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Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Colorectal Cancer Surgery is surgery for proven or suspected cancer including bowel resection or repair, colectomy, colostomy, ileostomy, perineal resection and removal of rectal tumours.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 19days
Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 29days

Wait times

50th

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth Dartmouth General Hospital 7
days
 		23
days
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 17
days
 		21
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 19
days
 		28
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 19
days
 		31
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital 19
days
 		38
days
Kentville Valley Regional Hospital 25
days
 		39
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre 15
days
 		---
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital --- 21
days
New Glasgow Aberdeen Hospital --- ---
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre --- 37
days
Data Source: Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS) Data Period: June 1 - August 31 2026 Next Update: October 2026

90th

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth Dartmouth General Hospital 20
days
 		38
days
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 26
days
 		43
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital 35
days
 		48
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 25
days
 		67
days
Kentville Valley Regional Hospital 60
days
 		44
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 49
days
 		62
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre 22
days
 		---
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital --- 43
days
New Glasgow Aberdeen Hospital --- ---
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre --- 49
days
Data Source: Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS) Data Period: June 1 - August 31 2026 Next Update: October 2026

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Lior Flor Sydney 11
days
 		19
days
Heather McFadgen Dartmouth 14
days
 		18
days
Allison Keeping Sydney 11
days
 		22
days
Victoria Smith Bridgewater 16
days
 		21
days
Farisa Hossain Antigonish 16
days
 		22
days
Todd Stoddart Bridgewater 13
days
 		25
days
Lucy K Helyer Halifax 18
days
 		21
days
Riley Stewart Dartmouth 20
days
 		19
days
Colin McWilliams Amherst 17
days
 		24
days
John Booth Truro 8
days
 		34
days
Colleen M O'Sullivan New Glasgow 21
days
 		22
days
Ryan Patrick Kelly Kentville 25
days
 		29
days
Christopher Murphy Yarmouth 19
days
 		36
days
Katerina Neumann Halifax 24
days
 		35
days
Paul M Johnson Halifax 22
days
 		39
days
Edward Joy Bridgewater 33
days
 		33
days
Paul Yaffe Kentville 25
days
 		48
days
Ahmed Jad Truro 46
days
 		33
days
Lukas Wasserman Antigonish 55
days
 		27
days
David MacFarlane Kentville 49
days
 		36
days
Krista de Boer Antigonish 90
days
 		34
days
Alicia Lamey Sydney 24
days
 		---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk Amherst --- ---
Benjamin Heisler Kentville --- 43
days
Blair MacDonald Yarmouth --- ---
Casey Armstrong Kentville --- 33
days
Chakshu Sahi New Glasgow --- 19
days
Chris Kenyon Halifax 17
days
 		---
Eileen Roach Sydney --- ---
Gregory Knapp Halifax 16
days
 		---
Heather Poushay Sydney --- ---
Jonathan Boyde Enright Dartmouth 13
days
 		---
Kevin Johnson Bridgewater --- 41
days
Kieron McGibney Truro --- 59
days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco Amherst --- ---
Martin Dzierzanowski Truro --- ---
Nabil Nader Amherst --- ---
Peter Sytnik Bridgewater --- 18
days
Rhys Kavanagh Dartmouth 27
days
 		---
Richard Spence Halifax 26
days
 		---
Stephanie Lapierre Sydney --- 18
days
Warren W Shih Dartmouth --- ---
Data Source: Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS) Data Period: September 1 2025 - August 31 2026 Next Update: October 2026

90th

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping Sydney 11
days
 		26
days
Victoria Smith Bridgewater 17
days
 		27
days
Farisa Hossain Antigonish 26
days
 		30
days
Riley Stewart Dartmouth 29
days
 		27
days
Lior Flor Sydney 21
days
 		43
days
Colin McWilliams Amherst 43
days
 		28
days
Lucy K Helyer Halifax 49
days
 		33
days
Heather McFadgen Dartmouth 27
days
 		62
days
David MacFarlane Kentville 60
days
 		40
days
John Booth Truro 46
days
 		55
days
Todd Stoddart Bridgewater 64
days
 		38
days
Christopher Murphy Yarmouth 48
days
 		61
days
Ryan Patrick Kelly Kentville 59
days
 		52
days
Katerina Neumann Halifax 73
days
 		47
days
Paul M Johnson Halifax 77
days
 		55
days
Lukas Wasserman Antigonish 92
days
 		41
days
Krista de Boer Antigonish 124
days
 		41
days
Paul Yaffe Kentville 112
days
 		64
days
Colleen M O'Sullivan New Glasgow 289
days
 		28
days
Ahmed Jad Truro 281
days
 		46
days
Edward Joy Bridgewater 308
days
 		53
days
Alicia Lamey Sydney 31
days
 		---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk Amherst --- ---
Benjamin Heisler Kentville --- 47
days
Blair MacDonald Yarmouth --- ---
Casey Armstrong Kentville --- 42
days
Chakshu Sahi New Glasgow --- 28
days
Chris Kenyon Halifax 28
days
 		---
Eileen Roach Sydney --- ---
Gregory Knapp Halifax 38
days
 		---
Heather Poushay Sydney --- ---
Jonathan Boyde Enright Dartmouth 21
days
 		---
Kevin Johnson Bridgewater --- 43
days
Kieron McGibney Truro --- 68
days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco Amherst --- ---
Martin Dzierzanowski Truro --- ---
Nabil Nader Amherst --- ---
Peter Sytnik Bridgewater --- 29
days
Rhys Kavanagh Dartmouth 34
days
 		---
Richard Spence Halifax 209
days
 		---
Stephanie Lapierre Sydney --- 22
days
Warren W Shih Dartmouth --- ---
Data Source: Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS) Data Period: September 1 2025 - August 31 2026 Next Update: October 2026

Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency/priority cases.

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