On August 13, 2026, emergency departments across Quebec reported 1,658 patients waiting and 3,941 total patients in ERs in the latest snapshot, reflecting a slight improvement from the day's earliest figures of 1,794 waiting and 4,231 in ERs. However, compared to historical data from urgencesquebec.com 11 days ago (August 3, 2026), the provincial waiting volume has increased by 221 patients, and the average stretcher occupancy rate has climbed by 5 percentage points to 79%.
Severe localized congestion remains a major challenge. Laval led the province with a critical 151% stretcher occupancy rate, while Laurentides (128%), Lanaudière (118%), and Montérégie (116%) also faced severe overcapacity. Montréal and Montérégie registered the highest absolute volume of waiting patients, at 342 and 322 respectively. Individually, Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne was the busiest facility in the province with 94 patients waiting, followed closely by Hôpital Pierre-Boucher with 68 waiting.