Residency in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec

1 program lists Rouyn-Noranda as where they train in 2027 (R-1 match), at 1 school. They state 5 positions in all.

42,313
Population, 2021
about 7 h 30 min
Drive to a city of 100,000+
about 20 min drive
Airport with scheduled flights
8 h 20 min to 16 h 05 min
Shortest and longest day

1 program in 2027 · 1 school

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The Fontaine du cinquantenaire in Rouyn-Noranda, a water sculpture with flower beds beside the lake — Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.0(opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons(opens in a new tab)

Key numbers for Rouyn-Noranda

Winter

−15.1 °CJanuary mean8 h 20 mindaylight on 21 Dec

43.7 days a year below −20 °C

Daily means, 1991–2020 normals, Rouyn, 1.4 km away.

Snowfall not reported by a station within 100 km.

Notice: 30 or more days a year below −20 °C.

Summer

18.3 °CJuly mean16 h 05 mindaylight on 21 Jun

Daily means, 1991–2020 normals, Rouyn, 1.4 km away.

Drive to a city of 100,000+

about 7 h 30 minby road

To Barrie, 536 km. A free-flow estimate: no traffic, weather or ferry waits.

Notice: 4 h or more by road to a city of 100,000+.

Airport with scheduled flights

about 20 minby road

To Rouyn Noranda Airport (YUY), 14.3 km away in a straight line.

Rent vs PGY-1 pay

not published for this area

CMHC’s rent survey has no one-bedroom figure for an area that names only Rouyn-Noranda. Ask the program or the school about housing.

Ochre marks a figure past a fixed line below, and nothing else. Places are not compared with each other.

The lines: under 8 h of daylight on 21 Dec; 17 h or more on 21 Jun; 30 or more days a year below −20 °C; 4 h or more by road to a city of 100,000+; 90 min or more by road to the airport; rent at 30% or more of gross PGY-1 pay.

Programs in Rouyn-Noranda

2027 programs whose location label names Rouyn-Noranda, grouped by match, disciplines A to Z.

R-1 match 1 program

Rouyn-Noranda - Family Medicine
Université de SherbrookeRegular
5 positions · 2 yrs

Living in Rouyn-Noranda

Public statistics for this place, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not any program. Check each source before you rely on it.

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Photo: L'Enfant Lumière, œuvre de Karine Berthiaume, photographiée par Nathalie Toulouse, photographe professionnelle. · CC BY 4.0(opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons(opens in a new tab)
Photo: Dalloss · CC BY-SA 4.0(opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons(opens in a new tab)

Photos of Rouyn-Noranda from Wikimedia Commons, openly licensed and credited under each. They show the place, not the program.

Where it is and getting around

Map of the area around Rouyn-Noranda, with dashed rings 10 km and 50 km from the centre and the airport YUY marked. — The dashed rings are 10 km and 50 km from the centre of the place. This is a picture, not a live map.
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: YUY, 14 km away in a straight line.
Open on the map (the map page, with this province selected)

Drive times are free-flow estimates on roads from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), rounded: no traffic, weather or ferry waits.

Nearest population centre of 100,000 or more: Barrie had 154,676 people in 2021 435 km in a straight line.
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: 21.3 km by road Scheduled service as listed by OurAirports; check the airport for current routes.

Weather and daylight

Average temperature, °C

Daily mean, 1991–2020 normals at Rouyn, 1.4 km away.

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Monthly climate normals, 1991–2020, from Rouyn
Month	Average temperature (°C)	Days below −20 °C
January	−15.1	16.0
February	−13.3	13.6
March	−6.8	6.2
April	1.4	0.1
May	10.1	0.0
June	15.8	0.0
July	18.3	0.0
August	16.7	0.0
September	12.6	0.0
October	5.3	0.0
November	−2.5	0.5
December	−10.2	7.3
Whole year	2.7	43.7

Hours of daylight

Sunrise to sunset on the 15th of each month, computed from the latitude (48.26° N). Hills and cloud are not counted.

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Daylight, sunrise to sunset, computed from latitude
Day	Daylight
January 15	8 h 45 min
February 15	10 h 11 min
March 15	11 h 48 min
April 15	13 h 37 min
May 15	15 h 10 min
June 15	16 h 03 min
July 15	15 h 44 min
August 15	14 h 23 min
September 15	12 h 40 min
October 15	10 h 56 min
November 15	9 h 17 min
December 15	8 h 22 min
21 Dec, shortest day	8 h 20 min
21 Jun, longest day	16 h 05 min

Things to do nearby

Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within a set distance of the town centre. A count, not a rating.

In town, within 10 km

60parks
10playgrounds
1ice rink
none mappedfor swimming pools with a name
none mappedfor climbing places
2libraries
2museums
3theatres
1cinema
none mappedfor arts centres
none mappedfor music venues
none mappedfor markets

Outdoors, within 50 km

2protected areas with a name
4nature reserves with a name
293lakes with a name
11beaches
19campsites
1ski area
3golf courses

Protected and conserved areas on the official list within 50 km: 60.

Nearest mapped ski area: Raven Mountain, 41 km in a straight line.

On foot and by bike, within 25 km

228 kmof footpaths
150 kmof signed hiking and bike routes

Lengths of mapped paths and signed routes follow how much has been mapped locally more than how much trail there is.

Counts what volunteers have mapped, not everything that exists; small and northern towns are often under-mapped, so “none mapped” is not “none”.

Map data from OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab), available under the Open Database License (opens in a new tab).

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Age

Median age 42.0. People aged 20 to 39: 25.2%.

0 to 14 17.3%
15 to 64 63.0%
65 and over 19.7%

Municipality of Rouyn-Noranda, 2021 Census.

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Age of residents, 2021 Census
Age group	Share of residents
0 to 14	17.3%
15 to 64	63.0%
65 and over	19.7%
20 to 39 (inside 15 to 64)	25.2%
Median age	42.0 years

Official languages people can speak

English only 0.3%
English and French 35.9%
French only 63.8%
Neither 0.0%

Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. Not the language spoken at home.

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Official languages residents can speak, 2021 Census
Can speak	Share of residents
English only	0.3%
English and French	35.9%
French only	63.8%
Neither	0.0%

Immigrants: 1.8% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 0.5% · non-permanent residents: 1.0%
Indigenous identity: 3.3% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 85.7% · public transit 1.2% · walking or cycling 9.2% · other 3.9% Average commute: 20.2 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income: $76,000 before tax $64,500 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural context, housing and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area. These describe the place, not every site a program trains in.

Population centre: Rouyn-Noranda, a small population centre (1,000 to 29,999 people) 23,186 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.363 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.
Rental vacancy rate: 1.0% October 2025 survey, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $46,852 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Quebec, population 30,000 to 99,999, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0132-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
Computed from latitude.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (December 2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, table 98-10-0011-01, and the 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Map data from OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Airport data from OurAirports (public domain).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, table 98-10-0022-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Photographs: Wikimedia Commons. Each photo is credited under it with its author and licence (CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA or public domain). Resized and re-encoded as WebP; not cropped.
Map data from OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
Airport data from OurAirports (public domain).

Across Quebec

A page for each specialty trained in Rouyn-Noranda lists its programs across Quebec, school by school.

Family Medicine in Quebec

Nearby places

Places with a page within 300 km of Rouyn-Noranda in a straight line, nearest first; not a driving distance.

AmosQuebec · about 75 km
Val-d'OrQuebec · about 90 km
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TimminsOntario · about 175 km
West NipissingOntario · about 220 km

Other places in Quebec 28

Places with a page, A to Z.

A program’s streams share one row, and a quota two of its streams both state is counted once in the totals. Positions are the quotas each program page states; a program that states none is not counted as zero. CdnMD is independent of CaRMS: confirm everything on carms.ca (opens in a new tab).