Val d'Or - Family Medicine
McGill UniversityVal d'Or, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 6
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
3 dates, 2–4 Feb 2027
Val d'Or, 2 teaching sites · required rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Horizontal curriculum: 17 of 26 periods are spent in longitudinal GMF-U Super blocks.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Serves eastern Abitibi, including Algonquin communities and the Cree population of James Bay.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Family physicians cover the emergency department, inpatient care and obstetrics at the hospital.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This two-year McGill family medicine program is based at the GMF-U de la Vallée-de-l'Or and the Centre Hospitalier de Val-d'Or, with training in French.
- Most of residency (17 of 26 periods) is spent in longitudinal GMF-U Super blocks, supplemented by 9 periods of block rotations including 5 elective periods.
- A critical appraisal or quality-of-care project is mandatory.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Regional community
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Indigenous health
- Small program
- Procedural emphasis
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
- Training language
- French
- Enhanced skills
- Emergency Medicine
- Care of the Elderly
- Palliative Care
- Sport and Exercise Medicine
- Maternity and Newborn Care
- Hospital Medicine
- Clinician Scholar / Research
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Super bloc GMF-U (17 périodes · GMF-U de la Vallée-de-l’Or)
- urgence (1 période)
- obstétrique (1 période)
- pédiatrie ambulatoire (1 période)
- stage sélectif (1 période)
- stages optionnels (5 périodes)
Where you train
Val d'Or, Quebec: 2 teaching sites; required rural rotation.
- Centre Hospitalier de Val-d'Or (Val-d'Or)
- GMF-U de la Vallée-de-l‘Or (Val-d'Or)
Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 2 of 2.
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.
Centre Hospitalier de Val-d'Or
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 11,299 · 2026–2027: 11,152
- Licensed beds
- physical health 73 · geriatrics 8
About Val-d'Or
People
32,752residents, 2021 Census
Housing
1.0%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−16.3 °CJanuary mean17.7 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
How they choose
- 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
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 2, 3 and 4 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 8 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 8 of 9 years.
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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 | 6 | 2 years | 3 dates, 2–4 Feb 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 5 | 2 years | 2 dates as the CaRMS page writes them |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The GMF-U of Vallée-de-l'Or is a unique and friendly training environment for becoming a versatile and competent family physician.
- The curriculum provides quality exposure to acute intra-hospital care and technical procedures, with an interesting number of elective rotations for those seeking to acquire specific expertise during their training.
- Research
- Mandatory critical evaluation/quality of care project, with additional opportunities for interested residents to engage in research projects.
- Training setting
- CISSS de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Val-d'Or, primarily at the Val-d'Or Hospital Center and the GMF-U of Vallée-de-l'Or, serving eastern Abitibi and some Algonquin and Cree communities.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education focused on developing autonomous, polyvalent family physicians through progressive, integrated learning experiences that mirror real-world medical practice.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic performance
- Reference letters
- Personal letter
- CV
- Interview performance
- Clinical skills
- Communication abilities
- French language proficiency
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr(e) Fanny Hersson-Edery
Dr. Francis VenneDirecteur de l'enseignement
CaRMS lists no email for the directors.
- Program office
Responsable la coordination de l’enseignement, Responable de la coordination de l'enseignement, Gestionnaire, enseignement postdoctoral
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.
Family Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Val d'Or
- Rural
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