While a new study shows the average wait time for a walk-in health clinic in Alberta is the lowest across the country, emergency department wait times are soaring.

According to a national wait time index published by medimap, data from 1,200 walk-in clinics across Canada showed B.C. and Nova Scotia had the highest wait times, at 58 and 44 minutes, respectively.

The average wait time in Alberta is at 18 minutes, seven minutes below the national average, medimap says.