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Hydro-Québec outage map, live297 addresses without power in Quebec
At 3:20 a.m., Hydro-Québec reports 2 outages in progress in Quebec, mostly in Laurentians (296 addresses). Enter your address: we tell you whether you are in an outage, since when, and the announced restoration time.
Power outage near me: check your address
Map of current outages
Keep the power on during the outage
A power station takes over with no gas and no noise, and it is safe to use indoors. Three sizes, from the router to the whole house, from Jackery and EcoFlow.
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The size that covers lighting, a laptop and the internet through an outage.
Enough power for larger appliances, and a fast wall recharge once the power is back.
Tied into the panel by an RBQ electrician, the station powers whole circuits of the house during the outage. Have an RBQ electrician connect it
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Regional summary
Addresses without power over the total served in each region. Click a region to see it on the map.
Power outages today: the largest in progress
Restoration time as announced by Hydro-Québec, then our “realistic return”: the window in which similar outages actually ended, from our snapshots. HQ time reliability by region →
What to do, by how long it lasts
The steps that matter, in order. The long version is in our guide “Panne de courant au Québec : quoi faire”.
- Main breaker: a trip at home looks like an outage.
- Neighbours have lights? Report it at 1 800 790-2424 or through the Hydro-Québec app.
- Unplug large appliances (cooktop, computers, TV) to avoid the surge when power returns.
- Leave one lamp switched on: you will know when power is back.
- Keep fridge and freezer closed. A full freezer holds its cold about 48 hours, a half-full one about 24.
- Charge phones and batteries in the car if needed, engine outdoors.
- Close unused rooms to keep heat in winter.
- Check the announced restoration time: if it has been pushed back, plan for the next step.
- Winter: below 10 °C indoors, exposed pipes freeze. Let a tap trickle, shut the main water valve if you leave.
- Discard meat, fish and dairy kept above 4 °C for more than two hours.
- Lost food: Hydro-Québec does not compensate weather outages; check your home insurance.
- Warming centres: your municipality opens them during major outages.
- Generator outdoors only, more than 6 m from windows and doors. Carbon monoxide has no smell.
- Never plug a generator into a wall outlet: power flows back into the grid and endangers line crews.
- Barbecue, camping propane heater, camp stove: outdoors, always.
- A battery-powered carbon monoxide detector is a must whenever a combustion appliance runs.
So the next one does not hit as hard
Never a barbecue, generator or camping heater indoors: carbon monoxide kills without a smell. An indoor-rated propane space heater runs with a window cracked open, a CO alarm nearby, never while sleeping.
Two ways to keep the power on: a portable battery for the fridge, the phone and a lamp, or an installed generator that takes over the whole house automatically.
Avoid the next outage: a generator installed by one of our certified contractors
An RBQ-licensed electrician in your area calls you back with a price. Automatic transfer switch, propane or natural gas, RBQ declaration included.