Rimouski - Médecine familiale

Université LavalRimouski, QuebecRegular stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved date not on file

From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version

Positions (approx. quota): 8 positions
Length: 2 years
Stream: Regular
Discipline: Médecine familiale
Applications per year: 401–600
Applicants offered interviews: 76–100%
Accreditation: Not stated on CaRMS page
CaRMS program ID: 30297

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

Summary

The Université Laval Family Medicine Residency Program in Rimouski aims to train comprehensive family physicians capable of providing high-quality, continuous healthcare. The program emphasizes professional responsibility, with a focus on practicing in areas outside major urban centers, and develops physicians who can provide holistic, patient-centered care.

Training

Research

Includes a scholarly project focused on continuous quality improvement of professional practice, supervised by a GMF-U teacher.

Training setting

Located in Rimouski, a regional center with a university campus, the program provides training in a community hospital setting with diverse patient populations and clinical experiences.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education focusing on progressive independence, holistic patient care, and development of comprehensive clinical skills across multiple medical domains.

Setting types

Community hospital
Group Medical Practice (GMF-U)
Regional medical center

Focus areas

Family Medicine
Rural Medicine
Primary Care
Comprehensive Healthcare
Community-Based Medicine

Patient populations

All age groups
Rural communities
Vulnerable populations
Carceral health populations
First Nations communities

Highlights

Simulation training at Centre Apprentiss
Introduction to targeted ultrasound training
Musculoskeletal training
Personalized track options (Pedagogy, Lifestyle Medicine, Socially Engaged Residents)
Pedagogical support throughout residency
Resident involvement in program improvement committees

Strengths

Extensive clinical exposure
Diverse training sites
Strong emphasis on rural medicine
Comprehensive clinical skills development
Flexible training with optional tracks
Strong mentorship and pedagogical support

Enhanced skills

Emergency Medicine
Palliative Medicine
Sports and Exercise Medicine
Geriatric Care
Clinician Scholar
Perinatal Care
Chronic Pain Management

By year

PGY-1

Médecine familialeGMF-U et milieu hospitalier / incluant hospitalisation2 x 3 mois
Médecine interne mixte (cardiologie)milieu hospitalier1 mois
Urgencemilieu hospitalier1 mois
Périnatalitémilieu hospitalier1 mois
Pédiatriemilieu hospitalier1 mois
Discipline médicalemilieu hospitalier1 mois
Option1 mois

PGY-2

Médecine familialeGMF-U et milieu hospitalier / incluant hospitalisation2 x 3 mois
Médecine familiale région(1 des 2 mois peut être remplacé par une spécialité en région)Dans un milieu du réseau de l'Université Laval de la région de Québec ou en région2 mois
Optionà Rimouski ou autre2 x 1 mois
Psychiatriemilieu hospitalier1 mois
Soins aux personnes âgéesmilieu hospitalier1 mois

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CProMF exam
Medical Student Performance Record (DREM)
Interview performance
Clinical stage evaluations
Mid-stage assessments

Applications per year

401–600

Applicants offered interviews

76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 20 janvier 2026; 21 janvier 2026; 22 janvier 2026; 23 janvier 2026; 27 janvier 2026

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
Level	Annual 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

CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent – Réseau local de services de Rimouski-Neigette

Unfilled positions in past years

Open after round 1 in 4 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 5 of 9 years.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: Rimouski.

Positions at this site, all streams, still open after round 1 and after round 2, by year. Each count above zero links to the CaRMS list page it comes from.
Year	Open after round 1	Open after round 2
2018	not available	2 positions open after round 2 in 2018, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2019	0	0
2020	0	0
2021	0	0
2022	4 positions open after round 1 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	4 positions open after round 2 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2023	0	0
2024	3 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	3 positions open after round 2 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2025	6 positions open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	5 positions open after round 2 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2026	4 positions open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	4 positions open after round 2 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)

CaRMS’s first-round list for 2018 was not found, so round 1 is counted over 8 years and round 2 over 9.

Quebec: different match process, not directly comparable.

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. Verify with the CaRMS lists. Source: CaRMS’s lists of positions open after round 1 and after round 2, as read in October 2026 (latest: 2026 round 1 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab), 2026 round 2 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab)). 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.

Contacts

Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.

The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).

Location

Rimouski, Quebec

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: −11.0 °C Rimouski, 0.9 km away
July average: 18.6 °C Rimouski, 0.9 km away
Snowfall: 279.2 cm a year Rimouski, 0.9 km away
Days below −20 °C: 16.2 days a year Mont-Joli, 28.6 km away

People

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

Population: 48,935 people up 0.6% from 2016
Official languages: English only 0.1% · French only 71.8% · English and French 28.0% · neither 0.1% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 2.4% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 0.8% · non-permanent residents: 1.0%
Indigenous identity: 1.7% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 87.8% · public transit 0.9% · walking or cycling 9.4% · other 2.0% Average commute: 14.1 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: $66,000 before tax $58,000 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: Rimouski, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 38,708 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.333 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.
Student loan forgiveness: Family medicine here may qualify for up to $60,000 of Canada Student Loan forgiveness. Eligibility depends on the postal code of where you work: check the official postal-code lookup. Postal-code lookup(opens in a new tab)Time-limited: this place meets only the previous community definition, which stays in place “until November 1, 2027 or the day that is 6 months after the day on which a census is published by Statistics Canada, whichever is later”.

Housing, cost and work

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

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.

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 general practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for general practitioners and family physicians, 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.
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.
Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Student Loan Forgiveness (Canada.ca), page dated 2026-06-03.
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.

Independent. Not affiliated with CaRMS or the program. Programs edit their descriptions during the match; confirm on carms.ca (opens in a new tab) before you apply. Data last updated on CdnMD 5 Oct 2026.