What is the wait at Hôpital d'Alma right now?

At 12:45 a.m., the estimated wait for a non-priority case is about 205 minutes and stretcher occupancy is 41%. The estimate applies to people arriving in the waiting room: priority cases are seen first, everyone else waits longer.

What is the best time to go to Hôpital d'Alma?

Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Hôpital d'Alma are 12 a.m., 11 p.m., 1 a.m. (Québec time). An emergency room is open around the clock: in a life-threatening emergency, go now or call 911.

What if it is not urgent?

Call 811 for Info-Santé (option 1) to speak with a nurse, Info-Social (option 2), or the primary care access point (GAP, option 3) if you have no family doctor. Your pharmacist can also handle many common problems. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Hôpital d'Alma Emergency Room

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean · Alma

Also known as: Alma hospital, Alma, Urgence Alma.

Directions

Calm41%Stretcher occupancy

Waiting

In the ER

3h 25

Estimated wait

Stretcher > 24 h

Nobody on a stretcher for more than 48 hours.

24 h

Current situation

At 12:45 a.m., Hôpital d'Alma reports a stretcher occupancy rate of 41% (calm). 9 people are waiting to see a doctor, out of 22 in the emergency room.

History since September 13, 2026 · 171,960 readings.

Best hours to arrive

The calmest hours are 12 a.m., 11 p.m., 1 a.m. (Québec time). The busiest is 1 p.m.. Based on 1330 readings.

12 a.m.28% · 11 waiting on average · 54 readings

Average stretcher occupancy for each hour of the day, Québec time. The calmest hours are green and named in the sentence above the chart.

Average occupancy by hour of the day at Hôpital d'Alma
Hour	Average occupancy	Waiting (avg.)	Readings
12 a.m.	28%	11	54
1 a.m.	29%	8	53
2 a.m.	32%	6	54
3 a.m.	33%	5	54
4 a.m.	34%	4	56
5 a.m.	36%	3	54
6 a.m.	38%	3	55
7 a.m.	37%	5	55
8 a.m.	35%	8	55
9 a.m.	37%	9	55
10 a.m.	39%	10	57
11 a.m.	39%	12	56
12 p.m.	40%	14	56
1 p.m.	42%	15	56
2 p.m.	42%	16	56
3 p.m.	40%	17	56
4 p.m.	39%	17	56
5 p.m.	39%	15	56
6 p.m.	38%	14	56
7 p.m.	36%	14	56
8 p.m.	34%	15	56
9 p.m.	34%	14	56
10 p.m.	31%	13	56
11 p.m.	29%	12	56

By day and hour

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0–60 %
60–85 %
85–100 %
100–120 %
120–150 %
150 %+
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Average stretcher occupancy for every hour of every weekday, Québec time. The darker the cell, the busier the emergency room; dotted cells have no reading yet.

Average occupancy by day and hour at Hôpital d'Alma
Day	Hour	Average occupancy	Readings
Mon	12 a.m.	25%	8
Mon	1 a.m.	25%	8
Mon	2 a.m.	27%	8
Mon	3 a.m.	28%	8
Mon	4 a.m.	28%	8
Mon	5 a.m.	32%	8
Mon	6 a.m.	34%	8
Mon	7 a.m.	33%	8
Mon	8 a.m.	31%	8
Mon	9 a.m.	34%	8
Mon	10 a.m.	38%	8
Mon	11 a.m.	42%	8
Mon	12 p.m.	44%	8
Mon	1 p.m.	49%	8
Mon	2 p.m.	44%	8
Mon	3 p.m.	38%	8
Mon	4 p.m.	35%	8
Mon	5 p.m.	32%	8
Mon	6 p.m.	35%	8
Mon	7 p.m.	32%	8
Mon	8 p.m.	32%	8
Mon	9 p.m.	38%	8
Mon	10 p.m.	35%	8
Mon	11 p.m.	29%	8
Tue	12 a.m.	29%	8
Tue	1 a.m.	30%	8
Tue	2 a.m.	32%	8
Tue	3 a.m.	34%	8
Tue	4 a.m.	33%	8
Tue	5 a.m.	35%	8
Tue	6 a.m.	38%	8
Tue	7 a.m.	37%	8
Tue	8 a.m.	36%	8
Tue	9 a.m.	37%	8
Tue	10 a.m.	40%	8
Tue	11 a.m.	40%	8
Tue	12 p.m.	40%	8
Tue	1 p.m.	42%	8
Tue	2 p.m.	45%	8
Tue	3 p.m.	46%	8
Tue	4 p.m.	40%	8
Tue	5 p.m.	36%	8
Tue	6 p.m.	38%	8
Tue	7 p.m.	38%	8
Tue	8 p.m.	38%	8
Tue	9 p.m.	37%	8
Tue	10 p.m.	35%	8
Tue	11 p.m.	34%	8
Wed	12 a.m.	36%	6
Wed	1 a.m.	37%	6
Wed	2 a.m.	35%	6
Wed	3 a.m.	35%	6
Wed	4 a.m.	36%	8
Wed	5 a.m.	40%	6
Wed	6 a.m.	44%	7
Wed	7 a.m.	45%	7
Wed	8 a.m.	45%	7
Wed	9 a.m.	49%	7
Wed	10 a.m.	48%	9
Wed	11 a.m.	50%	8
Wed	12 p.m.	51%	8
Wed	1 p.m.	51%	8
Wed	2 p.m.	49%	8
Wed	3 p.m.	45%	8
Wed	4 p.m.	43%	8
Wed	5 p.m.	44%	8
Wed	6 p.m.	43%	8
Wed	7 p.m.	41%	8
Wed	8 p.m.	38%	8
Wed	9 p.m.	35%	8
Wed	10 p.m.	32%	8
Wed	11 p.m.	29%	8
Thu	12 a.m.	28%	8
Thu	1 a.m.	32%	8
Thu	2 a.m.	33%	8
Thu	3 a.m.	33%	8
Thu	4 a.m.	35%	8
Thu	5 a.m.	35%	8
Thu	6 a.m.	35%	8
Thu	7 a.m.	35%	8
Thu	8 a.m.	33%	8
Thu	9 a.m.	37%	8
Thu	10 a.m.	39%	8
Thu	11 a.m.	35%	8
Thu	12 p.m.	39%	8
Thu	1 p.m.	36%	8
Thu	2 p.m.	40%	8
Thu	3 p.m.	40%	8
Thu	4 p.m.	38%	8
Thu	5 p.m.	35%	8
Thu	6 p.m.	35%	8
Thu	7 p.m.	37%	8
Thu	8 p.m.	38%	8
Thu	9 p.m.	35%	8
Thu	10 p.m.	32%	8
Thu	11 p.m.	27%	8
Fri	12 a.m.	27%	8
Fri	1 a.m.	28%	7
Fri	2 a.m.	36%	8
Fri	3 a.m.	38%	8
Fri	4 a.m.	40%	8
Fri	5 a.m.	41%	8
Fri	6 a.m.	43%	8
Fri	7 a.m.	42%	8
Fri	8 a.m.	41%	8
Fri	9 a.m.	41%	8
Fri	10 a.m.	41%	8
Fri	11 a.m.	40%	8
Fri	12 p.m.	38%	8
Fri	1 p.m.	43%	8
Fri	2 p.m.	47%	8
Fri	3 p.m.	47%	8
Fri	4 p.m.	43%	8
Fri	5 p.m.	48%	8
Fri	6 p.m.	39%	8
Fri	7 p.m.	35%	8
Fri	8 p.m.	28%	8
Fri	9 p.m.	30%	8
Fri	10 p.m.	29%	8
Fri	11 p.m.	25%	8
Sat	12 a.m.	26%	8
Sat	1 a.m.	26%	8
Sat	2 a.m.	25%	8
Sat	3 a.m.	25%	8
Sat	4 a.m.	28%	8
Sat	5 a.m.	29%	8
Sat	6 a.m.	31%	8
Sat	7 a.m.	31%	8
Sat	8 a.m.	25%	8
Sat	9 a.m.	29%	8
Sat	10 a.m.	29%	8
Sat	11 a.m.	30%	8
Sat	12 p.m.	36%	8
Sat	1 p.m.	38%	8
Sat	2 p.m.	33%	8
Sat	3 p.m.	32%	8
Sat	4 p.m.	36%	8
Sat	5 p.m.	36%	8
Sat	6 p.m.	32%	8
Sat	7 p.m.	31%	8
Sat	8 p.m.	30%	8
Sat	9 p.m.	27%	8
Sat	10 p.m.	26%	8
Sat	11 p.m.	29%	8
Sun	12 a.m.	28%	8
Sun	1 a.m.	30%	8
Sun	2 a.m.	34%	8
Sun	3 a.m.	38%	8
Sun	4 a.m.	39%	8
Sun	5 a.m.	41%	8
Sun	6 a.m.	42%	8
Sun	7 a.m.	38%	8
Sun	8 a.m.	35%	8
Sun	9 a.m.	36%	8
Sun	10 a.m.	38%	8
Sun	11 a.m.	36%	8
Sun	12 p.m.	35%	8
Sun	1 p.m.	38%	8
Sun	2 p.m.	34%	8
Sun	3 p.m.	35%	8
Sun	4 p.m.	39%	8
Sun	5 p.m.	44%	8
Sun	6 p.m.	40%	8
Sun	7 p.m.	39%	8
Sun	8 p.m.	35%	8
Sun	9 p.m.	35%	8
Sun	10 p.m.	29%	8
Sun	11 p.m.	27%	8

Last 7 days

Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.41% · 21 people present · 10 waiting

Over the last 7 days, occupancy averaged 37%, between 0% and 65%. That is +11% compared with the previous period.

Stretcher occupancy at Hôpital d'Alma
Time	Occupancy	Present	Waiting
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 a.m.	29%	12	3
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 a.m.	29%	10	1
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 a.m.	24%	9	2
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 a.m.	24%	10	2
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 a.m.	24%	8	1
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 a.m.	24%	13	6
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 a.m.	29%	16	8
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 a.m.	35%	24	10
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 a.m.	47%	28	13
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 a.m.	41%	30	13
Fri, Nov 6, 12:00 p.m.	41%	27	11
Fri, Nov 6, 01:00 p.m.	53%	28	12
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 p.m.	53%	33	14
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 p.m.	65%	36	15
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 p.m.	53%	28	16
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 p.m.	65%	34	23
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 p.m.	47%	31	22
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 p.m.	47%	38	26
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 p.m.	41%	35	27
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 p.m.	53%	35	27
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 p.m.	47%	28	19
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 p.m.	47%	26	16
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 a.m.	47%	24	15
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 a.m.	35%	20	10
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 a.m.	47%	20	10
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 a.m.	41%	17	7
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 a.m.	47%	18	5
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 a.m.	41%	15	1
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 a.m.	35%	11	1
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 a.m.	35%	14	4
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 a.m.	24%	17	10
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 a.m.	35%	21	8
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 a.m.	29%	18	6
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 a.m.	29%	20	6
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 p.m.	35%	18	4
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 p.m.	29%	17	3
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 p.m.	18%	18	2
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 p.m.	12%	16	2
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 p.m.	24%	16	3
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 p.m.	29%	20	8
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 p.m.	18%	17	9
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 p.m.	18%	21	10
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 p.m.	18%	19	13
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 p.m.	0%	13	7
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 p.m.	12%	16	9
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 p.m.	24%	17	11
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 a.m.	35%	21	13
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 a.m.	35%	21	9
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 a.m.	35%	25	12
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 a.m.	53%	21	8
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 a.m.	53%	19	5
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 a.m.	59%	20	5
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 a.m.	53%	18	5
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 a.m.	47%	17	6
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 a.m.	47%	22	10
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 a.m.	41%	26	8
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 a.m.	47%	29	12
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 a.m.	41%	29	14
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 p.m.	53%	30	13
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 p.m.	59%	29	12
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 p.m.	53%	31	15
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 p.m.	41%	31	15
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 p.m.	47%	31	12
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 p.m.	47%	28	14
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 p.m.	41%	33	17
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 p.m.	47%	34	20
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 p.m.	35%	32	22
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 p.m.	35%	30	23
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 p.m.	29%	30	22
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 p.m.	35%	32	23
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 a.m.	35%	26	18
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 a.m.	35%	24	15
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 a.m.	41%	27	17
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 a.m.	35%	22	15
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 a.m.	24%	19	12
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 a.m.	24%	20	9
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 a.m.	29%	18	8
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 a.m.	29%	18	10
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 a.m.	35%	30	14
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 a.m.	41%	33	20
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 a.m.	41%	37	19
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 a.m.	47%	38	18
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 p.m.	59%	31	13
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 p.m.	65%	34	14
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 p.m.	35%	34	19
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 p.m.	41%	33	15
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 p.m.	29%	33	18
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 p.m.	29%	35	18
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 p.m.	29%	31	16
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 p.m.	29%	31	15
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 p.m.	18%	22	10
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 p.m.	29%	25	8
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 p.m.	18%	14	6
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 p.m.	18%	13	7
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 a.m.	18%	17	11
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 a.m.	18%	17	9
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 a.m.	18%	15	7
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 a.m.	18%	15	7
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 a.m.	18%	15	6
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 a.m.	24%	13	5
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 a.m.	29%	12	3
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 a.m.	29%	13	4
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 a.m.	29%	24	5
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 a.m.	35%	25	9
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 a.m.	29%	28	8
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 a.m.	24%	25	11
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 p.m.	18%	25	10
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 p.m.	24%	28	14
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 p.m.	29%	22	10
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 p.m.	29%	19	9
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 p.m.	24%	21	10
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 p.m.	18%	18	10
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 p.m.	24%	22	8
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 p.m.	24%	24	13
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 p.m.	29%	26	17
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 p.m.	41%	28	14
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 p.m.	47%	29	16
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 p.m.	41%	26	13
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 a.m.	41%	21	12
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 a.m.	41%	21	12
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 a.m.	41%	18	9
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 a.m.	41%	20	9
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 a.m.	47%	18	6
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 a.m.	47%	15	5
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 a.m.	53%	16	4
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 a.m.	53%	18	6
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 a.m.	47%	23	11
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 a.m.	53%	26	8
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 a.m.	65%	32	10
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 a.m.	65%	32	17
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 p.m.	59%	32	13
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 p.m.	59%	30	15
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 p.m.	35%	33	15
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 p.m.	47%	31	17
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 p.m.	41%	33	23
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 p.m.	35%	35	24
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 p.m.	35%	38	25
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 p.m.	29%	36	23
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 p.m.	29%	28	19
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 p.m.	29%	28	19
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 p.m.	35%	29	16
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 p.m.	35%	27	16
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 a.m.	35%	21	12
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 a.m.	35%	22	11
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 a.m.	35%	20	8
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 a.m.	41%	24	11
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 a.m.	35%	21	9
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 a.m.	35%	16	5
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 a.m.	35%	16	5
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 a.m.	29%	18	10
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 a.m.	29%	25	13
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 a.m.	35%	31	18
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 a.m.	41%	36	20
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 a.m.	53%	40	24
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 p.m.	53%	42	26
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 p.m.	47%	41	27
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 p.m.	53%	45	27
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 p.m.	53%	43	29
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 p.m.	47%	42	27
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 p.m.	35%	38	27
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 p.m.	35%	31	20
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 p.m.	41%	32	17
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 p.m.	47%	34	17
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 p.m.	35%	34	18
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 p.m.	29%	26	13
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 p.m.	29%	22	9
Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.	41%	21	10

Compared with the region

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

This emergency room41%
Regional average (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean)65%
Québec average113%

Hôpital d'Alma is 24 points below its region's average. The Québec average is 113%.

Hôpital d'Alma, its region and Québec
Comparison	Occupancy
This emergency room	41%
Regional average (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean)	65%
Québec average	113%

History and seasons

The MSSS publishes these figures by fiscal period of about four weeks, one period at a time.

In period 5 of 2026-2027: 15,209 visits and an average length of stay of 4.9 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 14,425 visits (+5%).

2026-2027 · P720,940 visits

2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025
2025-2026
2026-2027

In period 5 of 2026-2027: 15,209 visits and an average length of stay of 4.9 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 14,425 visits (+5%).

Fiscal periods at Hôpital d'Alma
Fiscal year	Period	Visits
2022-2023	P5	13,508
2023-2024	P5	13,063
2024-2025	P5	15,391
2025-2026	P5	14,425
2026-2027	P5	15,209
2021-2022	P7	17,042
2022-2023	P7	18,944
2023-2024	P7	18,405
2024-2025	P7	21,261
2025-2026	P7	20,127
2026-2027	P7	20,940

Frequently asked questions

What is the wait at Hôpital d'Alma right now?: At 12:45 a.m., the estimated wait for a non-priority case is about 205 minutes and stretcher occupancy is 41%. The estimate applies to people arriving in the waiting room: priority cases are seen first, everyone else waits longer.
What is the best time to go to Hôpital d'Alma?: Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Hôpital d'Alma are 12 a.m., 11 p.m., 1 a.m. (Québec time). An emergency room is open around the clock: in a life-threatening emergency, go now or call 911.
What if it is not urgent?: Call 811 for Info-Santé (option 1) to speak with a nurse, Info-Social (option 2), or the primary care access point (GAP, option 3) if you have no family doctor. Your pharmacist can also handle many common problems. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Sources: ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (hourly emergency-room reading) and Québec.ca for the estimated wait. These figures describe how busy an ER is, not the quality of care, and are not medical advice. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.