Quebec ER Wait Times: Live Hospital Occupancy & Queue Data

Live occupancy, patient counts and wait times for all 120 Quebec hospital emergency departments, refreshed every 15 min from the government's MSSS open-data feed. Stretcher occupancy %, patients present/waiting, mean stay times, doctor wait when published. CC BY 4.0, no key.

What does Quebec ER Wait Times do?

Live stretcher occupancy, patient counts and wait times for all 120 Quebec hospital emergency departments.

What can you use it for?

• Monitor ER crowding across Quebec hospitals in real time.
• Build a public dashboard of hospital occupancy and wait times.
• Alert when a department's stretcher occupancy exceeds 100%.
• Track provincial doctor-wait trends on a recurring schedule.

Why use this Actor?

• Fast and cheap: lightweight HTTP-based Actor with no browser, so runs finish in seconds and cost very little.
• No API keys or accounts needed for the data source (see notes below).
• Clean, structured JSON that you can export as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or pull through the Apify API and integrations.
• Scheduling, webhooks and integrations: run it daily and send results to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own API.

Input

Configure the run in the Input tab (all fields have sensible defaults).

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	no	-	Matches hospital name, establishment or region, e.g. Laval, Notre-Dame.
minOccupancy	integer	no	-	Only emergency departments at or above this stretcher occupancy percentage.
maxResults	integer	no	50	Maximum number of emergency departments to return.

Example input

{
  "query": "Laval",
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output

Results are stored in the default dataset. Download them from the Output tab or via the API.

Example result

{
  "id": "51217529",
  "name": "HÔPITAL DU SAINT-SACREMENT",
  "establishment": "SANTÉ QUÉBEC - CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE QUÉBEC - UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL",
  "region": "Capitale-Nationale",
  "regionCode": "03",
  "functionalStretchers": 22,
  "occupiedStretchers": 23,
  "occupancyPct": 105,
  "patientsPresent": 49,
  "patientsWaiting": 13,
  "patientsOver24h": 1,
  "patientsOver48h": 0,
  "meanStretcherStayMin": 799,
  "meanAmbulatoryStayMin": 268,
  "readingTime": "2026-10-07T15:00",
  "doctorWaitMin": 322,
  "patientsWaitingForDoctor": 13,
  "doctorWaitAt": "2026-10-07T15:00",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-07T20:31:29.328Z"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Example
id	string	"51217529"
name	string	"HÔPITAL DU SAINT-SACREMENT"
establishment	string	"SANTÉ QUÉBEC - CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE QUÉBE...
region	string	"Capitale-Nationale"
regionCode	string	"03"
functionalStretchers	number	22
occupiedStretchers	number	23
occupancyPct	number	105
patientsPresent	number	49
patientsWaiting	number	13
patientsOver24h	number	1
patientsOver48h	number	0
meanStretcherStayMin	number	799
meanAmbulatoryStayMin	number	268
readingTime	string	"2026-10-07T15:00"
doctorWaitMin	number	322
patientsWaitingForDoctor	number	13
doctorWaitAt	string	"2026-10-07T15:00"
scrapedAt	string	"2026-10-07T20:31:29.328Z"

How much does it cost?

The Actor is billed by Apify according to the pricing shown on the Pricing tab of this page. Runs are small and fast, and the Apify Free plan includes monthly platform credits so you can try it at no cost. You can set a maximum cost per run, and the Actor stops cleanly when that limit is reached.

Notes and limitations

• Source: Quebec's Ministere de la Sante et des Services sociaux (MSSS) open-data feed, mirrored every 15 minutes by sante.handled.tools. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (Donnees Quebec); no attribution required, no key needed.
• occPct above 100 is normal: it means more patients are on stretchers than the ED has functional stretchers for.
• Doctor-wait fields are only published when Quebec's own hourly wait page is fresh, so they are often empty.

Tips

• Start with a small test run, then scale up the input.
• Use Schedules to automate recurring runs and Webhooks or Integrations to deliver the data where you need it.
• Call the Actor from your code with the Apify API or the official JavaScript and Python clients.

FAQ

Is this official Quebec government data?

Yes. It is read directly from the MSSS open-data feed; this actor just wraps the public read-only API.

Feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue from the Issues tab of this Actor and it will be looked at quickly.

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