What is the wait at Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu right now?

At 12:45 a.m., the estimated wait for a non-priority case is about 654 minutes and stretcher occupancy is 127%. 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 du Haut-Richelieu?

Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu are 11 p.m., 10 p.m., 12 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 du Haut-Richelieu Emergency Room

Montérégie · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu

Also known as: Haut-Richelieu, Hôpital de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu hospital, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu hospital, Hôpital de Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean hospital.

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Critical127%Stretcher occupancy

Waiting

In the ER

10h 54

Estimated wait

Stretcher > 24 h

Nobody on a stretcher for more than 48 hours.

24 h

Current situation

At 12:45 a.m., Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu reports a stretcher occupancy rate of 127% (critical). 51 people are waiting to see a doctor, out of 94 in the emergency room.

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

Best hours to arrive

The calmest hours are 11 p.m., 10 p.m., 12 a.m. (Québec time). The busiest is 2 p.m.. Based on 1330 readings.

12 a.m.126% · 37 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 du Haut-Richelieu
Hour	Average occupancy	Waiting (avg.)	Readings
12 a.m.	126%	37	54
1 a.m.	126%	34	53
2 a.m.	128%	32	54
3 a.m.	128%	30	54
4 a.m.	128%	29	56
5 a.m.	128%	29	54
6 a.m.	128%	29	55
7 a.m.	129%	29	55
8 a.m.	133%	29	55
9 a.m.	135%	28	55
10 a.m.	137%	28	57
11 a.m.	137%	29	56
12 p.m.	135%	32	56
1 p.m.	138%	34	56
2 p.m.	138%	35	56
3 p.m.	137%	38	56
4 p.m.	135%	40	56
5 p.m.	133%	41	56
6 p.m.	132%	41	56
7 p.m.	130%	42	56
8 p.m.	128%	42	56
9 p.m.	127%	41	56
10 p.m.	125%	40	56
11 p.m.	125%	40	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 du Haut-Richelieu
Day	Hour	Average occupancy	Readings
Mon	12 a.m.	113%	8
Mon	1 a.m.	116%	8
Mon	2 a.m.	118%	8
Mon	3 a.m.	115%	8
Mon	4 a.m.	119%	8
Mon	5 a.m.	120%	8
Mon	6 a.m.	121%	8
Mon	7 a.m.	121%	8
Mon	8 a.m.	123%	8
Mon	9 a.m.	122%	8
Mon	10 a.m.	125%	8
Mon	11 a.m.	130%	8
Mon	12 p.m.	128%	8
Mon	1 p.m.	130%	8
Mon	2 p.m.	134%	8
Mon	3 p.m.	132%	8
Mon	4 p.m.	137%	8
Mon	5 p.m.	135%	8
Mon	6 p.m.	136%	8
Mon	7 p.m.	133%	8
Mon	8 p.m.	133%	8
Mon	9 p.m.	131%	8
Mon	10 p.m.	132%	8
Mon	11 p.m.	130%	8
Tue	12 a.m.	129%	8
Tue	1 a.m.	128%	8
Tue	2 a.m.	127%	8
Tue	3 a.m.	131%	8
Tue	4 a.m.	131%	8
Tue	5 a.m.	129%	8
Tue	6 a.m.	131%	8
Tue	7 a.m.	133%	8
Tue	8 a.m.	142%	8
Tue	9 a.m.	145%	8
Tue	10 a.m.	146%	8
Tue	11 a.m.	147%	8
Tue	12 p.m.	148%	8
Tue	1 p.m.	151%	8
Tue	2 p.m.	146%	8
Tue	3 p.m.	148%	8
Tue	4 p.m.	142%	8
Tue	5 p.m.	139%	8
Tue	6 p.m.	139%	8
Tue	7 p.m.	135%	8
Tue	8 p.m.	132%	8
Tue	9 p.m.	134%	8
Tue	10 p.m.	130%	8
Tue	11 p.m.	130%	8
Wed	12 a.m.	128%	6
Wed	1 a.m.	131%	6
Wed	2 a.m.	132%	6
Wed	3 a.m.	132%	6
Wed	4 a.m.	130%	8
Wed	5 a.m.	130%	6
Wed	6 a.m.	133%	7
Wed	7 a.m.	135%	7
Wed	8 a.m.	140%	7
Wed	9 a.m.	142%	7
Wed	10 a.m.	145%	9
Wed	11 a.m.	150%	8
Wed	12 p.m.	145%	8
Wed	1 p.m.	144%	8
Wed	2 p.m.	146%	8
Wed	3 p.m.	149%	8
Wed	4 p.m.	143%	8
Wed	5 p.m.	142%	8
Wed	6 p.m.	140%	8
Wed	7 p.m.	139%	8
Wed	8 p.m.	138%	8
Wed	9 p.m.	139%	8
Wed	10 p.m.	137%	8
Wed	11 p.m.	133%	8
Thu	12 a.m.	135%	8
Thu	1 a.m.	134%	8
Thu	2 a.m.	137%	8
Thu	3 a.m.	134%	8
Thu	4 a.m.	134%	8
Thu	5 a.m.	136%	8
Thu	6 a.m.	136%	8
Thu	7 a.m.	137%	8
Thu	8 a.m.	137%	8
Thu	9 a.m.	141%	8
Thu	10 a.m.	143%	8
Thu	11 a.m.	144%	8
Thu	12 p.m.	144%	8
Thu	1 p.m.	145%	8
Thu	2 p.m.	143%	8
Thu	3 p.m.	143%	8
Thu	4 p.m.	143%	8
Thu	5 p.m.	144%	8
Thu	6 p.m.	141%	8
Thu	7 p.m.	139%	8
Thu	8 p.m.	137%	8
Thu	9 p.m.	134%	8
Thu	10 p.m.	132%	8
Thu	11 p.m.	130%	8
Fri	12 a.m.	136%	8
Fri	1 a.m.	135%	7
Fri	2 a.m.	136%	8
Fri	3 a.m.	133%	8
Fri	4 a.m.	133%	8
Fri	5 a.m.	132%	8
Fri	6 a.m.	131%	8
Fri	7 a.m.	131%	8
Fri	8 a.m.	136%	8
Fri	9 a.m.	142%	8
Fri	10 a.m.	144%	8
Fri	11 a.m.	138%	8
Fri	12 p.m.	136%	8
Fri	1 p.m.	147%	8
Fri	2 p.m.	148%	8
Fri	3 p.m.	141%	8
Fri	4 p.m.	134%	8
Fri	5 p.m.	129%	8
Fri	6 p.m.	130%	8
Fri	7 p.m.	128%	8
Fri	8 p.m.	126%	8
Fri	9 p.m.	123%	8
Fri	10 p.m.	122%	8
Fri	11 p.m.	122%	8
Sat	12 a.m.	121%	8
Sat	1 a.m.	124%	8
Sat	2 a.m.	128%	8
Sat	3 a.m.	131%	8
Sat	4 a.m.	127%	8
Sat	5 a.m.	126%	8
Sat	6 a.m.	126%	8
Sat	7 a.m.	127%	8
Sat	8 a.m.	128%	8
Sat	9 a.m.	128%	8
Sat	10 a.m.	129%	8
Sat	11 a.m.	126%	8
Sat	12 p.m.	121%	8
Sat	1 p.m.	126%	8
Sat	2 p.m.	127%	8
Sat	3 p.m.	124%	8
Sat	4 p.m.	123%	8
Sat	5 p.m.	120%	8
Sat	6 p.m.	119%	8
Sat	7 p.m.	117%	8
Sat	8 p.m.	114%	8
Sat	9 p.m.	113%	8
Sat	10 p.m.	113%	8
Sat	11 p.m.	116%	8
Sun	12 a.m.	118%	8
Sun	1 a.m.	116%	8
Sun	2 a.m.	120%	8
Sun	3 a.m.	122%	8
Sun	4 a.m.	122%	8
Sun	5 a.m.	121%	8
Sun	6 a.m.	120%	8
Sun	7 a.m.	120%	8
Sun	8 a.m.	123%	8
Sun	9 a.m.	126%	8
Sun	10 a.m.	126%	8
Sun	11 a.m.	124%	8
Sun	12 p.m.	125%	8
Sun	1 p.m.	124%	8
Sun	2 p.m.	125%	8
Sun	3 p.m.	121%	8
Sun	4 p.m.	121%	8
Sun	5 p.m.	118%	8
Sun	6 p.m.	118%	8
Sun	7 p.m.	116%	8
Sun	8 p.m.	117%	8
Sun	9 p.m.	115%	8
Sun	10 p.m.	112%	8
Sun	11 p.m.	112%	8

Last 7 days

Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.127% · 93 people present · 47 waiting

Over the last 7 days, occupancy averaged 120%, between 87% and 160%. That is −4% compared with the previous period.

Stretcher occupancy at Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu
Time	Occupancy	Present	Waiting
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 a.m.	116%	73	32
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 a.m.	114%	69	30
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 a.m.	114%	70	31
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 a.m.	119%	72	31
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 a.m.	116%	72	31
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 a.m.	119%	73	31
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 a.m.	130%	74	29
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 a.m.	135%	77	27
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 a.m.	143%	85	27
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 a.m.	141%	87	31
Fri, Nov 6, 12:00 p.m.	132%	91	33
Fri, Nov 6, 01:00 p.m.	151%	107	35
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 p.m.	160%	116	38
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 p.m.	138%	116	44
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 p.m.	146%	113	53
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 p.m.	141%	112	58
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 p.m.	138%	109	56
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 p.m.	130%	108	54
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 p.m.	130%	102	49
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 p.m.	124%	98	52
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 p.m.	122%	94	51
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 p.m.	122%	95	54
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 a.m.	122%	90	49
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 a.m.	119%	92	51
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 a.m.	119%	91	50
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 a.m.	119%	88	47
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 a.m.	116%	89	45
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 a.m.	116%	91	46
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 a.m.	116%	86	44
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 a.m.	116%	83	43
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 a.m.	138%	86	44
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 a.m.	132%	90	45
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 a.m.	130%	97	45
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 a.m.	124%	93	38
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 p.m.	116%	88	33
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 p.m.	138%	95	35
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 p.m.	141%	97	41
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 p.m.	130%	89	37
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 p.m.	127%	81	36
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 p.m.	127%	77	32
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 p.m.	130%	73	25
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 p.m.	119%	68	25
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 p.m.	103%	62	25
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 p.m.	105%	65	29
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 p.m.	108%	63	26
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 p.m.	111%	61	24
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 a.m.	108%	59	21
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 a.m.	116%	59	19
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 a.m.	119%	62	19
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 a.m.	116%	61	20
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 a.m.	108%	58	18
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 a.m.	108%	62	20
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 a.m.	111%	62	21
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 a.m.	105%	62	23
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 a.m.	105%	66	27
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 a.m.	111%	73	23
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 a.m.	111%	68	20
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 a.m.	108%	70	17
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 p.m.	116%	75	22
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 p.m.	108%	73	23
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 p.m.	116%	76	22
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 p.m.	130%	85	27
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 p.m.	127%	82	31
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 p.m.	130%	81	32
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 p.m.	124%	78	29
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 p.m.	108%	70	27
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 p.m.	100%	69	28
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 p.m.	97%	68	28
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 p.m.	108%	72	34
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 p.m.	116%	72	35
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 a.m.	116%	71	33
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 a.m.	116%	73	34
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 a.m.	114%	67	29
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 a.m.	105%	66	30
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 a.m.	108%	67	29
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 a.m.	111%	69	28
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 a.m.	116%	69	27
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 a.m.	116%	70	29
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 a.m.	116%	67	26
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 a.m.	116%	78	32
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 a.m.	116%	86	33
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 a.m.	119%	97	40
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 p.m.	124%	104	46
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 p.m.	127%	107	47
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 p.m.	124%	109	47
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 p.m.	116%	109	50
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 p.m.	108%	103	53
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 p.m.	114%	103	50
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 p.m.	114%	98	51
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 p.m.	119%	102	52
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 p.m.	116%	99	53
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 p.m.	119%	96	47
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 p.m.	114%	89	44
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 p.m.	116%	84	43
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 a.m.	119%	79	36
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 a.m.	122%	69	27
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 a.m.	119%	67	24
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 a.m.	124%	67	25
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 a.m.	124%	64	22
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 a.m.	122%	64	22
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 a.m.	122%	65	22
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 a.m.	122%	64	23
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 a.m.	138%	68	23
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 a.m.	135%	80	29
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 a.m.	135%	82	29
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 a.m.	138%	89	30
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 p.m.	135%	95	34
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 p.m.	138%	102	37
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 p.m.	138%	106	40
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 p.m.	132%	110	46
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 p.m.	130%	101	49
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 p.m.	124%	103	45
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 p.m.	130%	98	42
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 p.m.	132%	110	49
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 p.m.	130%	117	48
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 p.m.	119%	109	48
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 p.m.	89%	93	48
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 p.m.	95%	92	51
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 a.m.	92%	82	45
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 a.m.	95%	76	40
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 a.m.	95%	67	29
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 a.m.	95%	62	25
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 a.m.	95%	61	22
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 a.m.	89%	59	20
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 a.m.	87%	52	15
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 a.m.	97%	53	17
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 a.m.	100%	55	18
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 a.m.	97%	59	12
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 a.m.	105%	68	14
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 a.m.	119%	72	17
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 p.m.	116%	74	16
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 p.m.	119%	77	25
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 p.m.	116%	77	25
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 p.m.	111%	78	30
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 p.m.	116%	83	35
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 p.m.	119%	82	37
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 p.m.	124%	81	37
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 p.m.	122%	82	40
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 p.m.	119%	84	41
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 p.m.	135%	89	42
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 p.m.	127%	87	37
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 p.m.	119%	83	37
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 a.m.	122%	81	35
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 a.m.	124%	71	27
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 a.m.	127%	71	26
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 a.m.	124%	68	20
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 a.m.	127%	68	19
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 a.m.	130%	66	16
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 a.m.	132%	64	16
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 a.m.	135%	69	19
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 a.m.	135%	75	24
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 a.m.	135%	85	27
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 a.m.	138%	86	32
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 a.m.	135%	90	37
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 p.m.	116%	86	38
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 p.m.	124%	89	42
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 p.m.	124%	93	42
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 p.m.	122%	96	43
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 p.m.	132%	103	43
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 p.m.	127%	106	53
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 p.m.	124%	103	57
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 p.m.	114%	98	57
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 p.m.	130%	102	56
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 p.m.	122%	96	53
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 p.m.	122%	96	54
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 p.m.	111%	94	51
Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.	127%	93	47

Compared with the region

Montérégie

This emergency room127%
Regional average (Montérégie)124%
Québec average113%

Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu is 3 points above its region's average. The Québec average is 113%.

Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu, its region and Québec
Comparison	Occupancy
This emergency room	127%
Regional average (Montérégie)	124%
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: 24,537 visits and an average length of stay of 10.3 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 23,227 visits (+6%).

2026-2027 · P734,331 visits

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

In period 5 of 2026-2027: 24,537 visits and an average length of stay of 10.3 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 23,227 visits (+6%).

Fiscal periods at Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu
Fiscal year	Period	Visits
2022-2023	P5	23,419
2023-2024	P5	22,864
2024-2025	P5	24,499
2025-2026	P5	23,227
2026-2027	P5	24,537
2021-2022	P7	33,717
2022-2023	P7	33,647
2023-2024	P7	32,879
2024-2025	P7	33,705
2025-2026	P7	32,427
2026-2027	P7	34,331

Frequently asked questions

What is the wait at Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu right now?: At 12:45 a.m., the estimated wait for a non-priority case is about 654 minutes and stretcher occupancy is 127%. 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 du Haut-Richelieu?: Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu are 11 p.m., 10 p.m., 12 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.