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Residential Care Facility Admissions

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Long-term care is an important option for people who have difficulty performing everyday tasks and whose needs cannot be met through home care. Long-term care is provided at both residential care homes and nursing homes across the province.

People living in residential care homes receive help with personal care, such as bathing, dressing, and reminders about daily routines, along with supervision and accommodation. Personal care and supervision are provided by Residential Care Workers who are always available on site. People may move into residential care directly from their community or from hospital.

The below data shows the wait times for admission into the province’s licensed residential care homes from community and hospital. Transfers between facilities, and emergency admissions are not included in this data.

Wait times are based on completed admissions (rather than predicted wait) and represent the median wait time (the maximum time that half of all people waited). Individual wait times may vary based on a number of factors including care needs and related risk factors, client’s facility choices, and bed availability within preferred facilities.

Data reported prior to August 2023 did not include wait times for high-priority admissions from community or admissions from hospital.

Wait times

50th

County Facility Wait Time
Pictou All Pictou County sites 7
days
Pictou High Crest Place 7
days
Pictou High Crest Home New Glasgow 14
days
Cumberland All Cumberland County sites 8
days
Cumberland Victoria Manor 7
days
Cumberland Chignecto Manor 7
days
Cumberland White Birches Retirement Residence 18
days
Yarmouth All Yarmouth County sites 12
days
Yarmouth Glo Estates 12
days
Antigonish All Antigonish County sites 13
days
Antigonish Highland Crest Home 13
days
Queens All Queens County sites 13
days
Queens Hillsview Acres 13
days
Lunenburg All Lunenburg County sites 15
days
Lunenburg Peter's Place 14
days
Lunenburg Lohnes Rest Home 18
days
Colchester All Colchester County sites 17
days
Colchester Karlaine Place 15
days
Colchester Townsview Estates 20
days
Colchester Maplewood Manor ---
Shelburne All Shelburne County sites 21
days
Shelburne Mary's Abide-A-While Home 21
days
Hants All Hants County sites 22
days
Hants Willows Special Care Manor 12
days
Hants Victoria Park Guest Home ---
Hants Serenity Lodge ---
Hants Mitchell's Rest Home ---
Kings All Kings County sites 28
days
Kings New Visions Home for Seniors 24
days
Kings Tibbetts Home Wilmot 26
days
Kings Wolfville Elms 35
days
Annapolis All Annapolis County sites 53
days
Annapolis Grace Haven 39
days
Annapolis Saunders Rest Home 63
days
Halifax All Halifax County sites 53
days
Halifax Peter's Place Halifax 34
days
Halifax Seabright Rest Home 36
days
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 4th Floor 37
days
Halifax Melville Gardens 44
days
Halifax Northwoodcare - Gottingen St. 85
days
Halifax Hilltop Villa (Clarmar Care) 137
days
Halifax Precision Health (21 Kincardine) ---
Halifax Precision Health (16 Rannoch Road) ---
Digby All Digby County sites 61
days
Digby Foyer Celeste 38
days
Digby Au Logis d'Meteghan 73
days
Victoria All Victoria County sites 79
days
Victoria Alderwood Rest Home 79
days
Cape Breton All Cape Breton County sites 82
days
Cape Breton Dutch Brook Guest Home 29
days
Cape Breton Carefield Manor 48
days
Cape Breton Miner's Memorial Manor 56
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - Sydney 90
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - North Sydney 118
days
Cape Breton Maple Hill Manor 165
days
Inverness All Inverness County sites 133
days
Inverness Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home 78
days
Inverness Foyer Pere Fiset RCF ---
Richmond All Richmond County sites 205
days
Richmond Richmond Villa 205
days
Data Source: DHW, Continuing Care Branch Data Period: May 1 2023 - April 30 2026 Next Update: June 2026

Volume

County Facility Wait Time
Annapolis All Annapolis County sites 5
days
Annapolis Grace Haven ---
Annapolis Saunders Rest Home ---
Colchester All Colchester County sites 6
days
Colchester Townsview Estates ---
Colchester Karlaine Place ---
Colchester Maplewood Manor ---
Cumberland All Cumberland County sites 9
days
Cumberland Victoria Manor ---
Cumberland Chignecto Manor ---
Cumberland White Birches Retirement Residence ---
Hants All Hants County sites 9
days
Hants Victoria Park Guest Home ---
Hants Serenity Lodge ---
Hants Mitchell's Rest Home ---
Hants Willows Special Care Manor ---
Richmond All Richmond County sites 10
days
Richmond Richmond Villa ---
Yarmouth All Yarmouth County sites 11
days
Yarmouth Glo Estates ---
Victoria All Victoria County sites 12
days
Victoria Alderwood Rest Home ---
Digby All Digby County sites 13
days
Digby Au Logis d'Meteghan ---
Digby Foyer Celeste ---
Kings All Kings County sites 14
days
Kings Tibbetts Home Wilmot ---
Kings Wolfville Elms ---
Kings New Visions Home for Seniors ---
Inverness All Inverness County sites 15
days
Inverness Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home ---
Inverness Foyer Pere Fiset RCF ---
Halifax All Halifax County sites 18
days
Halifax Seabright Rest Home ---
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 4th Floor ---
Halifax Northwoodcare - Gottingen St. ---
Halifax Melville Gardens ---
Halifax Hilltop Villa (Clarmar Care) ---
Halifax Peter's Place Halifax ---
Halifax Precision Health (21 Kincardine) ---
Halifax Precision Health (16 Rannoch Road) ---
Cape Breton All Cape Breton County sites 20
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - Sydney ---
Cape Breton Carefield Manor ---
Cape Breton Maple Hill Manor ---
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - North Sydney ---
Cape Breton Miner's Memorial Manor ---
Cape Breton Dutch Brook Guest Home ---
Antigonish All Antigonish County sites ---
Antigonish Highland Crest Home ---
Lunenburg All Lunenburg County sites ---
Lunenburg Peter's Place ---
Lunenburg Lohnes Rest Home ---
Pictou All Pictou County sites ---
Pictou High Crest Place ---
Pictou High Crest Home New Glasgow ---
Queens All Queens County sites ---
Queens Hillsview Acres ---
Shelburne All Shelburne County sites ---
Shelburne Mary's Abide-A-While Home ---
Data Source: DHW, Continuing Care Branch Data Period: May 1 2023 - April 30 2026 Next Update: June 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 admissions. Sites without a wait time listed did not have enough admissions to calculate a wait time.

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