Montreal - Family Medicine
McGill UniversityMontreal, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 87
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 401–600
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
4 dates, 26 Jan – 3 Feb 2027
Montreal, 19 teaching sites · 8 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Post-match internal mini-match lets residents rank and be assigned among eight Montreal teaching sites.
From “FAQ” on the CaRMS page
Bilingual English/French patient care in Montreal, with French language courses provided to residents.
From “Additional information” on the CaRMS page
Required 8-week combined Procedural Skills / Family Medicine rotation.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- McGill's two-year Montreal family medicine program assigns residents through an internal mini-match to one of eight Montreal teaching sites.
- An 8-week rural rotation is mandatory in PGY2, with optional rural experience of up to six additional months.
- Instruction at the Montreal units is in English, but residents must be able to assess patients in French.
- Every resident must complete a critical appraisal/quality assurance project.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Urban community
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (8 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
- Training language
- English and French
- Enhanced skills
- Emergency Medicine
- Care of the Elderly
- Palliative Care
- Sport and Exercise Medicine
- Maternity and Newborn Care
- Hospital Medicine
- Clinician Scholar / Research
- Getting around
- A car is recommended
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- rural rotation (two-month)
- Emergency (4 weeks)
- Paediatric Ward (4 weeks)
- Paediatric Ambulatory Care (4 weeks)
- Paediatric ER (4 weeks)
- Hospital (Ward) Medicine (4 weeks)
- Obstetrics (4- 6 weeks site-dependent)
- Care of the Elderly (4 weeks)
- Palliative Care (4 weeks)
- Mental Health / Family Medicine (12 weeks)
- Emergency / Family Medicine (8 weeks)
- Hospital (Ward) / Family Medicine (8 weeks)
- Parent-Child (including Newborn Medicine) / Family Medicine (8 weeks)
- Procedural Skills / Family Medicine (8 weeks)
- elective rotations (4 weeks each)
- selective rotations (4 weeks)
Where you train
Montreal, Quebec: 19 teaching sites; 8 rural weeks. A car is recommended.
- CLSC Côte-des-Neiges
- CLSC Metro
- CLSC Parc- Extension
- Herzl Family Practice Centre
- St Mary's Family Medicine Centre
- The Queen Elizabeth Health Centre
- GMF-U Mednam Lachine (Lachine)
- GMF-U Lakeshore (Pointe Claire)
- Jewish General Hospital
- Montreal Children's Hospital
- McGill University Health Centre
- Montreal General Hospital
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- Royal Victoria Hospital
- Lachine (Lachine)
- Lasalle Hospitals (Lasalle)
- Shawville (Shawville · rural or distributed site)
- Wakefield (Wakefield · rural or distributed site)
- Maniwaki (Maniwaki · rural or distributed site)
- Val-d'Or (Val-d'Or · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: TELUS at 4 of 19; no published record for 15.
Hospital facts
Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.
- Clinical record
- TELUS (Oacis), since 2006, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Jewish General Hospital
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 37,934 · 2026–2027: 39,472
- Licensed beds
- physical health 516 · psychiatry 52 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 34
Montreal Children's Hospital
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 25,738 · 2026–2027: 26,552
McGill University Health Centre
Hôpital de Lachine (Montréal)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 8,296 · 2026–2027: 8,612
- Licensed beds
- physical health 56
Hôpital Général de Montréal (Montréal)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 14,039 · 2026–2027: 14,682
- Licensed beds
- physical health 236 · psychiatry 46
Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal (Montréal)
- Licensed beds
- physical health 90
Hôpital Royal Victoria (Montréal)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 19,799 · 2026–2027: 20,604
L'Hôpital de Montréal pour Enfants (Montréal)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 25,738 · 2026–2027: 26,552
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Montreal General Hospital
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 14,039 · 2026–2027: 14,682
- Licensed beds
- physical health 236 · psychiatry 46
Royal Victoria Hospital
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 19,799 · 2026–2027: 20,604
Lasalle Hospitals
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 11,354 · 2026–2027: 11,415
- Licensed beds
- physical health 110
About Montréal
People
1,762,949residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.9%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−9.2 °CJanuary mean21.7 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
How they choose
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- 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
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 26 and 28 Jan 2027; 1 and 3 Feb 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
None listed on the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) (read 20 Oct 2026) or on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026). Programs add sessions through the fall.
59 Family Medicine info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $58,728 / year |
| PGY-2 | $64,809 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 6 calls in an establishment per 28 days
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- 8 hours of mandatory rest after a work period
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 16 hours in an establishment in any 24-hour period
Benefits
- 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
After residency
Family doctors in Quebec are paid fee-for-service today. A new model, which pays for enrolled patients, visits and hours worked, is agreed but not in force yet. Every family doctor in the public plan needs a compliance notice (avis de conformité) for a territory in the medical-staffing plan (PTEM, formerly PREM), or a waiver that stands in for it. Compare provinces
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 1 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 positions open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
What this means
- A position can go unfilled because of where the site is, because it is open to IMGs only or to another restricted stream, or because the quota changed late.
- It says nothing about the quality of the training or how heavy the workload is.
- A site’s numbers are shown when it had positions open after round 1 in at least 2 of 8 years or at least 3 in one year.
Year by year
2027 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 87 | 2 years | 4 dates, 26 Jan – 3 Feb 2027 |
|
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 82 | 2 years | 4 dates, 27 Jan – 4 Feb 2026 |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
McGill University offers a fully accredited two-year Family Medicine residency program based in university family medicine group practices (GMF-U). The program provides comprehensive training across multiple clinical settings, emphasizing longitudinal patient care, coordinated specialty training, and rural medicine experiences.
- Research
- Active research division with multiple opportunities, including a required critical appraisal/quality assurance project and support for research initiatives.
- Training setting
- Urban and rural medical settings across Montreal and Quebec, including multiple teaching units with diverse patient populations in multicultural, bilingual environments.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education focused on lifelong learning, emphasizing progressive independence and comprehensive patient-centered care across diverse clinical contexts.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- FMProC score
- Medical school transcript
- Medical Student Performance Record
- Personal letter
- CV/Résumé
- Reference letters
- Interview performance
- Language skills
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Fanny Hersson-Edery
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Postgraduate Program Administrator, Postgraduate Program Manager
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing. Site staff and other contacts are listed there too.
Videos and podcasts
From residents
Public podcast episodes and videos where residents describe this program. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.
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