Weekly reports on emergency room occupancy
During Week 44 of 2026 (ending October 26), emergency rooms across Quebec's 108 reporting facilities presented a mixed operational picture. Overall active patient volumes inside emergency departments saw a notable reduction, dropping from 4,148 patients at the start of the week to 3,563 by week's end, accompanied by a decline in average stretcher occupancy from 95% to 81%. However, patient inflow pressure remained visible as total individuals waiting to be seen rose from 1,128 to 1,343 over the same period.
Quebec emergency-room stretcher occupancy is 96% in the MSSS hourly file. 1 951 people are waiting to be seen. The wait to see a physician is not in that file: the figure in the table is an estimate.
Weekly summaries of Quebec's emergency room situation