According to historical data from urgencesquebec.com for October 23, 2026, Quebec emergency departments recorded 1,730 patients waiting and 4,244 total patients in ER across 108 facilities, with an overall stretcher occupancy rate of 83%. Compared to the previous recorded benchmark on October 12, 2026, the number of waiting patients increased by 73, while overall stretcher occupancy saw a slight reduction of 2 percentage points from 85%.
Despite manageable provincial averages, acute pressure persists across greater metropolitan regions, notably Lanaudière (129% stretcher occupancy), Montérégie (127%), and Montréal (126%). At the facility level, Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne led the province in waiting patients with 69, while Hôpital de Lanaudière experienced heavy saturation with 65 patients waiting and a 155% stretcher occupancy rate.