On August 1, 2026, Quebec's emergency rooms registered a slight intraday decline in patients waiting, starting at 1,655 and closing at 1,642 across 120 tracked facilities. However, compared to ten days prior on July 23, total pressure has notably intensified with 156 more patients waiting and overall ER registrations rising from 3,894 to 3,940, despite a 5 percentage point reduction in average stretcher occupancy to 77%. This upward trend in patient volume is sourced from historical data via urgencesquebec.com.
Regional disparities continue to strain metropolitan resources. Laval leads the province with a critical 155% stretcher occupancy rate, followed closely by Montérégie at 125% and Montréal at 106%. Montérégie also registered the highest volume of waiting patients at 310, driven by heavy congestion at Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne (74 waiting) and Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu (70 waiting).