Last 24 hours

Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.113% · 3,705 people present · 1,475 waiting

Over the last 24 hours, occupancy averaged 124%, between 113% and 135%. That is 0% compared with the previous period.

Stretcher occupancy, Québec as a whole
Time	Occupancy	Present	Waiting
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 a.m.	116%	3,449	1,276
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 a.m.	116%	3,363	1,168
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 a.m.	117%	3,251	1,024
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 a.m.	119%	3,192	924
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 a.m.	120%	3,180	826
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 a.m.	122%	3,144	783
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 a.m.	123%	3,197	808
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 a.m.	124%	3,453	955
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 a.m.	130%	3,813	1,001
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 a.m.	132%	4,149	1,108
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 a.m.	134%	4,362	1,252
Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 p.m.	134%	4,564	1,386
Thu, Nov 12, 01:00 p.m.	135%	4,706	1,517
Thu, Nov 12, 02:00 p.m.	134%	4,848	1,624
Thu, Nov 12, 03:00 p.m.	132%	4,866	1,769
Thu, Nov 12, 04:00 p.m.	130%	4,803	1,879
Thu, Nov 12, 05:00 p.m.	128%	4,704	1,835
Thu, Nov 12, 06:00 p.m.	127%	4,593	1,769
Thu, Nov 12, 07:00 p.m.	123%	4,582	1,816
Thu, Nov 12, 08:00 p.m.	121%	4,468	1,786
Thu, Nov 12, 09:00 p.m.	118%	4,310	1,731
Thu, Nov 12, 10:00 p.m.	116%	4,114	1,689
Thu, Nov 12, 11:00 p.m.	114%	3,911	1,579
Fri, Nov 13, 12:00 a.m.	113%	3,705	1,475

Day × hour heat map

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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, Québec as a whole
Day	Hour	Average occupancy	Readings
Mon	12 a.m.	104%	8
Mon	1 a.m.	105%	8
Mon	2 a.m.	106%	8
Mon	3 a.m.	108%	8
Mon	4 a.m.	110%	8
Mon	5 a.m.	111%	8
Mon	6 a.m.	113%	8
Mon	7 a.m.	114%	8
Mon	8 a.m.	115%	8
Mon	9 a.m.	120%	8
Mon	10 a.m.	123%	8
Mon	11 a.m.	125%	8
Mon	12 p.m.	127%	8
Mon	1 p.m.	128%	8
Mon	2 p.m.	127%	8
Mon	3 p.m.	126%	8
Mon	4 p.m.	123%	8
Mon	5 p.m.	123%	8
Mon	6 p.m.	122%	8
Mon	7 p.m.	120%	8
Mon	8 p.m.	119%	8
Mon	9 p.m.	119%	8
Mon	10 p.m.	117%	8
Mon	11 p.m.	117%	8
Tue	12 a.m.	116%	8
Tue	1 a.m.	117%	8
Tue	2 a.m.	117%	8
Tue	3 a.m.	118%	8
Tue	4 a.m.	119%	8
Tue	5 a.m.	121%	8
Tue	6 a.m.	122%	8
Tue	7 a.m.	123%	8
Tue	8 a.m.	125%	8
Tue	9 a.m.	128%	8
Tue	10 a.m.	131%	8
Tue	11 a.m.	132%	8
Tue	12 p.m.	133%	8
Tue	1 p.m.	134%	8
Tue	2 p.m.	132%	8
Tue	3 p.m.	129%	8
Tue	4 p.m.	125%	8
Tue	5 p.m.	125%	8
Tue	6 p.m.	123%	8
Tue	7 p.m.	121%	8
Tue	8 p.m.	120%	8
Tue	9 p.m.	119%	8
Tue	10 p.m.	116%	8
Tue	11 p.m.	115%	8
Wed	12 a.m.	118%	6
Wed	1 a.m.	118%	6
Wed	2 a.m.	118%	6
Wed	3 a.m.	119%	6
Wed	4 a.m.	118%	8
Wed	5 a.m.	122%	6
Wed	6 a.m.	122%	7
Wed	7 a.m.	123%	7
Wed	8 a.m.	125%	7
Wed	9 a.m.	128%	7
Wed	10 a.m.	130%	9
Wed	11 a.m.	132%	8
Wed	12 p.m.	133%	8
Wed	1 p.m.	133%	8
Wed	2 p.m.	132%	8
Wed	3 p.m.	130%	8
Wed	4 p.m.	127%	8
Wed	5 p.m.	125%	8
Wed	6 p.m.	122%	8
Wed	7 p.m.	120%	8
Wed	8 p.m.	118%	8
Wed	9 p.m.	118%	8
Wed	10 p.m.	117%	8
Wed	11 p.m.	115%	8
Thu	12 a.m.	114%	8
Thu	1 a.m.	115%	8
Thu	2 a.m.	115%	8
Thu	3 a.m.	116%	8
Thu	4 a.m.	117%	8
Thu	5 a.m.	119%	8
Thu	6 a.m.	120%	8
Thu	7 a.m.	121%	8
Thu	8 a.m.	122%	8
Thu	9 a.m.	126%	8
Thu	10 a.m.	129%	8
Thu	11 a.m.	131%	8
Thu	12 p.m.	132%	8
Thu	1 p.m.	133%	8
Thu	2 p.m.	131%	8
Thu	3 p.m.	128%	8
Thu	4 p.m.	125%	8
Thu	5 p.m.	124%	8
Thu	6 p.m.	122%	8
Thu	7 p.m.	119%	8
Thu	8 p.m.	118%	8
Thu	9 p.m.	116%	8
Thu	10 p.m.	115%	8
Thu	11 p.m.	114%	8
Fri	12 a.m.	112%	8
Fri	1 a.m.	113%	7
Fri	2 a.m.	113%	8
Fri	3 a.m.	114%	8
Fri	4 a.m.	116%	8
Fri	5 a.m.	117%	8
Fri	6 a.m.	119%	8
Fri	7 a.m.	119%	8
Fri	8 a.m.	120%	8
Fri	9 a.m.	124%	8
Fri	10 a.m.	127%	8
Fri	11 a.m.	127%	8
Fri	12 p.m.	128%	8
Fri	1 p.m.	128%	8
Fri	2 p.m.	127%	8
Fri	3 p.m.	124%	8
Fri	4 p.m.	120%	8
Fri	5 p.m.	118%	8
Fri	6 p.m.	115%	8
Fri	7 p.m.	113%	8
Fri	8 p.m.	111%	8
Fri	9 p.m.	110%	8
Fri	10 p.m.	108%	8
Fri	11 p.m.	106%	8
Sat	12 a.m.	105%	8
Sat	1 a.m.	106%	8
Sat	2 a.m.	107%	8
Sat	3 a.m.	108%	8
Sat	4 a.m.	109%	8
Sat	5 a.m.	111%	8
Sat	6 a.m.	112%	8
Sat	7 a.m.	113%	8
Sat	8 a.m.	114%	8
Sat	9 a.m.	116%	8
Sat	10 a.m.	117%	8
Sat	11 a.m.	116%	8
Sat	12 p.m.	115%	8
Sat	1 p.m.	115%	8
Sat	2 p.m.	114%	8
Sat	3 p.m.	110%	8
Sat	4 p.m.	107%	8
Sat	5 p.m.	106%	8
Sat	6 p.m.	105%	8
Sat	7 p.m.	103%	8
Sat	8 p.m.	102%	8
Sat	9 p.m.	102%	8
Sat	10 p.m.	101%	8
Sat	11 p.m.	101%	8
Sun	12 a.m.	101%	8
Sun	1 a.m.	101%	8
Sun	2 a.m.	103%	8
Sun	3 a.m.	105%	8
Sun	4 a.m.	107%	8
Sun	5 a.m.	108%	8
Sun	6 a.m.	110%	8
Sun	7 a.m.	111%	8
Sun	8 a.m.	112%	8
Sun	9 a.m.	114%	8
Sun	10 a.m.	115%	8
Sun	11 a.m.	115%	8
Sun	12 p.m.	114%	8
Sun	1 p.m.	114%	8
Sun	2 p.m.	112%	8
Sun	3 p.m.	110%	8
Sun	4 p.m.	107%	8
Sun	5 p.m.	108%	8
Sun	6 p.m.	107%	8
Sun	7 p.m.	106%	8
Sun	8 p.m.	106%	8
Sun	9 p.m.	106%	8
Sun	10 p.m.	106%	8
Sun	11 p.m.	104%	8

Rankings

Average over the last 7 days · 10 emergency rooms

Least busy · Average over the last 7 days · 10 emergency rooms

Least busy — Average occupancy
Emergency room	Region	Average occupancy
Centre Multiservices de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Basse-Côte-Nord	Côte-Nord	4%
Centre Multiservices de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Grande-Vallée	Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine	9%
Centre Multiservices de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Mansfield-et-Pontefract	Outaouais	12%
CLSC de Pohénégamook	Bas-Saint-Laurent	12%
Centre Multiservices de Santé et de Services Sociaux Chauveau	Capitale-Nationale	14%
Centre Multiservices de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Témiscaming-Kipawa	Abitibi-Témiscamingue	15%
Centre Multiservices de Santé et de Services Sociaux de la Mrc de Coaticook	Estrie	15%
Centre Multiservices de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Fermont	Côte-Nord	19%
CLSC et Centre d'Hébergement de la Petite-Nation	Outaouais	20%
Centre de Santé Lebel	Nord-du-Québec	21%

Regions compared

The 15 health regions, from 46% to 160% average stretcher occupancy. Tap a region to open its page.

Average occupancy by health region
Comparison	Average occupancy
Bas-Saint-Laurent	66%
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean	69%
Capitale-Nationale	99%
Estrie	89%
Montréal	148%
Outaouais	127%
Abitibi-Témiscamingue	80%
Côte-Nord	102%
Nord-du-Québec	46%
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine	61%
Chaudière-Appalaches	131%
Laval	160%
Lanaudière	118%
Laurentides	144%
Montérégie	138%

Correlations

What two measures do relative to each other over the same window. A link is not a cause.

Correlations
Pair of measures	Coefficient	What it means
Stretcher occupancy rate and People waiting to see a doctor711 readings	0.26	Weak link: the two measures mostly move on their own.
Stretcher occupancy rate and People in the emergency room711 readings	0.63	Moderate link in the same direction.
Stretcher occupancy rate and Patients on a stretcher over 24 h711 readings	0.62	Moderate link in the same direction.
People waiting to see a doctor and People in the emergency room711 readings	0.88	Strong link: both measures rise and fall together.
Patients on a stretcher over 24 h and Patients on a stretcher over 48 h711 readings	0.74	Strong link: both measures rise and fall together.

Flu season

Fiscal periods 9 to 12 cover roughly December to March, the heart of the flu season.

The comparison is not possible yet: the MSSS cumulative file publishes only period 5, 7 for each fiscal year. The figures below therefore describe the rest of the year.

Visits per fiscal period, Québec as a whole
Fiscal year	Season	Visits per period	Average length of stay	Stays over 24 h
2022-2023	Rest of the year	1,364,024	8.8 h	23.2%
2023-2024	Rest of the year	1,316,559	8.6 h	21.5%
2024-2025	Rest of the year	1,496,075	8.7 h	21.0%
2025-2026	Rest of the year	1,444,220	8.5 h	19.8%
2026-2027	Rest of the year	1,330,782	8.9 h	21.9%

Data coverage

Collection runs every ten minutes. The charts on this page grow with it.

First reading: September 13, 2026
Latest reading: Fri, Nov 13, 12:45 a.m.
ER readings: 171,960
ERs tracked: 120
Cumulative rows: 1,568

Quebec emergency room trends