On July 25, 2026, Quebec's emergency departments recorded a latest snapshot of 1,382 patients waiting and 3,451 total patients in ERs across 120 monitored facilities. This shows a slight improvement from the day's earliest snapshot of 1,575 waiting. However, historical data from urgencesquebec.com reveals that compared to nine days ago (July 17, 2026), the number of waiting patients has increased by 196, while average stretcher occupancy improved by 15 percentage points down to 69%.
Regional disparities remain stark across the province. Laval leads in stretcher occupancy at a critical 120%, with Montérégie (112%), Laurentides (106%), and Montréal (105%) also heavily congested and operating well over capacity. Individual critical hotspots include Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé in Laval with 51 waiting patients, followed closely by Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne and Hôpital de Saint-Jérôme with 50 waiting patients each. Conversely, Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec reported no waiting patients in their latest snapshot.