What is the wait at Hôpital Royal Victoria right now?

At 12:45 a.m., the estimated wait for a non-priority case is about 648 minutes and stretcher occupancy is 212%. 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 Royal Victoria?

Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Hôpital Royal Victoria are 4 a.m., 2 a.m., 5 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 Royal Victoria Emergency Room

Montréal · Montréal

Also known as: Royal Victoria Hospital, Royal Vic, RVH, Royal Victoria, Glen, Glen site, Glen hospital, MUHC Glen, CUSM Glen, MUHC, CUSM, McGill University Health Centre, Centre universitaire de santé McGill, Site Glen.

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Critical212%Stretcher occupancy

Waiting

112

In the ER

10h 48

Estimated wait

Stretcher > 24 h

Including 13 people on stretchers for more than 48 hours.

24 h

Current situation

At 12:45 a.m., Hôpital Royal Victoria reports a stretcher occupancy rate of 212% (critical). 39 people are waiting to see a doctor, out of 112 in the emergency room.

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

Best hours to arrive

The calmest hours are 4 a.m., 2 a.m., 5 a.m. (Québec time). The busiest is 1 p.m.. Based on 1330 readings.

12 a.m.215% · 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 Royal Victoria
Hour	Average occupancy	Waiting (avg.)	Readings
12 a.m.	215%	36	54
1 a.m.	215%	34	53
2 a.m.	215%	32	54
3 a.m.	215%	30	54
4 a.m.	214%	27	56
5 a.m.	215%	26	54
6 a.m.	215%	25	55
7 a.m.	216%	24	55
8 a.m.	218%	23	55
9 a.m.	222%	21	55
10 a.m.	224%	22	57
11 a.m.	226%	23	56
12 p.m.	230%	27	56
1 p.m.	231%	31	56
2 p.m.	229%	33	56
3 p.m.	229%	37	56
4 p.m.	230%	39	56
5 p.m.	229%	39	56
6 p.m.	225%	40	56
7 p.m.	222%	41	56
8 p.m.	221%	40	56
9 p.m.	220%	39	56
10 p.m.	218%	38	56
11 p.m.	216%	37	56

By day and hour

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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 Royal Victoria
Day	Hour	Average occupancy	Readings
Mon	12 a.m.	206%	8
Mon	1 a.m.	206%	8
Mon	2 a.m.	205%	8
Mon	3 a.m.	205%	8
Mon	4 a.m.	204%	8
Mon	5 a.m.	206%	8
Mon	6 a.m.	207%	8
Mon	7 a.m.	206%	8
Mon	8 a.m.	209%	8
Mon	9 a.m.	218%	8
Mon	10 a.m.	224%	8
Mon	11 a.m.	224%	8
Mon	12 p.m.	232%	8
Mon	1 p.m.	235%	8
Mon	2 p.m.	233%	8
Mon	3 p.m.	235%	8
Mon	4 p.m.	236%	8
Mon	5 p.m.	235%	8
Mon	6 p.m.	234%	8
Mon	7 p.m.	230%	8
Mon	8 p.m.	232%	8
Mon	9 p.m.	229%	8
Mon	10 p.m.	226%	8
Mon	11 p.m.	227%	8
Tue	12 a.m.	226%	8
Tue	1 a.m.	227%	8
Tue	2 a.m.	228%	8
Tue	3 a.m.	231%	8
Tue	4 a.m.	230%	8
Tue	5 a.m.	230%	8
Tue	6 a.m.	229%	8
Tue	7 a.m.	231%	8
Tue	8 a.m.	233%	8
Tue	9 a.m.	239%	8
Tue	10 a.m.	242%	8
Tue	11 a.m.	244%	8
Tue	12 p.m.	243%	8
Tue	1 p.m.	242%	8
Tue	2 p.m.	241%	8
Tue	3 p.m.	238%	8
Tue	4 p.m.	243%	8
Tue	5 p.m.	239%	8
Tue	6 p.m.	236%	8
Tue	7 p.m.	231%	8
Tue	8 p.m.	233%	8
Tue	9 p.m.	227%	8
Tue	10 p.m.	222%	8
Tue	11 p.m.	219%	8
Wed	12 a.m.	221%	6
Wed	1 a.m.	220%	6
Wed	2 a.m.	220%	6
Wed	3 a.m.	217%	6
Wed	4 a.m.	213%	8
Wed	5 a.m.	217%	6
Wed	6 a.m.	219%	7
Wed	7 a.m.	220%	7
Wed	8 a.m.	222%	7
Wed	9 a.m.	226%	7
Wed	10 a.m.	221%	9
Wed	11 a.m.	227%	8
Wed	12 p.m.	234%	8
Wed	1 p.m.	232%	8
Wed	2 p.m.	233%	8
Wed	3 p.m.	232%	8
Wed	4 p.m.	233%	8
Wed	5 p.m.	233%	8
Wed	6 p.m.	228%	8
Wed	7 p.m.	231%	8
Wed	8 p.m.	228%	8
Wed	9 p.m.	231%	8
Wed	10 p.m.	233%	8
Wed	11 p.m.	230%	8
Thu	12 a.m.	226%	8
Thu	1 a.m.	227%	8
Thu	2 a.m.	224%	8
Thu	3 a.m.	228%	8
Thu	4 a.m.	226%	8
Thu	5 a.m.	222%	8
Thu	6 a.m.	224%	8
Thu	7 a.m.	226%	8
Thu	8 a.m.	229%	8
Thu	9 a.m.	228%	8
Thu	10 a.m.	227%	8
Thu	11 a.m.	228%	8
Thu	12 p.m.	236%	8
Thu	1 p.m.	242%	8
Thu	2 p.m.	241%	8
Thu	3 p.m.	239%	8
Thu	4 p.m.	239%	8
Thu	5 p.m.	245%	8
Thu	6 p.m.	242%	8
Thu	7 p.m.	236%	8
Thu	8 p.m.	234%	8
Thu	9 p.m.	233%	8
Thu	10 p.m.	227%	8
Thu	11 p.m.	227%	8
Fri	12 a.m.	228%	8
Fri	1 a.m.	230%	7
Fri	2 a.m.	229%	8
Fri	3 a.m.	230%	8
Fri	4 a.m.	233%	8
Fri	5 a.m.	236%	8
Fri	6 a.m.	233%	8
Fri	7 a.m.	235%	8
Fri	8 a.m.	236%	8
Fri	9 a.m.	239%	8
Fri	10 a.m.	242%	8
Fri	11 a.m.	238%	8
Fri	12 p.m.	242%	8
Fri	1 p.m.	239%	8
Fri	2 p.m.	231%	8
Fri	3 p.m.	230%	8
Fri	4 p.m.	228%	8
Fri	5 p.m.	230%	8
Fri	6 p.m.	222%	8
Fri	7 p.m.	217%	8
Fri	8 p.m.	214%	8
Fri	9 p.m.	208%	8
Fri	10 p.m.	207%	8
Fri	11 p.m.	203%	8
Sat	12 a.m.	201%	8
Sat	1 a.m.	202%	8
Sat	2 a.m.	202%	8
Sat	3 a.m.	200%	8
Sat	4 a.m.	197%	8
Sat	5 a.m.	197%	8
Sat	6 a.m.	197%	8
Sat	7 a.m.	197%	8
Sat	8 a.m.	198%	8
Sat	9 a.m.	201%	8
Sat	10 a.m.	205%	8
Sat	11 a.m.	206%	8
Sat	12 p.m.	209%	8
Sat	1 p.m.	211%	8
Sat	2 p.m.	213%	8
Sat	3 p.m.	214%	8
Sat	4 p.m.	214%	8
Sat	5 p.m.	208%	8
Sat	6 p.m.	206%	8
Sat	7 p.m.	202%	8
Sat	8 p.m.	201%	8
Sat	9 p.m.	204%	8
Sat	10 p.m.	203%	8
Sat	11 p.m.	200%	8
Sun	12 a.m.	200%	8
Sun	1 a.m.	199%	8
Sun	2 a.m.	197%	8
Sun	3 a.m.	197%	8
Sun	4 a.m.	197%	8
Sun	5 a.m.	197%	8
Sun	6 a.m.	198%	8
Sun	7 a.m.	197%	8
Sun	8 a.m.	200%	8
Sun	9 a.m.	203%	8
Sun	10 a.m.	206%	8
Sun	11 a.m.	211%	8
Sun	12 p.m.	213%	8
Sun	1 p.m.	213%	8
Sun	2 p.m.	211%	8
Sun	3 p.m.	215%	8
Sun	4 p.m.	217%	8
Sun	5 p.m.	214%	8
Sun	6 p.m.	210%	8
Sun	7 p.m.	205%	8
Sun	8 p.m.	205%	8
Sun	9 p.m.	210%	8
Sun	10 p.m.	210%	8
Sun	11 p.m.	207%	8

Last 7 days

Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.212% · 111 people present · 37 waiting

Over the last 7 days, occupancy averaged 215%, between 161% and 300%. That is −2% compared with the previous period.

Stretcher occupancy at Hôpital Royal Victoria
Time	Occupancy	Present	Waiting
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 a.m.	291%	144	41
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 a.m.	291%	144	39
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 a.m.	297%	145	40
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 a.m.	300%	148	43
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 a.m.	294%	143	43
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 a.m.	291%	143	42
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 a.m.	288%	148	46
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 a.m.	291%	152	44
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 a.m.	285%	152	44
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 a.m.	279%	145	36
Fri, Nov 6, 12:00 p.m.	270%	140	39
Fri, Nov 6, 01:00 p.m.	270%	141	41
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 p.m.	249%	132	35
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 p.m.	242%	132	36
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 p.m.	249%	128	37
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 p.m.	249%	128	36
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 p.m.	246%	123	34
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 p.m.	227%	124	37
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 p.m.	227%	120	39
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 p.m.	215%	120	38
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 p.m.	218%	120	41
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 p.m.	227%	120	43
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 a.m.	227%	125	50
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 a.m.	227%	119	50
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 a.m.	227%	117	46
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 a.m.	224%	118	46
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 a.m.	227%	122	47
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 a.m.	224%	120	46
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 a.m.	224%	123	47
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 a.m.	227%	120	47
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 a.m.	233%	115	36
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 a.m.	233%	115	28
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 a.m.	233%	116	26
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 a.m.	233%	120	26
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 p.m.	230%	116	24
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 p.m.	218%	117	24
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 p.m.	209%	120	31
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 p.m.	212%	119	26
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 p.m.	203%	114	26
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 p.m.	179%	102	26
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 p.m.	179%	103	29
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 p.m.	176%	107	35
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 p.m.	170%	106	38
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 p.m.	173%	105	35
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 p.m.	161%	102	37
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 p.m.	170%	104	37
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 a.m.	170%	106	38
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 a.m.	176%	113	43
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 a.m.	179%	112	42
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 a.m.	182%	114	41
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 a.m.	182%	113	41
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 a.m.	176%	111	38
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 a.m.	167%	109	38
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 a.m.	164%	105	37
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 a.m.	182%	90	18
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 a.m.	179%	93	16
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 a.m.	185%	99	17
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 a.m.	194%	107	16
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 p.m.	197%	114	23
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 p.m.	209%	114	25
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 p.m.	191%	113	28
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 p.m.	185%	108	29
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 p.m.	185%	104	27
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 p.m.	179%	102	23
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 p.m.	176%	95	21
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 p.m.	170%	95	20
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 p.m.	176%	88	19
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 p.m.	194%	91	21
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 p.m.	185%	85	18
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 p.m.	176%	76	18
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 a.m.	170%	76	17
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 a.m.	170%	76	15
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 a.m.	179%	76	14
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 a.m.	185%	78	13
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 a.m.	188%	82	13
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 a.m.	194%	84	13
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 a.m.	194%	87	14
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 a.m.	194%	88	16
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 a.m.	191%	92	14
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 a.m.	209%	102	13
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 a.m.	209%	109	12
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 a.m.	209%	117	19
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 p.m.	206%	123	21
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 p.m.	209%	126	19
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 p.m.	200%	124	23
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 p.m.	206%	129	26
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 p.m.	215%	128	29
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 p.m.	230%	122	32
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 p.m.	224%	121	32
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 p.m.	215%	118	32
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 p.m.	215%	119	35
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 p.m.	212%	109	30
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 p.m.	206%	112	32
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 p.m.	212%	119	39
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 a.m.	215%	111	38
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 a.m.	218%	113	38
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 a.m.	221%	110	35
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 a.m.	224%	111	33
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 a.m.	221%	106	24
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 a.m.	221%	101	20
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 a.m.	218%	95	16
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 a.m.	215%	97	18
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 a.m.	215%	91	11
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 a.m.	221%	101	13
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 a.m.	221%	110	22
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 a.m.	230%	118	21
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 p.m.	236%	126	29
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 p.m.	233%	139	33
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 p.m.	233%	139	39
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 p.m.	239%	142	45
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 p.m.	252%	144	45
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 p.m.	239%	135	43
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 p.m.	230%	129	42
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 p.m.	221%	126	40
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 p.m.	224%	120	34
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 p.m.	215%	118	32
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 p.m.	212%	112	33
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 p.m.	200%	105	29
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 a.m.	191%	101	28
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 a.m.	194%	99	29
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 a.m.	194%	97	25
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 a.m.	200%	94	24
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 a.m.	197%	93	25
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 a.m.	200%	93	22
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 a.m.	203%	93	19
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 a.m.	203%	94	21
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 a.m.	206%	95	17
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 a.m.	209%	103	18
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 a.m.	215%	111	18
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 a.m.	215%	115	20
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 p.m.	224%	124	21
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 p.m.	218%	119	21
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 p.m.	227%	129	22
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 p.m.	230%	124	27
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 p.m.	230%	131	36
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 p.m.	224%	124	33
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 p.m.	218%	125	33
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 p.m.	224%	129	36
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 p.m.	236%	128	36
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 p.m.	227%	123	37
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 p.m.	236%	121	37
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 p.m.	233%	116	31
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 a.m.	221%	118	30
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 a.m.	215%	108	26
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 a.m.	212%	103	23
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 a.m.	209%	100	18
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 a.m.	206%	92	11
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 a.m.	212%	87	6
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 a.m.	209%	88	8
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 a.m.	206%	89	12
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 a.m.	203%	87	6
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 a.m.	209%	97	7
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 a.m.	200%	95	8
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 a.m.	206%	99	13
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 p.m.	212%	109	19
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 p.m.	227%	114	25
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 p.m.	227%	117	27
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 p.m.	218%	116	30
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 p.m.	203%	116	33
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 p.m.	212%	121	37
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 p.m.	221%	125	36
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 p.m.	212%	123	37
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 p.m.	212%	124	37
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 p.m.	218%	124	39
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 p.m.	215%	116	37
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 p.m.	206%	112	39
Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.	212%	111	37

Compared with the region

Montréal

This emergency room212%
Regional average (Montréal)142%
Québec average113%

Hôpital Royal Victoria is 70 points above its region's average. The Québec average is 113%.

Hôpital Royal Victoria, its region and Québec
Comparison	Occupancy
This emergency room	212%
Regional average (Montréal)	142%
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: 20,604 visits and an average length of stay of 16.9 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 19,799 visits (+4%).

2026-2027 · P728,742 visits

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

In period 5 of 2026-2027: 20,604 visits and an average length of stay of 16.9 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 19,799 visits (+4%).

Fiscal periods at Hôpital Royal Victoria
Fiscal year	Period	Visits
2022-2023	P5	18,185
2023-2024	P5	17,563
2024-2025	P5	19,293
2025-2026	P5	19,799
2026-2027	P5	20,604
2021-2022	P7	25,917
2022-2023	P7	25,539
2023-2024	P7	25,130
2024-2025	P7	26,792
2025-2026	P7	27,390
2026-2027	P7	28,742

Frequently asked questions

What is the wait at Hôpital Royal Victoria right now?: At 12:45 a.m., the estimated wait for a non-priority case is about 648 minutes and stretcher occupancy is 212%. 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 Royal Victoria?: Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Hôpital Royal Victoria are 4 a.m., 2 a.m., 5 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.