When's the Power Back?

When will the power be back in Québec, QC?

Live outage status from Hydro-Québec · updated ~every 15 minutes
No significant census division-wide outage reported · updated 10:00 PM EDT.
Lights out where you are? Very small or brand-new outages can take a few minutes to reach census division-level data — check your exact address with the live map button below, and report the outage to your utility (crews are dispatched from customer reports).
🔔 Get a free alert if an outage is detected here — one tap in your browser, no signup.
Elsewhere in Quebec: 822 customers reported out — province-wide status.
Numbers come straight from Hydro-Québec's public outage data. Missing data is not the same as zero outages.

About power in Québec

Québec is a region in Quebec — about 588,777 residents. Live numbers here come from Hydro-Québec's public outage data — the main utility we track in Quebec. Missing data is not the same as zero outages.
Communities here include Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, L'Ancienne-Lorette, Wendake, Notre-Dame-des-Anges.
Report an outage or downed line directly to Hydro-Québec ↗ — crews are dispatched from customer reports, and this is an independent tracker, not the utility.

Outage history — Québec, QC

⚡ Power here was restored about 2 hours ago — the outage peaked at 1,110 customers.
Last significant outage: Aug 19, 2026 — peaked at 1,110 customers, restored in ~8.2 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 16 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 8.2 hr.
This division-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 25, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Common questions

How do I check power outages in Québec?

This page shows live outage status for Québec, QC, refreshed about every 15 minutes from Hydro-Québec's public outage data. There is no independent nationwide outage count in Canada the way US states have one, so the numbers come straight from the utility. Search your address on the live map for the most specific view.

Which utility serves Québec?

Hydro-Québec is the main electricity provider we track in Quebec, including Québec. Report an outage or downed line directly to Hydro-Québec so crews can be dispatched — this is an independent tracker, not the utility.

When will power be restored in Québec?

Restoration depends on the cause and scale of each outage. Where the utility reports how many customers are out in this census division, we publish an independent restoration estimate from the outage count, recovery rate, and weather — shown even before the utility posts an official time. Past outages tracked here appear in the outage-history panel above.

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