Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean emergency rooms: which one is least busy right now?

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

ERs

over capacity

65%

occupancy

waiting

Emergency rooms in the region

Least busy first

Hôpital d'Alma

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Calm41%~ 3h 25 wait

9 waiting · 22 in the ER

Hôpital de la Baie

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Calm43%~ 3h 55 wait

10 waiting · 17 in the ER

Hôpital de Chicoutimi

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Calm61%~ 4h 32 wait

11 waiting · 41 in the ER · 1 on a stretcher > 24 h

Hôpital de Dolbeau-Mistassini

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Calm80%~ 3h 08 wait

6 waiting · 17 in the ER · 1 on a stretcher > 24 h

Hôpital et Centre de Réadaptation de Jonquière

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Calm81%~ 7h 01 wait

13 waiting · 25 in the ER · 1 on a stretcher > 24 h

Hôpital et Centre d'Hébergement de Roberval

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

Busy92%~ 1h 39 wait

3 waiting · 16 in the ER

Regional trend

Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.65% · 128 people present · 49 waiting

Over the last 7 days, occupancy averaged 67%, between 44% and 93%. That is −7% compared with the previous period.

Stretcher occupancy in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Time	Occupancy	Present	Waiting
Fri, Nov 6, 01:00 a.m.	68%	125	51
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 a.m.	68%	126	42
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 a.m.	71%	121	34
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 a.m.	74%	123	40
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 a.m.	74%	125	38
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 a.m.	77%	124	33
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 a.m.	78%	138	43
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 a.m.	79%	160	60
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 a.m.	79%	181	67
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 a.m.	82%	195	73
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 a.m.	78%	201	81
Fri, Nov 6, 12:00 p.m.	77%	201	83
Fri, Nov 6, 01:00 p.m.	78%	192	93
Fri, Nov 6, 02:00 p.m.	69%	198	89
Fri, Nov 6, 03:00 p.m.	68%	187	96
Fri, Nov 6, 04:00 p.m.	61%	180	101
Fri, Nov 6, 05:00 p.m.	64%	192	118
Fri, Nov 6, 06:00 p.m.	62%	183	112
Fri, Nov 6, 07:00 p.m.	70%	195	115
Fri, Nov 6, 08:00 p.m.	70%	186	112
Fri, Nov 6, 09:00 p.m.	70%	185	108
Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 p.m.	69%	162	92
Fri, Nov 6, 11:00 p.m.	68%	149	85
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 a.m.	67%	145	80
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 a.m.	63%	128	69
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 a.m.	64%	122	57
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 a.m.	61%	120	46
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 a.m.	63%	110	33
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 a.m.	64%	107	22
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 a.m.	64%	111	21
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 a.m.	69%	113	29
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 a.m.	68%	134	48
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 a.m.	71%	153	50
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 a.m.	69%	160	55
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 a.m.	71%	148	59
Sat, Nov 7, 12:00 p.m.	69%	154	61
Sat, Nov 7, 01:00 p.m.	70%	155	62
Sat, Nov 7, 02:00 p.m.	64%	155	71
Sat, Nov 7, 03:00 p.m.	62%	154	76
Sat, Nov 7, 04:00 p.m.	57%	149	77
Sat, Nov 7, 05:00 p.m.	53%	152	78
Sat, Nov 7, 06:00 p.m.	52%	144	79
Sat, Nov 7, 07:00 p.m.	51%	151	80
Sat, Nov 7, 08:00 p.m.	53%	145	80
Sat, Nov 7, 09:00 p.m.	51%	137	71
Sat, Nov 7, 10:00 p.m.	54%	130	70
Sat, Nov 7, 11:00 p.m.	51%	111	52
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 a.m.	53%	112	53
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 a.m.	54%	115	50
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 a.m.	59%	111	45
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 a.m.	60%	98	33
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 a.m.	62%	101	23
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 a.m.	68%	105	22
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 a.m.	67%	97	20
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 a.m.	68%	108	29
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 a.m.	68%	131	46
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 a.m.	67%	148	40
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 a.m.	72%	162	56
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 a.m.	68%	163	62
Sun, Nov 8, 12:00 p.m.	69%	167	69
Sun, Nov 8, 01:00 p.m.	74%	182	68
Sun, Nov 8, 02:00 p.m.	73%	186	77
Sun, Nov 8, 03:00 p.m.	66%	179	89
Sun, Nov 8, 04:00 p.m.	69%	193	99
Sun, Nov 8, 05:00 p.m.	69%	189	98
Sun, Nov 8, 06:00 p.m.	70%	198	99
Sun, Nov 8, 07:00 p.m.	71%	197	96
Sun, Nov 8, 08:00 p.m.	67%	187	99
Sun, Nov 8, 09:00 p.m.	71%	178	100
Sun, Nov 8, 10:00 p.m.	70%	168	85
Sun, Nov 8, 11:00 p.m.	64%	150	73
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 a.m.	63%	126	67
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 a.m.	60%	116	59
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 a.m.	61%	116	49
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 a.m.	62%	108	45
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 a.m.	59%	104	35
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 a.m.	62%	104	29
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 a.m.	64%	105	28
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 a.m.	64%	118	37
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 a.m.	70%	161	56
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 a.m.	78%	191	59
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 a.m.	77%	206	68
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 a.m.	74%	217	76
Mon, Nov 9, 12:00 p.m.	75%	222	83
Mon, Nov 9, 01:00 p.m.	74%	231	94
Mon, Nov 9, 02:00 p.m.	68%	236	108
Mon, Nov 9, 03:00 p.m.	67%	235	124
Mon, Nov 9, 04:00 p.m.	63%	226	129
Mon, Nov 9, 05:00 p.m.	59%	217	130
Mon, Nov 9, 06:00 p.m.	60%	219	132
Mon, Nov 9, 07:00 p.m.	59%	223	137
Mon, Nov 9, 08:00 p.m.	54%	195	126
Mon, Nov 9, 09:00 p.m.	52%	181	110
Mon, Nov 9, 10:00 p.m.	46%	162	98
Mon, Nov 9, 11:00 p.m.	44%	137	79
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 a.m.	49%	131	74
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 a.m.	48%	117	64
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 a.m.	51%	113	51
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 a.m.	51%	105	43
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 a.m.	51%	92	32
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 a.m.	53%	91	30
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 a.m.	53%	94	30
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 a.m.	55%	110	38
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 a.m.	56%	136	54
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 a.m.	64%	165	62
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 a.m.	69%	187	75
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 a.m.	67%	184	83
Tue, Nov 10, 12:00 p.m.	64%	186	85
Tue, Nov 10, 01:00 p.m.	71%	207	90
Tue, Nov 10, 02:00 p.m.	66%	215	98
Tue, Nov 10, 03:00 p.m.	66%	225	116
Tue, Nov 10, 04:00 p.m.	63%	224	125
Tue, Nov 10, 05:00 p.m.	67%	212	123
Tue, Nov 10, 06:00 p.m.	71%	222	125
Tue, Nov 10, 07:00 p.m.	72%	230	140
Tue, Nov 10, 08:00 p.m.	67%	208	130
Tue, Nov 10, 09:00 p.m.	66%	196	121
Tue, Nov 10, 10:00 p.m.	65%	181	109
Tue, Nov 10, 11:00 p.m.	64%	160	81
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 a.m.	66%	160	82
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 a.m.	70%	152	72
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 a.m.	72%	139	59
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 a.m.	76%	135	43
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 a.m.	78%	125	35
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 a.m.	80%	120	27
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 a.m.	83%	123	22
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 a.m.	78%	124	24
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 a.m.	75%	144	36
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 a.m.	75%	171	46
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 a.m.	76%	192	62
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 a.m.	84%	198	81
Wed, Nov 11, 12:00 p.m.	93%	219	88
Wed, Nov 11, 01:00 p.m.	84%	212	94
Wed, Nov 11, 02:00 p.m.	79%	221	96
Wed, Nov 11, 03:00 p.m.	76%	207	101
Wed, Nov 11, 04:00 p.m.	71%	200	107
Wed, Nov 11, 05:00 p.m.	67%	195	104
Wed, Nov 11, 06:00 p.m.	67%	199	98
Wed, Nov 11, 07:00 p.m.	62%	189	104
Wed, Nov 11, 08:00 p.m.	58%	175	102
Wed, Nov 11, 09:00 p.m.	55%	167	91
Wed, Nov 11, 10:00 p.m.	59%	158	83
Wed, Nov 11, 11:00 p.m.	58%	150	75
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 a.m.	56%	129	58
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 a.m.	56%	116	43
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 a.m.	59%	109	33
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 a.m.	61%	106	31
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 a.m.	62%	106	32
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 a.m.	64%	103	30
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 a.m.	64%	105	29
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 a.m.	65%	114	34
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 a.m.	64%	135	49
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 a.m.	66%	157	57
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 a.m.	72%	168	64
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 a.m.	72%	176	68
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 p.m.	78%	187	80
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 p.m.	78%	191	78
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 p.m.	82%	200	83
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 p.m.	79%	203	95
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 p.m.	70%	205	99
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 p.m.	69%	188	96
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 p.m.	71%	179	89
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 p.m.	74%	192	91
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 p.m.	78%	185	88
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 p.m.	70%	172	81
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 p.m.	67%	153	69
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 p.m.	63%	138	52
Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.	65%	128	49

Best hours in the region

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.59% · 64 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 in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
Hour	Average occupancy	Waiting (avg.)	Readings
12 a.m.	59%	64	54
1 a.m.	60%	52	53
2 a.m.	62%	41	54
3 a.m.	63%	33	54
4 a.m.	65%	28	56
5 a.m.	67%	25	54
6 a.m.	68%	24	55
7 a.m.	69%	30	55
8 a.m.	68%	43	55
9 a.m.	70%	46	55
10 a.m.	71%	55	57
11 a.m.	71%	65	56
12 p.m.	72%	75	56
1 p.m.	73%	84	56
2 p.m.	71%	89	56
3 p.m.	69%	96	56
4 p.m.	67%	100	56
5 p.m.	67%	94	56
6 p.m.	67%	94	56
7 p.m.	66%	95	56
8 p.m.	65%	93	56
9 p.m.	63%	87	56
10 p.m.	62%	80	56
11 p.m.	60%	70	56

The region and Québec

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean65%
Québec as a whole113%

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean is 48 points below the Québec average.

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: 74,023 visits and an average length of stay of 6.4 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 72,502 visits (+2%).

2026-2027 · P574,023 visits

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

In period 5 of 2026-2027: 74,023 visits and an average length of stay of 6.4 h. The same period in 2025-2026 counted 72,502 visits (+2%).

See Quebec-wide trends

Fiscal year	Period	Visits
2022-2023	P5	69,632
2023-2024	P5	66,929
2024-2025	P5	76,151
2025-2026	P5	72,502
2026-2027	P5	74,023