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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 12
days
Cumberland All Cumberland County sites 8
days
Cumberland Victoria Manor 8
days
Cumberland Centennial Villa 8
days
Cumberland White Birches Retirement Residence 11
days
Cumberland Chignecto Manor 12
days
Yarmouth All Yarmouth County sites 12
days
Yarmouth Glo Estates 12
days
Queens All Queens County sites 13
days
Queens Hillsview Acres 13
days
Antigonish All Antigonish County sites 14
days
Antigonish Highland Crest Home 14
days
Lunenburg All Lunenburg County sites 14
days
Lunenburg Peter's Place 12
days
Lunenburg Lohnes Rest Home 18
days
Shelburne All Shelburne County sites 19
days
Shelburne Mary's Abide-A-While Home 19
days
Hants All Hants County sites 20
days
Hants Victoria Park Guest Home 11
days
Hants Willows Special Care Manor 13
days
Hants Mitchell's Rest Home 97
days
Hants Serenity Lodge ---
Kings All Kings County sites 25
days
Kings New Visions Home for Seniors 20
days
Kings Tibbetts Home Wilmot 22
days
Kings Wolfville Elms 36
days
Colchester All Colchester County sites 27
days
Colchester Karlaine Place 33
days
Colchester Townsview Estates 43
days
Colchester Maplewood Manor ---
Annapolis All Annapolis County sites 49
days
Annapolis Grace Haven 36
days
Annapolis Saunders Rest Home 53
days
Digby All Digby County sites 59
days
Digby Foyer Celeste 40
days
Digby Au Logis d'Meteghan 69
days
Halifax All Halifax County sites 60
days
Halifax Seabright Rest Home 33
days
Halifax Clarmar Residential Care Facility 36
days
Halifax Melville Gardens 44
days
Halifax Peter's Place Halifax 59
days
Halifax Northwoodcare - Gottingen St. 98
days
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 4th Floor 194
days
Halifax Precision Health (21 Kincardine) ---
Halifax Precision Health (16 Rannoch Road) ---
Inverness All Inverness County sites 80
days
Inverness Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home 15
days
Inverness Foyer Pere Fiset RCF 365
days
Cape Breton All Cape Breton County sites 113
days
Cape Breton Carefield Manor 76
days
Cape Breton Dominion Community Guest Home 83
days
Cape Breton Miner's Memorial Manor 89
days
Cape Breton Maple Hill Manor 104
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - Sydney 122
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - North Sydney 143
days
Cape Breton Dutch Brook Guest Home ---
Richmond All Richmond County sites 360
days
Richmond Richmond Villa 360
days
Victoria All Victoria County sites ---
Victoria Alderwood Rest Home ---
Data Source: DHW, Continuing Care Branch Data Period: July 1 2022 - June 30 2025 Next Update: August 2025

Volume

County Facility Wait Time
Colchester All Colchester County sites 5
days
Colchester Townsview Estates ---
Colchester Karlaine Place ---
Colchester Maplewood Manor ---
Digby All Digby County sites 6
days
Digby Au Logis d'Meteghan ---
Digby Foyer Celeste ---
Annapolis All Annapolis County sites 7
days
Annapolis Grace Haven ---
Annapolis Saunders Rest Home ---
Cumberland All Cumberland County sites 7
days
Cumberland Victoria Manor ---
Cumberland Chignecto Manor ---
Cumberland White Birches Retirement Residence ---
Cumberland Centennial Villa ---
Victoria All Victoria County sites 7
days
Victoria Alderwood Rest Home ---
Richmond All Richmond County sites 10
days
Richmond Richmond Villa ---
Hants All Hants County sites 12
days
Hants Victoria Park Guest Home ---
Hants Serenity Lodge ---
Hants Mitchell's Rest Home ---
Hants Willows Special Care Manor ---
Halifax All Halifax County sites 17
days
Halifax Seabright Rest Home ---
Halifax Precision Health (Washmill Lake Dr. Apartments) 4th Floor ---
Halifax Northwoodcare - Gottingen St. ---
Halifax Melville Gardens ---
Halifax Clarmar Residential Care Facility ---
Halifax Peter's Place Halifax ---
Halifax Precision Health (21 Kincardine) ---
Halifax Precision Health (16 Rannoch Road) ---
Inverness All Inverness County sites 21
days
Inverness Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home ---
Inverness Foyer Pere Fiset RCF ---
Kings All Kings County sites 27
days
Kings Tibbetts Home Wilmot ---
Kings Wolfville Elms ---
Kings New Visions Home for Seniors ---
Cape Breton All Cape Breton County sites 33
days
Cape Breton My Cape Breton Home for Seniors- NS - Sydney ---
Cape Breton Carefield Manor ---
Cape Breton Maple Hill Manor ---
Cape Breton Dominion Community Guest Home ---
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 ---
Yarmouth All Yarmouth County sites ---
Yarmouth Glo Estates ---
Data Source: DHW, Continuing Care Branch Data Period: July 1 2022 - June 30 2025 Next Update: August 2025

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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