According to historical data from urgencesquebec.com for October 25, 2026, Quebec emergency departments recorded 1,389 patients waiting and 3,612 total patients in ER across 108 facilities in the latest snapshot. Compared to October 24, waiting counts rose by 34 patients and total ER patients increased from 3,430, driving overall stretcher occupancy up by 5 percentage points from 72% to 77%. Over the course of the day, waiting counts escalated significantly from the earliest snapshot of 841 patients.
Heavy overcrowding persists across several urban regions, with six regions exceeding 100% stretcher occupancy: Laval (157%), Montréal (127%), Laurentides (126%), Montérégie (118%), Chaudière-Appalaches (113%), and Lanaudière (103%). Montréal held the highest volume of waiting patients at 307 across 21 facilities. The busiest individual facilities were Hôpital de Saint-Jérôme (66 waiting, 153% stretcher capacity), Hôpital Pierre-Le Gardeur (64 waiting), and Hôpital Pierre-Boucher (60 waiting).