Emergency Situation Data Timeline: Hourly Patient Stretcher Counts in Quebec

Emergency Situation Data Timeline provides hourly counts of patients on stretchers in Quebec facilities, including those waiting over 24 and 48 hours. The data originates from the Provincial Emergency Console (CPU) and is updated every hour. The Government and Municipalities of Québec published this dataset, which was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Monitor real-time emergency department overcrowding based on hourly patient counts.
• Analyze trends in long wait times based on the number of patients on stretchers for over 24 and 48 hours.
• Compare performance and patient flow between different healthcare installations across Quebec.
• Validate and improve emergency response models using data from the Provincial Emergency Console.

Strengths

• Data is updated every hour, providing near real-time insight.
• Covers all installations across the entire province of Quebec.
• Includes specific metrics for patients waiting over 24 and 48 hours.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Validations are noted as in progress for data from two specific CIUSSS facilities, which may indicate partial data quality assurance.

Provenance

Source

Provincial Emergency Console (CPU)

Collection Method

Likely collected automatically from hospital reporting systems.

Freshness

Updated hourly; last updated 2026-05-14.

Geography

Quebec, Canada