On July 24, 2026, Quebec's emergency departments registered highly stable conditions compared to the previous day, according to historical data from urgencesquebec.com. Across 120 monitored facilities, the latest snapshot recorded 1,575 patients waiting and 3,905 total patients in ERs, with an average stretcher occupancy of 75%. This represents a 0% change in waiting volumes and 0 percentage points change in stretcher occupancy compared to 24 hours prior, although stretcher occupancy did decline from an earlier peak of 82% during the day.
Despite stable provincial averages, severe localized overcrowding persists in major urban areas. Laval reported a critical stretcher occupancy of 159% (at Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé), while Montérégie (127%), Montréal (112%), and Chaudière-Appalaches (110%) all exceeded their stretcher capacities. Individual facility pressure was most acute at Montérégie's Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne (61 waiting) and Montréal's Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (48 waiting).