Knee Replacement
Knee replacements are performed in the Prairie Mountain Health, Southern Health-Santé Sud and Winnipeg regional health authorities. Ask your surgeon where you are having your knee replacement surgery.
What is Knee Replacement Surgery?
Knee replacement surgery removes a damaged joint and replaces it with an artificial/prosthetic joint.
Knee Replacement Wait Times
| Regional
Health Authority |
Facility |
Median
Wait Time (in weeks) |
| Prairie Mountain Health | Brandon Regional Health Centre | 42 |
| Southern Health-Santé Sud | Boundary Trails Health Centre | 20 |
| Winnipeg |
Concordia Hospital Grace Hospital |
37 (all facilities) |
| Manitoba | 36 | |
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Data for August 2024 |
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Median wait time: The point at which half the patients have had their treatment, and the other half are still waiting. For example, if a median wait time is 4 weeks, this means that half of the patients waited less than 4 weeks, and half waited more than 4 weeks. The median is another way of reflecting what a "typical" patient might have experienced in that time period. Unlike the average, the median is not generally influenced by one or two very unusual cases (long or short), and is therefore more stable over time.
Knee Replacement Surgeries Performed
| Regional
Health Authority |
Facility |
Total (per month) |
2024/2025 Fiscal Year to Date1 |
2023/2024 Fiscal Year1 |
| Prairie Mountain Health |
Brandon Regional Health Centre | 31 | 162 | 429 |
| Southern Health-Santé Sud | Boundary Trails Health Centre | 21 | 169 | 449 |
| Winnipeg |
Concordia Hospital Grace Hospital |
222 (all facilities) | 1,229 (all facilities) | 2,755 (all facilities) |
| Manitoba Total | 274 | 1,560 | 3,633 | |
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Data for August 2024 |
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1 Fiscal year is April to March.
Knee Replacement Surgeries Waiting
| Regional
Health Authority |
Facility |
Total Number Waiting |
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| Prairie Mountain Health | Brandon Regional Health Centre | 238 | |||
| Southern Health-Santé Sud | Boundary Trails Health Centre | 204 | |||
| Winnipeg | Concordia Hospital & Grace Hospital | 3,853 | |||
| Manitoba Total | 4,295 | ||||
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Data for August 2024 |
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A wait list is a list of individuals who are waiting for a special medical or diagnostic service. Only suitable patients who have consented to receive the service are placed on a wait list. Patients who are not ready for the service, such as those who need time in pre-habilitation or may be recommended for other treatment options, are not placed on a wait list. Patients who have not consented to the service do not go on a wait list. Patients who are determined by their care provider to be an emergency are also not put on a wait list.
