Ontario: how long was your wait from GP referral to actually seeing a psychiatrist?
Week six of referral silence and the clinic "doesn't provide estimates." Cool cool cool.
Ontario people: what was your ACTUAL time from GP referral to sitting in front of a psychiatrist, and which city? Building an informal dataset here because official numbers don't seem to exist. Also — should I be pursuing a parallel route or does that mess up the referral somehow? Hamilton, 35M, patience decaying daily.
2026-07-15 16:59426 views
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doom_pile_curator
Toronto: 9 months, and the cancellation list is the real system — called every Monday from month 5, got in at month 7. The receptionist and I are basically friends now. Parallel routes don't cancel your referral spot btw, confirmed this with both clinics — you can queue AND pursue telehealth simultaneously. Losing your place is a myth that keeps people waiting in single file.
2026-07-21 04:17 336 views
new_tab_syndrome
London, 4 months. Adding to the informal dataset and co-signing the pattern: smaller city = shorter queue seems to hold. If anyone reading this is referral-shopping, asking your GP to send it to a smaller-city clinic you can drive to is a legitimate move.
2026-07-19 00:06 364 views
quietly_buffering
Hamilton, referred January, seen in June — 5 months, 'routine' priority. The data point that matters more: when I called the psychiatrist's office directly at month 3 (get the clinic name from your GP's referral confirmation), they told me their actual current wait, which the GP's office had guessed wrong by double. Call the receiving end, not the sending end.
2026-07-18 13:35 365 views
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