors. For more information visit: Frequently Asked Questions - Surgical Wait Time in New Brunswick (gnb.ca)

*Please note that some specialties, procedures and surgeons may present with longer wait times as specialists work towards completing those waiting the longest.

*For privacy concerns, some data is not shown because of low volumes.

Information in the Surgical Access Registry comes directly from facilities throughout NB. The accuracy of the registry is entirely dependent on the data submitted by the facilities. The Department of Health assumes no liability for the hospital information.

Website data was last updated on January 13, 2025. This website is updated on a quarterly basis; the next update will take place in April 2025.
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