According to data from urgencesquebec.com, Quebec’s emergency rooms are seeing significant pressure today, May 29, 2026, with 1,434 patients currently waiting and a total of 4,095 people in ER departments across 120 facilities. While the overall stretcher occupancy decreased slightly from an early morning high of 87% to a latest snapshot of 84%, several regions remain critically over capacity. Montreal and the Laurentides are struggling with stretcher rates of 121% and 124%, while Laval has reached a severe peak of 157% occupancy.
Compared to the start of the day, the number of patients waiting has increased by approximately 7%, indicating growing demand throughout the afternoon. Five major hospitals, led by Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne and Hôpital de Hull, are bearing the brunt of the volume. In contrast, regions like Nord-du-Québec and Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec remain relatively stable, suggesting a heavy concentration of the current healthcare strain in the southern urban corridors. (estimate)