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des Faubourgs - Family Medicine

Université de Montréaldes Faubourgs, QuebecRegular stream

CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 8 Sep 2026 · See the 2026 version

2027 match programs, from CaRMS as of 5 Oct 2026. Programs can still change until file review opens 26 November; we re-check every two weeks. Always confirm on CaRMS (opens in a new tab).

Positions (approx. quota)
9 positions
Length
2 years
Stream
Regular
Discipline
Family Medicine
Applications per year
401–600
Applicants offered interviews
76–100%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
36114

Bands are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS. They describe past cycles, not your odds.

Summary

  • This is a 2-year French-language family medicine residency based at the CUMF des Faubourgs (Université de Montréal), where residents provide continuity of care to a patient group.
  • Training includes 12 weeks of emergency medicine, pediatric emergency at Ste-Justine, and an 8-week regional medicine rotation in the second year at sites such as Amos, Matagami and Sept-Îles.
  • A two-year scholarly project in research, knowledge transfer or quality improvement is mandatory.

Training

Setting
  • Urban community
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Rural / remote
Sites

9 teaching sites

  • CUMF des Faubourgs
  • Ste-Justine
  • CISSS Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Show all 9
  • CRSSS de la Baie-James
  • CISSS des Laurentides
  • CISSS de la Gaspésie
  • CISSS de la Côte-Nord
  • CIUSSS Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec
  • CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
Rural exposure
Required rural rotation (8 weeks)
Focus areas
  • Rural / remote
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project
Training language
French
Enhanced skills
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Palliative Care
  • Clinician Scholar / Research
  • Other
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Sport and Exercise Medicine
  • Maternity and Newborn Care
Highlights
  • Longitudinal follow-up of six pregnant women at the clinic, including attending the delivery and following the infants.
  • Joint virtual interviews shared by the three Quebec francophone family medicine programs, with an OSCE for IMGs.

By year

PGY-2
  • Stage en médecine en région8 semaines

From the program's rotation list.

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • médecine de famille (1ère année de résidence · 8 périodes)
  • médecine de famille (2 e année · 7 périodes)
  • Urgence (12 semaines)
  • unité d'hospitalisation de médecine familiale (6 à 8 semaines)
  • cardiologie et unité coronarienne (4 semaines)
  • obstétrique-périnatalité (4 semaines)
  • Soins aux aînés en établissement, clinique externe et à domicile (Activités sur les 2 années)
  • Soins palliatifs en établissement, clinique externe et à domicile (4 semaines et activités sur les 2 années)
  • Urgence à Ste-Justine (4 semaines · Ste-Justine)
  • Hospitalisation et ambulatoire (4 semaines)
  • Ambulatoire (activités sur les 2 années)
  • Option (12 semaines)
  • Stage de nuit/gardes de nuit

Selection

Application file components
  • Extra-curricular
  • Leadership skills
  • CV
  • Reference documents
  • MSPRs
  • Examinations
  • Personal letters
  • Research/Publications
  • Transcripts
  • Electives
  • Other file component(s)
Return of service
Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
IMG requirements
  • Recent clinical experience (within 4 years)
  • Observerships don’t count as clinical experience
  • “ECOS : 26 janvier 2027 (pour diplômés internationaux en médecine (DIM) seulement)”
Applications per year
401–600
Applicants offered interviews
76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)
19, 20, 21, 22 and 26 Jan 2027
Mode
Virtual
Format
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)

Programs can change interview dates. Confirm on carms.ca.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Annual salary by PGY level, Quebec
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$58,728 / year
PGY-2
$64,809 / year

One provincial scale for Quebec, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Benefits

Benefits as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024; check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Adoption leave
29 to 38 weeks55 to 75 % of salary
Annual vacation
20 days/year
Assistant Resident Coordinator
$425/month
Call Premium
$607/28 days
Conference leave
7 days pd/year
Dental Plan
Yes, available for a fee
Exam leave
Day (s) of the exam
Extended Health Insurance
Yes
Leave for death in family
From 1 to 5 days depending on the family member
Leave of absence without pay (exceptional measure)
12 months maximum
Life insurance
Yes
Long-Term disability insurance
Yes
Maternity leaveProvincial Program (RQAP*) and FMRQ **
21 weeks95 % of salary
Meals
Reduced feeFree during on-call duty
Pager
Provided by the establishment
Parental leave (time sharing between parents)
19 to 29 weeks55 to 75 % of salary
Parking
½ of doctors’ feeFree during on-call duty
Paternity leaveProvincial Program (RQAP) and FMRQ
1 week, 100% of salary3 to 5 weeks, 100% of salary(two options)
Professional Liability Insurance****(CPMA not applicable)
Yes (free)
Quebec Health Insurance Program / RAMQ***
Yes
Resident Coordinator
$583/month
Resuscitation courses and examination leave
Day of the course and of the exam, course paid
Sick leave
9.6 days pd / yearAnd reimbursement of days not taken
Statutory and floating holidays
13/year
Study leave
10 days pd/year
Superior Financial Programs
Yes
Teaching Premium
$240/28 days
Wedding leave
7 days paid + 7 days without pay

Call

Call (provincial max)
6 calls in an establishment per 28 days

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

FMRQ agreement, 1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2028.

Teaching sites

  • CUMF des Faubourgs
  • Ste-Justine
  • CISSS Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Amos · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS Abitibi-Témiscamingue (La Sarre · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Val D’Or · rural or distributed site)
  • CRSSS de la Baie-James (Matagami · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS des Laurentides (Mont-Laurier · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS des Laurentides (Rivière-Rouge · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS de la Gaspésie (Maria · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS de la Gaspésie (Paspébiac · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS de la Côte-Nord (Port-Cartier · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS de la Côte-Nord (Sept-Îles · rural or distributed site)
  • CIUSSS Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec (La Tuque · rural or distributed site)
  • CIUSSS Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec (Shawinigan · rural or distributed site)
  • CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (Dolbeau · rural or distributed site)
  • CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean (Roberval · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS des Laurentides (Lachute · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS des Laurentides (Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts · rural or distributed site)
  • CISSS des Laurentides (Saint-Eustache · rural or distributed site)

Hospital facts

Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program, and are not a ranking. We match names to the province’s lists by name, so check each source before you rely on it.

Ste-Justine

Matched to CHU Sainte-Justine (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits
2025–2026: 27,172 · 2026–2027: 27,007 Cumulative from 1 April to the end of period 5 of 13 (about 20 weeks) of each fiscal year. Not a yearly total: compare only the same period.
Licensed beds
physical health 333 · psychiatry 19 · neonatology 66 Capacity on the facility’s permit (au permis), by bed type, as of the 1 Oct 2026 extraction. Not staffed or open beds, and not added up across bed types.

Sources and licences

  • Contient de l'information fournie par le ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec et visée par CC BY 4.0. Données modifiées. (Contains information provided by the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec under CC BY 4.0. Data modified.)

Contacts

Grouped by the titles CaRMS lists. The program office (administrators and coordinators) usually answers questions about the program and applying; the director leads the training.

Program officeadministrators and coordinators

admission@medfam.umontreal.ca

Sonia Bellefleur · Personne contact du programme

Program directors

Site staffdirectors and coordinators at the teaching sites

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.

Location

des Faubourgs, Quebec

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