According to historical data from urgencesquebec.com, emergency room pressure across Quebec's 120 monitored facilities intensified over the course of September 29, 2026. The number of patients waiting in ERs increased from 1,397 to 1,566, while the total number of patients in ERs rose from 3,984 to 4,328. This upward trend was also reflected in the average stretcher occupancy, which climbed from 86% in the earliest snapshot to 92% by the latest update.
Regionally, Laval recorded the most severe overcrowding with a critical 176% stretcher occupancy, followed by Chaudière-Appalaches at 137%, and both Montréal and Montérégie at 133%. Individually, Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne in Montérégie was the most congested facility, with 64 patients waiting, followed closely by Montréal's Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont with 54 patients waiting.