What is the best time to go to Hôpital de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland?

Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Hôpital de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland are 12 a.m., 11 p.m., 2 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 de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland Emergency Room

Lanaudière · Saint-Charles-Borromée

Also known as: Joliette, Hôpital de Joliette, Joliette hospital, CHRDL, Centre hospitalier régional de Lanaudière, Hôpital régional de Lanaudière, Hôpital de Saint-Charles-Borromée, Urgence Joliette.

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Busy88%Stretcher occupancy

Waiting

In the ER

7h 06

Estimated wait

Stretcher > 24 h

Nobody on a stretcher for more than 48 hours.

24 h

Current situation

At 12:45 a.m., Hôpital de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland reports a stretcher occupancy rate of 88% (busy). 26 people are waiting to see a doctor, out of 75 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., 2 a.m. (Québec time). The busiest is 1 p.m.. Based on 1330 readings.

12 a.m.97% · 36 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 de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland
Hour	Average occupancy	Waiting (avg.)	Readings
12 a.m.	97%	36	54
1 a.m.	100%	33	53
2 a.m.	100%	26	54
3 a.m.	102%	22	54
4 a.m.	105%	19	56
5 a.m.	107%	17	54
6 a.m.	111%	16	55
7 a.m.	112%	18	55
8 a.m.	113%	23	55
9 a.m.	118%	20	55
10 a.m.	122%	21	57
11 a.m.	122%	23	56
12 p.m.	123%	24	56
1 p.m.	124%	27	56
2 p.m.	123%	29	56
3 p.m.	121%	32	56
4 p.m.	116%	31	56
5 p.m.	115%	31	56
6 p.m.	113%	32	56
7 p.m.	110%	35	56
8 p.m.	109%	37	56
9 p.m.	107%	39	56
10 p.m.	103%	39	56
11 p.m.	99%	38	56

By day and hour

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60–85 %
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100–120 %
120–150 %
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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 de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland
Day	Hour	Average occupancy	Readings
Mon	12 a.m.	85%	8
Mon	1 a.m.	85%	8
Mon	2 a.m.	84%	8
Mon	3 a.m.	86%	8
Mon	4 a.m.	91%	8
Mon	5 a.m.	93%	8
Mon	6 a.m.	95%	8
Mon	7 a.m.	96%	8
Mon	8 a.m.	98%	8
Mon	9 a.m.	104%	8
Mon	10 a.m.	108%	8
Mon	11 a.m.	109%	8
Mon	12 p.m.	115%	8
Mon	1 p.m.	122%	8
Mon	2 p.m.	121%	8
Mon	3 p.m.	120%	8
Mon	4 p.m.	117%	8
Mon	5 p.m.	111%	8
Mon	6 p.m.	108%	8
Mon	7 p.m.	103%	8
Mon	8 p.m.	104%	8
Mon	9 p.m.	105%	8
Mon	10 p.m.	103%	8
Mon	11 p.m.	98%	8
Tue	12 a.m.	97%	8
Tue	1 a.m.	103%	8
Tue	2 a.m.	106%	8
Tue	3 a.m.	107%	8
Tue	4 a.m.	111%	8
Tue	5 a.m.	114%	8
Tue	6 a.m.	118%	8
Tue	7 a.m.	121%	8
Tue	8 a.m.	121%	8
Tue	9 a.m.	125%	8
Tue	10 a.m.	130%	8
Tue	11 a.m.	131%	8
Tue	12 p.m.	134%	8
Tue	1 p.m.	135%	8
Tue	2 p.m.	135%	8
Tue	3 p.m.	135%	8
Tue	4 p.m.	130%	8
Tue	5 p.m.	130%	8
Tue	6 p.m.	127%	8
Tue	7 p.m.	126%	8
Tue	8 p.m.	127%	8
Tue	9 p.m.	123%	8
Tue	10 p.m.	117%	8
Tue	11 p.m.	112%	8
Wed	12 a.m.	113%	6
Wed	1 a.m.	118%	6
Wed	2 a.m.	115%	6
Wed	3 a.m.	118%	6
Wed	4 a.m.	120%	8
Wed	5 a.m.	124%	6
Wed	6 a.m.	128%	7
Wed	7 a.m.	129%	7
Wed	8 a.m.	131%	7
Wed	9 a.m.	135%	7
Wed	10 a.m.	131%	9
Wed	11 a.m.	136%	8
Wed	12 p.m.	135%	8
Wed	1 p.m.	134%	8
Wed	2 p.m.	132%	8
Wed	3 p.m.	130%	8
Wed	4 p.m.	125%	8
Wed	5 p.m.	126%	8
Wed	6 p.m.	123%	8
Wed	7 p.m.	121%	8
Wed	8 p.m.	115%	8
Wed	9 p.m.	111%	8
Wed	10 p.m.	105%	8
Wed	11 p.m.	104%	8
Thu	12 a.m.	104%	8
Thu	1 a.m.	105%	8
Thu	2 a.m.	105%	8
Thu	3 a.m.	107%	8
Thu	4 a.m.	111%	8
Thu	5 a.m.	113%	8
Thu	6 a.m.	115%	8
Thu	7 a.m.	116%	8
Thu	8 a.m.	117%	8
Thu	9 a.m.	122%	8
Thu	10 a.m.	130%	8
Thu	11 a.m.	135%	8
Thu	12 p.m.	138%	8
Thu	1 p.m.	136%	8
Thu	2 p.m.	138%	8
Thu	3 p.m.	130%	8
Thu	4 p.m.	123%	8
Thu	5 p.m.	119%	8
Thu	6 p.m.	116%	8
Thu	7 p.m.	115%	8
Thu	8 p.m.	109%	8
Thu	9 p.m.	108%	8
Thu	10 p.m.	106%	8
Thu	11 p.m.	99%	8
Fri	12 a.m.	90%	8
Fri	1 a.m.	91%	7
Fri	2 a.m.	92%	8
Fri	3 a.m.	92%	8
Fri	4 a.m.	92%	8
Fri	5 a.m.	96%	8
Fri	6 a.m.	99%	8
Fri	7 a.m.	101%	8
Fri	8 a.m.	102%	8
Fri	9 a.m.	107%	8
Fri	10 a.m.	115%	8
Fri	11 a.m.	119%	8
Fri	12 p.m.	120%	8
Fri	1 p.m.	122%	8
Fri	2 p.m.	121%	8
Fri	3 p.m.	122%	8
Fri	4 p.m.	114%	8
Fri	5 p.m.	117%	8
Fri	6 p.m.	115%	8
Fri	7 p.m.	116%	8
Fri	8 p.m.	118%	8
Fri	9 p.m.	111%	8
Fri	10 p.m.	109%	8
Fri	11 p.m.	102%	8
Sat	12 a.m.	99%	8
Sat	1 a.m.	104%	8
Sat	2 a.m.	105%	8
Sat	3 a.m.	106%	8
Sat	4 a.m.	110%	8
Sat	5 a.m.	112%	8
Sat	6 a.m.	113%	8
Sat	7 a.m.	116%	8
Sat	8 a.m.	115%	8
Sat	9 a.m.	118%	8
Sat	10 a.m.	119%	8
Sat	11 a.m.	118%	8
Sat	12 p.m.	113%	8
Sat	1 p.m.	113%	8
Sat	2 p.m.	112%	8
Sat	3 p.m.	107%	8
Sat	4 p.m.	99%	8
Sat	5 p.m.	101%	8
Sat	6 p.m.	104%	8
Sat	7 p.m.	97%	8
Sat	8 p.m.	97%	8
Sat	9 p.m.	96%	8
Sat	10 p.m.	93%	8
Sat	11 p.m.	93%	8
Sun	12 a.m.	94%	8
Sun	1 a.m.	97%	8
Sun	2 a.m.	96%	8
Sun	3 a.m.	99%	8
Sun	4 a.m.	101%	8
Sun	5 a.m.	104%	8
Sun	6 a.m.	108%	8
Sun	7 a.m.	108%	8
Sun	8 a.m.	110%	8
Sun	9 a.m.	117%	8
Sun	10 a.m.	116%	8
Sun	11 a.m.	110%	8
Sun	12 p.m.	107%	8
Sun	1 p.m.	106%	8
Sun	2 p.m.	108%	8
Sun	3 p.m.	105%	8
Sun	4 p.m.	100%	8
Sun	5 p.m.	99%	8
Sun	6 p.m.	96%	8
Sun	7 p.m.	93%	8
Sun	8 p.m.	92%	8
Sun	9 p.m.	92%	8
Sun	10 p.m.	89%	8
Sun	11 p.m.	88%	8

Last 7 days

Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.88% · 67 people present · 20 waiting

Over the last 7 days, occupancy averaged 115%, between 74% and 157%. That is −2% compared with the previous period.

Stretcher occupancy at Hôpital de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland
Time	Occupancy	Present	Waiting
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 a.m.	79%	62	23
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 a.m.	86%	67	25
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 a.m.	83%	68	22
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 a.m.	88%	66	22
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 a.m.	95%	64	17
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 a.m.	98%	67	17
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 a.m.	105%	94	35
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 a.m.	112%	102	37
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 a.m.	124%	107	39
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 a.m.	133%	111	43
Fri, Nov 6, 12:00 p.m.	136%	113	41
Fri, Nov 6, 01:00 p.m.	136%	113	42
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 p.m.	129%	112	43
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 p.m.	117%	108	44
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 p.m.	121%	110	41
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 p.m.	131%	112	50
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 p.m.	138%	117	55
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 p.m.	141%	117	64
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 p.m.	152%	122	65
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 p.m.	157%	128	67
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 p.m.	157%	131	73
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 p.m.	138%	129	76
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 a.m.	136%	132	78
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 a.m.	138%	126	72
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 a.m.	138%	115	54
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 a.m.	141%	105	45
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 a.m.	141%	106	37
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 a.m.	138%	99	37
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 a.m.	136%	99	37
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 a.m.	138%	103	39
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 a.m.	143%	106	35
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 a.m.	141%	98	22
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 a.m.	126%	92	22
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 a.m.	131%	101	29
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 p.m.	121%	98	27
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 p.m.	124%	103	29
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 p.m.	117%	97	28
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 p.m.	119%	99	27
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 p.m.	119%	95	33
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 p.m.	117%	91	32
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 p.m.	121%	93	32
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 p.m.	102%	85	33
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 p.m.	107%	85	35
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 p.m.	107%	85	36
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 p.m.	102%	81	35
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 p.m.	107%	78	30
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 a.m.	110%	70	18
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 a.m.	117%	71	18
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 a.m.	114%	64	10
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 a.m.	114%	65	11
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 a.m.	119%	63	3
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 a.m.	119%	62	2
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 a.m.	126%	62	6
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 a.m.	124%	64	9
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 a.m.	124%	73	15
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 a.m.	131%	81	13
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 a.m.	117%	82	14
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 a.m.	110%	74	13
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 p.m.	107%	76	21
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 p.m.	112%	77	19
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 p.m.	110%	79	18
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 p.m.	95%	73	19
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 p.m.	91%	73	20
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 p.m.	98%	75	22
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 p.m.	88%	69	17
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 p.m.	86%	62	16
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 p.m.	98%	79	20
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 p.m.	98%	77	29
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 p.m.	86%	68	23
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 p.m.	79%	59	17
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 a.m.	74%	54	14
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 a.m.	79%	56	12
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 a.m.	76%	55	10
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 a.m.	79%	50	6
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 a.m.	83%	52	8
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 a.m.	86%	49	5
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 a.m.	88%	48	3
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 a.m.	88%	51	6
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 a.m.	86%	61	13
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 a.m.	100%	78	22
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 a.m.	107%	93	31
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 a.m.	117%	99	34
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 p.m.	124%	110	42
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 p.m.	126%	109	47
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 p.m.	124%	113	49
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 p.m.	124%	114	53
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 p.m.	126%	103	40
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 p.m.	121%	98	33
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 p.m.	114%	92	32
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 p.m.	107%	94	35
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 p.m.	105%	98	43
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 p.m.	112%	95	40
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 p.m.	105%	89	35
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 p.m.	102%	88	38
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 a.m.	95%	84	35
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 a.m.	100%	77	27
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 a.m.	102%	72	24
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 a.m.	105%	69	20
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 a.m.	112%	69	16
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 a.m.	114%	70	16
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 a.m.	119%	70	13
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 a.m.	119%	73	17
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 a.m.	114%	84	28
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 a.m.	124%	96	27
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 a.m.	131%	103	28
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 a.m.	121%	102	32
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 p.m.	133%	109	33
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 p.m.	133%	108	32
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 p.m.	133%	114	35
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 p.m.	129%	104	32
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 p.m.	129%	102	32
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 p.m.	143%	104	34
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 p.m.	136%	102	35
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 p.m.	126%	95	38
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 p.m.	117%	93	38
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 p.m.	105%	86	37
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 p.m.	93%	75	28
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 p.m.	91%	68	25
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 a.m.	93%	68	27
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 a.m.	102%	70	23
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 a.m.	100%	63	17
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 a.m.	102%	58	13
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 a.m.	105%	58	9
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 a.m.	107%	57	5
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 a.m.	107%	54	7
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 a.m.	105%	60	11
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 a.m.	105%	85	29
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 a.m.	110%	95	33
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 a.m.	110%	104	39
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 a.m.	126%	107	34
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 p.m.	131%	118	34
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 p.m.	114%	111	39
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 p.m.	117%	110	41
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 p.m.	126%	120	42
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 p.m.	121%	113	50
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 p.m.	119%	111	48
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 p.m.	117%	107	45
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 p.m.	119%	112	55
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 p.m.	110%	106	53
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 p.m.	121%	114	59
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 p.m.	119%	113	65
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 p.m.	114%	114	67
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 a.m.	117%	112	66
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 a.m.	117%	108	63
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 a.m.	114%	90	39
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 a.m.	112%	85	35
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 a.m.	117%	86	32
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 a.m.	121%	82	24
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 a.m.	129%	80	20
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 a.m.	133%	78	19
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 a.m.	133%	87	25
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 a.m.	136%	93	21
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 a.m.	136%	91	15
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 a.m.	141%	94	15
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 p.m.	138%	93	20
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 p.m.	138%	93	18
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 p.m.	138%	94	20
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 p.m.	131%	95	21
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 p.m.	124%	84	18
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 p.m.	117%	87	25
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 p.m.	102%	84	25
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 p.m.	100%	87	28
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 p.m.	88%	77	21
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 p.m.	98%	80	22
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 p.m.	98%	75	20
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 p.m.	95%	75	26
Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.	88%	67	20

Compared with the region

Lanaudière

This emergency room88%
Regional average (Lanaudière)108%
Québec average113%

Hôpital de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland is 20 points below its region's average. The Québec average is 113%.

Hôpital de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland, its region and Québec
Comparison	Occupancy
This emergency room	88%
Regional average (Lanaudière)	108%
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: 30,764 visits and an average length of stay of 9.1 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 30,583 visits (+1%).

2026-2027 · P743,165 visits

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

In period 5 of 2026-2027: 30,764 visits and an average length of stay of 9.1 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 30,583 visits (+1%).

Fiscal periods at Hôpital de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland
Fiscal year	Period	Visits
2022-2023	P5	25,820
2023-2024	P5	26,497
2024-2025	P5	29,768
2025-2026	P5	30,583
2026-2027	P5	30,764
2021-2022	P7	35,620
2022-2023	P7	36,722
2023-2024	P7	37,994
2024-2025	P7	41,476
2025-2026	P7	42,069
2026-2027	P7	43,165

Frequently asked questions

What is the wait at Hôpital de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland right now?: At 12:45 a.m., the estimated wait for a non-priority case is about 426 minutes and stretcher occupancy is 88%. 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 de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland?: Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Hôpital de Lanaudière et Centre d'Hébergement Parphilia-Ferland are 12 a.m., 11 p.m., 2 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.