According to historical data from urgencesquebec.com, emergency room occupancy across Quebec experienced a significant uptick on August 25, 2026, compared to the previous day. The number of patients waiting in ERs grew from 996 to 1,207, representing a 21.2% increase. Total provincial stretcher occupancy also climbed by 5 percentage points, reaching 83% across 120 reporting facilities, up from 78% on August 24. At its peak, there were 3,558 patients registered in provincial ERs.
Regional capacity pressures were highly localized, with Laval reporting a critical 192% stretcher occupancy at its sole facility, Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé. Montreal (129%), Chaudière-Appalaches (117%), and Laurentides (116%) also registered occupancy levels well above capacity. Individually, Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne in Montérégie faced the highest volume with 91 patients waiting, followed closely by Montreal's Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, which had 61 patients waiting and 115% stretcher occupancy.