What is the wait at Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal right now?

At 12:45 a.m., the estimated wait for a non-priority case is about 224 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 Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal?

Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal 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.

Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal Emergency Room

Montréal · MontréalCardiac specialty emergency room

Also known as: Montreal Heart Institute, ICM, Institut de cardiologie, Montreal Heart Institute hospital.

Directions

Calm41%Stretcher occupancy

Waiting

In the ER

3h 44

Estimated wait

Stretcher > 24 h

Nobody on a stretcher for more than 48 hours.

24 h

Current situation

At 12:45 a.m., Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal reports a stretcher occupancy rate of 41% (calm). 7 people are waiting to see a doctor, out of 19 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 5 p.m.. Based on 1330 readings.

12 a.m.48% · 4 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 Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
Hour	Average occupancy	Waiting (avg.)	Readings
12 a.m.	48%	4	54
1 a.m.	51%	3	53
2 a.m.	51%	3	54
3 a.m.	53%	2	54
4 a.m.	55%	1	56
5 a.m.	56%	1	54
6 a.m.	56%	1	55
7 a.m.	55%	1	55
8 a.m.	55%	1	55
9 a.m.	55%	3	55
10 a.m.	56%	4	57
11 a.m.	55%	5	56
12 p.m.	56%	7	56
1 p.m.	56%	8	56
2 p.m.	55%	9	56
3 p.m.	55%	8	56
4 p.m.	56%	7	56
5 p.m.	56%	7	56
6 p.m.	55%	6	56
7 p.m.	53%	6	56
8 p.m.	50%	6	56
9 p.m.	49%	5	56
10 p.m.	47%	5	56
11 p.m.	47%	5	56

By day and hour

Tap the grid to read a cell.

0–60 %
60–85 %
85–100 %
100–120 %
120–150 %
150 %+
No data

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 Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
Day	Hour	Average occupancy	Readings
Mon	12 a.m.	38%	8
Mon	1 a.m.	41%	8
Mon	2 a.m.	42%	8
Mon	3 a.m.	44%	8
Mon	4 a.m.	46%	8
Mon	5 a.m.	48%	8
Mon	6 a.m.	48%	8
Mon	7 a.m.	47%	8
Mon	8 a.m.	47%	8
Mon	9 a.m.	45%	8
Mon	10 a.m.	47%	8
Mon	11 a.m.	46%	8
Mon	12 p.m.	47%	8
Mon	1 p.m.	46%	8
Mon	2 p.m.	40%	8
Mon	3 p.m.	44%	8
Mon	4 p.m.	53%	8
Mon	5 p.m.	56%	8
Mon	6 p.m.	59%	8
Mon	7 p.m.	56%	8
Mon	8 p.m.	57%	8
Mon	9 p.m.	53%	8
Mon	10 p.m.	53%	8
Mon	11 p.m.	55%	8
Tue	12 a.m.	52%	8
Tue	1 a.m.	57%	8
Tue	2 a.m.	57%	8
Tue	3 a.m.	59%	8
Tue	4 a.m.	60%	8
Tue	5 a.m.	61%	8
Tue	6 a.m.	64%	8
Tue	7 a.m.	61%	8
Tue	8 a.m.	62%	8
Tue	9 a.m.	62%	8
Tue	10 a.m.	61%	8
Tue	11 a.m.	63%	8
Tue	12 p.m.	65%	8
Tue	1 p.m.	65%	8
Tue	2 p.m.	66%	8
Tue	3 p.m.	66%	8
Tue	4 p.m.	66%	8
Tue	5 p.m.	69%	8
Tue	6 p.m.	70%	8
Tue	7 p.m.	67%	8
Tue	8 p.m.	60%	8
Tue	9 p.m.	61%	8
Tue	10 p.m.	60%	8
Tue	11 p.m.	57%	8
Wed	12 a.m.	61%	6
Wed	1 a.m.	63%	6
Wed	2 a.m.	65%	6
Wed	3 a.m.	68%	6
Wed	4 a.m.	65%	8
Wed	5 a.m.	69%	6
Wed	6 a.m.	68%	7
Wed	7 a.m.	66%	7
Wed	8 a.m.	66%	7
Wed	9 a.m.	64%	7
Wed	10 a.m.	65%	9
Wed	11 a.m.	68%	8
Wed	12 p.m.	73%	8
Wed	1 p.m.	75%	8
Wed	2 p.m.	75%	8
Wed	3 p.m.	76%	8
Wed	4 p.m.	77%	8
Wed	5 p.m.	81%	8
Wed	6 p.m.	78%	8
Wed	7 p.m.	69%	8
Wed	8 p.m.	65%	8
Wed	9 p.m.	62%	8
Wed	10 p.m.	58%	8
Wed	11 p.m.	57%	8
Thu	12 a.m.	56%	8
Thu	1 a.m.	58%	8
Thu	2 a.m.	58%	8
Thu	3 a.m.	60%	8
Thu	4 a.m.	63%	8
Thu	5 a.m.	63%	8
Thu	6 a.m.	63%	8
Thu	7 a.m.	63%	8
Thu	8 a.m.	64%	8
Thu	9 a.m.	66%	8
Thu	10 a.m.	65%	8
Thu	11 a.m.	68%	8
Thu	12 p.m.	71%	8
Thu	1 p.m.	73%	8
Thu	2 p.m.	73%	8
Thu	3 p.m.	76%	8
Thu	4 p.m.	77%	8
Thu	5 p.m.	76%	8
Thu	6 p.m.	73%	8
Thu	7 p.m.	72%	8
Thu	8 p.m.	67%	8
Thu	9 p.m.	63%	8
Thu	10 p.m.	55%	8
Thu	11 p.m.	52%	8
Fri	12 a.m.	55%	8
Fri	1 a.m.	60%	7
Fri	2 a.m.	58%	8
Fri	3 a.m.	60%	8
Fri	4 a.m.	61%	8
Fri	5 a.m.	62%	8
Fri	6 a.m.	63%	8
Fri	7 a.m.	61%	8
Fri	8 a.m.	61%	8
Fri	9 a.m.	62%	8
Fri	10 a.m.	67%	8
Fri	11 a.m.	61%	8
Fri	12 p.m.	64%	8
Fri	1 p.m.	63%	8
Fri	2 p.m.	55%	8
Fri	3 p.m.	52%	8
Fri	4 p.m.	52%	8
Fri	5 p.m.	51%	8
Fri	6 p.m.	48%	8
Fri	7 p.m.	49%	8
Fri	8 p.m.	44%	8
Fri	9 p.m.	44%	8
Fri	10 p.m.	42%	8
Fri	11 p.m.	42%	8
Sat	12 a.m.	44%	8
Sat	1 a.m.	47%	8
Sat	2 a.m.	47%	8
Sat	3 a.m.	48%	8
Sat	4 a.m.	49%	8
Sat	5 a.m.	50%	8
Sat	6 a.m.	51%	8
Sat	7 a.m.	47%	8
Sat	8 a.m.	47%	8
Sat	9 a.m.	47%	8
Sat	10 a.m.	47%	8
Sat	11 a.m.	43%	8
Sat	12 p.m.	42%	8
Sat	1 p.m.	36%	8
Sat	2 p.m.	36%	8
Sat	3 p.m.	35%	8
Sat	4 p.m.	32%	8
Sat	5 p.m.	29%	8
Sat	6 p.m.	26%	8
Sat	7 p.m.	24%	8
Sat	8 p.m.	26%	8
Sat	9 p.m.	25%	8
Sat	10 p.m.	25%	8
Sat	11 p.m.	27%	8
Sun	12 a.m.	30%	8
Sun	1 a.m.	33%	8
Sun	2 a.m.	35%	8
Sun	3 a.m.	37%	8
Sun	4 a.m.	38%	8
Sun	5 a.m.	40%	8
Sun	6 a.m.	41%	8
Sun	7 a.m.	40%	8
Sun	8 a.m.	40%	8
Sun	9 a.m.	41%	8
Sun	10 a.m.	39%	8
Sun	11 a.m.	37%	8
Sun	12 p.m.	33%	8
Sun	1 p.m.	35%	8
Sun	2 p.m.	38%	8
Sun	3 p.m.	33%	8
Sun	4 p.m.	32%	8
Sun	5 p.m.	33%	8
Sun	6 p.m.	35%	8
Sun	7 p.m.	33%	8
Sun	8 p.m.	31%	8
Sun	9 p.m.	33%	8
Sun	10 p.m.	36%	8
Sun	11 p.m.	37%	8

Last 7 days

Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.41% · 20 people present · 7 waiting

Over the last 7 days, occupancy averaged 53%, between 9% and 96%. That is −3% compared with the previous period.

Stretcher occupancy at Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
Time	Occupancy	Present	Waiting
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 a.m.	73%	21	0
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 a.m.	73%	21	1
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 a.m.	73%	18	1
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 a.m.	77%	18	1
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 a.m.	77%	18	1
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 a.m.	77%	20	2
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 a.m.	68%	19	3
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 a.m.	68%	23	5
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 a.m.	82%	25	1
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 a.m.	77%	30	6
Fri, Nov 6, 12:00 p.m.	86%	31	9
Fri, Nov 6, 01:00 p.m.	86%	33	11
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 p.m.	73%	37	14
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 p.m.	64%	37	13
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 p.m.	55%	38	11
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 p.m.	50%	30	11
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 p.m.	64%	35	12
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 p.m.	68%	34	6
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 p.m.	64%	32	4
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 p.m.	50%	22	0
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 p.m.	46%	16	1
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 p.m.	46%	13	0
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 a.m.	46%	13	0
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 a.m.	50%	14	2
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 a.m.	50%	15	2
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 a.m.	50%	15	1
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 a.m.	50%	15	1
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 a.m.	50%	15	2
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 a.m.	50%	15	1
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 a.m.	50%	16	1
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 a.m.	50%	16	2
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 a.m.	55%	19	5
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 a.m.	59%	22	8
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 a.m.	59%	26	9
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 p.m.	55%	27	11
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 p.m.	41%	24	9
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 p.m.	36%	24	10
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 p.m.	23%	24	10
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 p.m.	23%	26	6
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 p.m.	18%	23	10
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 p.m.	9%	20	7
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 p.m.	14%	18	7
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 p.m.	14%	14	5
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 p.m.	14%	19	8
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 p.m.	9%	15	9
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 p.m.	9%	11	6
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 a.m.	18%	12	4
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 a.m.	18%	11	3
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 a.m.	23%	12	2
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 a.m.	23%	12	1
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 a.m.	23%	10	1
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 a.m.	23%	8	0
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 a.m.	27%	10	1
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 a.m.	27%	11	1
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 a.m.	27%	10	2
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 a.m.	27%	10	2
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 a.m.	27%	12	2
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 a.m.	23%	12	5
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 p.m.	18%	15	7
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 p.m.	18%	19	10
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 p.m.	18%	20	11
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 p.m.	14%	19	10
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 p.m.	9%	22	9
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 p.m.	14%	21	10
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 p.m.	27%	21	9
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 p.m.	23%	21	8
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 p.m.	23%	21	9
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 p.m.	36%	20	6
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 p.m.	46%	21	7
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 p.m.	46%	21	7
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 a.m.	46%	19	7
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 a.m.	50%	19	6
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 a.m.	50%	18	4
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 a.m.	59%	18	3
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 a.m.	64%	16	0
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 a.m.	68%	16	1
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 a.m.	68%	18	3
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 a.m.	64%	16	1
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 a.m.	64%	17	2
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 a.m.	64%	18	0
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 a.m.	64%	21	2
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 a.m.	64%	26	6
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 p.m.	64%	27	6
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 p.m.	59%	25	7
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 p.m.	55%	25	7
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 p.m.	50%	25	6
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 p.m.	46%	22	4
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 p.m.	41%	19	1
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 p.m.	27%	14	0
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 p.m.	27%	18	3
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 p.m.	27%	20	3
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 p.m.	32%	17	3
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 p.m.	27%	12	2
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 p.m.	27%	13	2
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 a.m.	32%	15	2
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 a.m.	41%	16	5
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 a.m.	41%	15	6
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 a.m.	46%	14	3
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 a.m.	46%	13	2
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 a.m.	46%	12	0
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 a.m.	46%	11	1
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 a.m.	46%	12	2
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 a.m.	46%	12	1
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 a.m.	46%	14	1
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 a.m.	41%	18	2
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 a.m.	46%	24	4
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 p.m.	46%	30	5
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 p.m.	46%	29	6
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 p.m.	46%	28	3
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 p.m.	50%	28	3
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 p.m.	50%	24	1
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 p.m.	55%	24	5
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 p.m.	59%	24	6
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 p.m.	55%	26	2
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 p.m.	55%	26	4
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 p.m.	59%	22	4
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 p.m.	55%	18	5
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 p.m.	46%	17	6
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 a.m.	46%	16	4
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 a.m.	50%	16	2
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 a.m.	55%	15	0
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 a.m.	55%	15	1
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 a.m.	55%	15	1
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 a.m.	55%	15	1
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 a.m.	55%	16	2
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 a.m.	46%	13	0
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 a.m.	46%	12	0
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 a.m.	46%	14	3
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 a.m.	46%	17	4
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 a.m.	50%	26	5
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 p.m.	55%	31	12
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 p.m.	55%	36	17
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 p.m.	55%	42	16
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 p.m.	73%	44	13
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 p.m.	77%	46	13
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 p.m.	77%	46	14
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 p.m.	91%	43	16
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 p.m.	82%	40	14
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 p.m.	86%	38	10
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 p.m.	86%	32	6
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 p.m.	91%	31	8
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 p.m.	86%	29	11
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 a.m.	86%	29	10
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 a.m.	86%	32	9
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 a.m.	86%	28	6
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 a.m.	86%	25	5
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 a.m.	86%	26	3
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 a.m.	86%	23	0
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 a.m.	86%	22	1
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 a.m.	86%	23	0
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 a.m.	91%	23	0
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 a.m.	91%	25	0
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 a.m.	91%	27	0
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 a.m.	91%	29	2
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 p.m.	96%	34	3
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 p.m.	82%	36	6
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 p.m.	91%	42	6
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 p.m.	96%	40	7
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 p.m.	96%	36	7
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 p.m.	91%	34	3
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 p.m.	73%	29	3
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 p.m.	64%	27	3
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 p.m.	55%	21	3
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 p.m.	46%	15	0
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 p.m.	36%	17	6
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 p.m.	36%	19	7
Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.	41%	20	7

Compared with the region

Montréal

This emergency room41%
Regional average (Montréal)142%
Québec average113%

Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal is 101 points below its region's average. The Québec average is 113%.

Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, its region and Québec
Comparison	Occupancy
This emergency room	41%
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: 8,991 visits and an average length of stay of 7.9 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 8,656 visits (+4%).

2026-2027 · P712,361 visits

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

In period 5 of 2026-2027: 8,991 visits and an average length of stay of 7.9 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 8,656 visits (+4%).

Fiscal periods at Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal
Fiscal year	Period	Visits
2022-2023	P5	6,755
2023-2024	P5	7,291
2024-2025	P5	8,050
2025-2026	P5	8,656
2026-2027	P5	8,991
2021-2022	P7	9,452
2022-2023	P7	9,605
2023-2024	P7	10,333
2024-2025	P7	11,142
2025-2026	P7	12,132
2026-2027	P7	12,361

Frequently asked questions

What is the wait at Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal right now?: At 12:45 a.m., the estimated wait for a non-priority case is about 224 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 Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal?: Based on our hourly history, the calmest hours at Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal 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.