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Montreal - Neurology

McGill UniversityMontreal, QuebecRegular stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 9 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)
3 positions
Length
5 years
Stream
Regular
Discipline
Neurology
Applications per year
51–200
Applicants offered interviews
26–50%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
35492

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

Summary

  • McGill's adult neurology residency is a 5-year program in which residents rotate through several Montreal hospitals and an outpatient neurology clinic.
  • All residents complete six protected periods of neuroscience research and a PGY-3 quality improvement project.
  • The program takes about 4-5 residents per year, and residents follow patients over time in a Longitudinal Neurology Resident Clinic.

Training

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
Sites

6 teaching sites

  • Montreal Neurological Hospital (MNH)
  • McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) - Montreal General Hospital site (MGH)
  • MUHC - Royal Victoria Hospital/Glen site (RVH)
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  • Jewish General Hospital (JGH)
  • Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH)
  • Montreal Neuro Clinic at 5100 De Maisonneuve Ouest
Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Focus areas
  • Small program
Research
Required · research project · protected time
Training language
English and French
Highlights
  • Six protected periods of dedicated neuroscience research for every resident.
  • Optional travel with staff to northern Quebec communities such as Kuujjuaq and Povernituq.

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Neurology General CTU (Transition to Discipline (TtD) · 1 period)
  • Neurology Consult (Transition to Discipline (TtD) · 1 period)
  • Internal Medicine CTU (Transition to Discipline (TtD) · 1 period)
  • Neurology Consult (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 3 periods)
  • Neurology Stroke CTU (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 2 periods)
  • Neurology General CTU (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 2 periods)
  • Neurology Outpatient Clinics (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 2 periods)
  • Electives (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 2 periods)
  • Neurology ICU (NICU) (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Neuroradiology (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Junior EMG (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Internal Medicine ICU (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Internal Medicine CTU (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Internal Medicine Consult (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Cardiology Consult/CCU (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Emergency Medicine (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Rheumatology Consult (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Endocrinology Consult (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Psychiatry Consult/Liaison (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · 1 period)
  • Neurology Longitudinal Clinic (Foundation of Discipline (FoD) · Continuous (as of PGY2))
  • Neuroscience Research (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 6 periods)
  • Electives (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 3 periods)
  • Neurology Consult (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 4 periods)
  • Neurology General CTU (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 3 periods)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 3 periods)
  • Neurology Stroke CTU (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 2 periods)
  • Neurology Outpatient Clinics (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 2 periods)
  • Neurology Epilepsy CTU (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 2 periods)
  • Senior EMG (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 2 periods)
  • EEG (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 1 period)
  • Palliative Care (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 1 period)
  • Physiatry (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 1 period)
  • Community Neurology (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 1 period)
  • Internal Medicine Subspecialty (Core of Discipline (CoD) · 1 period)
  • Neurology Longitudinal Clinic (Core of Discipline (CoD) · Continuous)
  • Neurology Consult (Transition to Practice (TtP) · 2 (includes 4 weeks junior staff))
  • Electives (Transition to Practice (TtP) · 3 periods)
  • Neurology Stroke CTU (Transition to Practice (TtP) · 1 period)
  • Neurology General CTU (Transition to Practice (TtP) · 1 period)
  • Neurology Outpatient Clinics (Transition to Practice (TtP) · 1 period)
  • Neurology Longitudinal Clinic (Transition to Practice (TtP) · Continuous)

Selection

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.
Applications per year
51–200
Applicants offered interviews
26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)
27 and 28 Jan 2027
Mode
Virtual
Format
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)
  • MMI or rotating station

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
PGY-3
$70,890 / year
PGY-4
$76,969 / year
PGY-5
$83,050 / year

One provincial scale for Quebec, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 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

  • Montreal Neurological Hospital (MNH) (Montreal)
  • McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) - Montreal General Hospital site (MGH) (Montreal)
  • MUHC - Royal Victoria Hospital/Glen site (RVH) (Montreal)
  • Jewish General Hospital (JGH) (Montreal)
  • Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH) (Montreal)
  • Montreal Neuro Clinic at 5100 De Maisonneuve Ouest (Montreal)

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.

Montreal Neurological Hospital (MNH)

Matched to Hôpital Neurologique de Montréal (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Licensed beds
physical health 90 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.

McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) - Montreal General Hospital site (MGH)

Matched to Hôpital Général de Montréal (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits
2025–2026: 14,039 · 2026–2027: 14,682 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 236 · psychiatry 46 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.

MUHC - Royal Victoria Hospital/Glen site (RVH)

Matched to Hôpital Royal Victoria (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits
2025–2026: 19,799 · 2026–2027: 20,604 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.
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Jewish General Hospital (JGH)

Matched to Hôpital Général Juif (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits
2025–2026: 37,934 · 2026–2027: 39,472 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 516 · psychiatry 52 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 34 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.

Montreal Children's Hospital (MCH)

Matched to L'Hôpital de Montréal pour Enfants (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits
2025–2026: 25,738 · 2026–2027: 26,552 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.

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

residency.neurology@mcgill.ca

Sabrina Pope · Coordinator, Neurology Program

Program director

  • Dr. Stuart Lubarsky

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

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

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Location

Montreal, Quebec

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About the city

Public statistics for the place named by this program’s location label, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not the program, and are not a ranking. Check each source before you rely on it.

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average
−9.2 °C Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away
July average
21.7 °C Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away
Snowfall
216.6 cm a year Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away
Days below −20 °C
12.0 days a year Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away

People

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

Population
1,762,949 people up 3.4% from 2016
Official languages
English only 11.9% · French only 27.2% · English and French 58.5% · neither 2.4% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants
33.4% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 6.0% · non-permanent residents: 7.5%
Indigenous identity
0.9% of residents
How people commute
car, truck or van 56.7% · public transit 28.4% · walking or cycling 13.0% · other 1.9% Average commute: 28.4 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
$63,600 before tax $56,000 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural and remote

This describes the place named by the program’s location label. Programs can train in several towns, so it is not every site.

Population centre
Montréal, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 3,675,219 people in 2021
Remoteness index
0.030 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

Housing, cost and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area.

Rental vacancy rate
2.9% October 2025 survey, Montréal, Quebec (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living
$50,287 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Montréal, Québec, 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.
Unemployment rate
6.8% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Montréal, Quebec (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.4 points. A survey estimate.

Job outlook

Employment and Social Development Canada’s rating for the occupation in the economic region. It is not a count of jobs, and says nothing about CaRMS positions or your match.

Outlook, 2025–2027
Good The employment outlook will be Good for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the census metropolitan area of Montréal for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033
Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine, 2024–2033. Recent conditions, 2021–2023: Strong signs of Shortage.

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 34-10-0130-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS), 2024 to 2033 projections).
  • Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 3-Year Employment Outlooks).
  • 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, Table 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • 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.
  • 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, 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.

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