GAP — Primary Care Access Point
The GAP is the front door if you don’t have a family doctor in Quebec. A nurse assesses your need over the phone and points you to the right resource: doctor, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physio, or something else.
How to
- Call 811 and pick option 3, or fill out the web form.
- Describe your problem to the nurse; they’ll call back if needed.
- You’ll get offered an appointment, often within 24–72 h.
Official site ↗ · ☎️ 811 (option 3)
The iPhone app
The site already does the real-time numbers, the map and the which-ER-to-drive-to part.
It opens from an icon, no address to type. And whatever you loaded last is still there when the signal drops, which it does in most hospital basements.
The app is free to download and everything inside it is free too: the wait times, the clinics, the surgery lists, one ER's last seven days with the hours it is usually quietest, and your own ERs pinned to the top of the list. No subscription, nothing left to unlock.
On the App Store it is called "Urgences Québec: temps attente".
No Android version yet. In the meantime your browser’s ⋮ menu has “Add to Home screen”: the site comes back from an icon, with no address to type.
On a computer? The button above just loads a web page. Point your iPhone camera at this instead.
This site is free and will stay free
No ads, no account, nothing to install. One person builds it and pays for it. If it got you out of a jam today, a donation covers the hosting.
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