When will the power be back in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (Alma area), QC?
Live outage status from Hydro-Québec · updated ~every 15 minutes
No significant census division-wide outage reported in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (Alma area), QC right now.
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Elsewhere in Quebec: 7,071 customers reported out — province-wide status.
Updated 7:00 PM EDT.
Numbers come straight from Hydro-Québec's public outage data — the main utility we track in Quebec. Missing data is not the same as zero outages.
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About power in Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (Alma area)
Lac-Saint-Jean-Est is a regional county municipality (MRC) in Quebec — about 52,475 residents.
Communities here include Alma, Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix, Saint-Bruno, Hébertville, Saint-Gédéon and L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur — 18 communities in all.
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Outage history — Lac-Saint-Jean-Est (Alma area), QC
Last significant outage: Oct 6, 2026 — peaked at 669 customers, restored in ~1.5 hr.
Across the 9 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 3.8 hr (median).
Every outage behind these figures (9)
| Began | Peak out | Restored in | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | 669 | ~1.5 hr | — |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 427 | ~2.2 hr | — |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 1,307 | ~3.8 hr | — |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 262 | ~4.5 hr | — |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 1,992 | ~1.2 hr | — |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 296 | ~5 hr | — |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2,141 | ~2.3 hr | — |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 287 | ~10 hr | — |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 1,223 | ~6.3 hr | — |
This division-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 3, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
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