Montreal - Anesthesiology
Université de MontréalMontreal, Quebec
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 101
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Regular RoS stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
2 dates, 3–4 Feb 2027
Not stated on the Regular RoS stream’s CaRMS page
Montreal, 8 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Pulmonology rotation in Chicoutimi with notable bronchoscopy exposure.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- The Université de Montréal anesthesiology residency is a five-year program structured in four competency-based stages.
- Anesthesia rotations are spread across seven sites, including Montreal hospitals and regional hospitals in Trois-Rivières and Saint-Jérôme, with pulmonology at Chicoutimi.
- A mandatory research rotation has residents take part in all stages of a research project.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Required · research project · protected time
- Training language
- French
By year
- PGY-4
- neuro-chirurgie
- thoracique
- cardiaque
- vasculaire
- pédiatrie
- obstétrique
- douleur chronique
- soins intensifs de l'adulte
Other rotations
- introduction à l'anesthésiologie clinique (Transition vers la discipline · cinq (5) périodes)
- urgence pédiatrique (Transition vers la discipline)
- ORL (Transition vers la discipline)
- obstétrique (Transition vers la discipline)
- unité coronarienne (Transition vers la discipline)
- soins intensifs de l'adulte (Transition vers la discipline)
- anesthésie multi-spécialité (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- anesthésie régionale (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- anesthésie obstétricale (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- anesthésie pédiatrique (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- prise en charge des voies aériennes (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- Transition vers la pratique (Transition vers la pratique)
- pneumologie (hôpital de Chicoutimi)
- échographie de surface
- échographie transoesophagienne
- stage de banque de sang
- stage de recherche
- PGY-4
- neuro-chirurgie
- thoracique
- cardiaque
- vasculaire
- pédiatrie
- obstétrique
- douleur chronique
- soins intensifs de l'adulte
Other rotations
- introduction à l'anesthésiologie clinique (Transition vers la discipline · cinq (5) périodes)
- urgence pédiatrique (Transition vers la discipline)
- ORL (Transition vers la discipline)
- obstétrique (Transition vers la discipline)
- unité coronarienne (Transition vers la discipline)
- soins intensifs de l'adulte (Transition vers la discipline)
- anesthésie multi-spécialité (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- anesthésie régionale (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- anesthésie obstétricale (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- anesthésie pédiatrique (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- prise en charge des voies aériennes (Fondements de l'anesthésiologie)
- Transition vers la pratique (Transition vers la pratique)
- stage de pneumologie (hôpital de Chicoutimi)
- échographie de surface
- échographie transoesophagienne
- stage de banque de sang
- stage de recherche
Where you train
Montreal, Quebec: 8 teaching sites.
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) (Montréal)
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (HMR) (Montréal)
- CHU Sainte-Justine (HSJ) (Montréal)
- Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal (Montréal)
- Institut de cardiologie de Montréal (ICM) (Montréal)
- Chicoutimi (Chicoutimi · rural or distributed site)
- Trois-Rivières (CHRTR) (Trois-Rivières · rural or distributed site)
- Saint-Jérôme (Saint-Jérôme · rural or distributed site)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (Montréal)
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Montréal)
- Centre Hospitalier Sainte-Justine (Montréal)
- Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal (Montréal)
- Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (Montréal)
- Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire de Trois-Rivières (Trois-Rivières · rural or distributed site)
- Hôpital régional de Saint-Jérôme (Saint-Jérôme · rural or distributed site)
- hôpital de Chicoutimi (Chicoutimi · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites, all streams: DCi-ChartMaxx at 2 of 16, Epic at 4, TELUS at 2; no published record for 8.
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
- Epic: Dossier santé numérique (DSN), fully electronic record since May 2026
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
- Clinical record
- OACIS (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 30,754 · 2026–2027: 32,697
- Licensed beds
- physical health 732 · psychiatry 38 · neonatology 10
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (HMR)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 26,902 · 2026–2027: 29,102
- Licensed beds
- physical health 507 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 26
CHU Sainte-Justine (HSJ)
- Clinical record
- DCi-ChartMaxx (dossier clinique informatisé), fully electronic record since May 2014
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 27,172 · 2026–2027: 27,007
- Licensed beds
- physical health 333 · psychiatry 19 · neonatology 66
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Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 27,285 · 2026–2027: no row in the file
- Licensed beds
- physical health 420 · geriatrics 20
Institut de cardiologie de Montréal (ICM)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 8,656 · 2026–2027: 8,991
- Licensed beds
- physical health 153
Trois-Rivières (CHRTR)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 24,070 · 2026–2027: no row in the file
- Licensed beds
- physical health 432 · psychiatry 29 · neonatology 12
Quebec's Dossier santé numérique is live at two regional health authorities only (Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal and Mauricie-et-Centre-du-Québec). No date is published for the other establishments.
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
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- CV
- Reference documents
- MSPRs
- Examinations
- Personal letters
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Electives
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match), Regular stream
- 3 and 4 Feb 2027
- Interview dates (2027 match), Regular RoS stream
- Not stated on the Regular RoS stream’s CaRMS page
- Format, Regular stream
- Virtual
- Panel
- Format, Regular RoS stream
- Panel
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.
11 Anesthesiology info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual 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 |
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
Past matches
No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.
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 | 10 | 5 years | 2 dates, 3–4 Feb 2027 |
|
| Regular RoS stream | 1 | 5 years |
|
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 11 | 5 years | 2 dates as the CaRMS page writes them |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Université de Montréal Anesthesiology program trains confident anesthesiologists who have been recognized worldwide for years.
- The program offers the most diverse and rich clinical exposure in Quebec, high-quality teaching by experts, and a collegial spirit that fosters residents' skill acquisition, professionalism, and well-being.
- Research
- Mandatory research stage where residents actively participate in all stages of a research project, with opportunities for clinical research formation and presentations.
- Training setting
- Urban academic medical centers in Montreal and regional hospitals, including seven distinct training sites across Quebec, offering comprehensive and diverse clinical exposure.
- Teaching approach
- Competence by Design (CBD) approach focusing on progressive skill acquisition, frequent formative evaluations, and resident-centered pedagogical methods.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Clinical performance during mandatory and elective rotations
- Research involvement
- Interview performance
- Anesthesia Knowledge Test (AKT)
- Basic Science Course results
- Research project
- Quality improvement project
- CanNASC Simulation
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr(e) Sandra LesageDirectrice de programme
Arnaud RobitailleDirecteur adjoint de programme, Directeur du comité d'admission
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Anesthesiology elsewhere
Nearest to Montreal
- Bilingual
- Bilingual
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