Montreal - Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology

Université de MontréalMontreal, QuebecRegular stream

Approx. quota: 3 positions
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 0–50
Offered interviews: 76–100%

Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

1 date, 4 Feb 2027virtual

Montreal, 5 teaching sites

Program website CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Training includes exposure to digital pathology and artificial intelligence.
From “Selection criteria” on the CaRMS page

This is a 5-year diagnostic and molecular pathology residency at Université de Montréal, with rotations at CHUM, CHU Sainte-Justine and Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont.
The first year includes clinical rotations in surgery, dermatology and gynecologic oncology, plus a one-period research block.
Training includes exposure to digital pathology/artificial intelligence and molecular pathology.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

What training looks like

Setting: Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural exposure: Not stated on CaRMS page
Research: Required · research project · protected time
Training language: French

By year

PGY-1: Pathologie mammaireCHUM/HMR2 périodes
Chirurgie oncologiqueCHUM/HSJ/HMR1 période
DermatologieCHUM/HSJ/HMR1 période
Gynéco-oncologieCHUM/HSJ/HMR1 période
Stage de nuit en chirurgieCHUM/HSJ/HMR1 période
Stage de clinique au choixCHUM/HSJ/HMR1 période
Stage d’introduction en médecine de laboratoireCHUM1 période
Pathologie médico-chirurgicale 1CHUM/HSJ/HMR1 période
Recherche1 période
DermatopathologieHSJ1 période
ThoraciqueCHUM1 période
Congèle macroCHUM/HSJ/HMR1 période
PGY-2: AutopsieCHUM2 périodes
Génito-urinaireCHUM/HMR2 périodes
GI-HépatoCHUM/HMR2 périodes
GynécopathologieCHUM/HMR2 périodes
CytopathologieCHUM/HMR2 périodes
HématopathologieCHUM/HMR1 période
ORLCHUM/HMR1 période
Stage en pathologie au choix1 période
PGY-3: Stages de surspécialités au choix3 périodes
Biologie moléculaireHSJ et CHUM/HMR2 périodes
Introduction à la cytopathologieCHUM/HMR2 périodes consécutives
Pathologie pédiatrique2 périodes consécutives
Pathologie judiciaire1 période
Pathologie thoracique et cardiovasculaireCHUM1 période
HématopathologieCHUM/HMR1 période
Pathologie ORLCHUM/HMR1 période
PGY-4: Stages de surspécialité, niveau avancé au choix11 périodes
Neuropathologie2 périodes
GI-Hépato
Génito-urinaire
Gynécopathologie
Pathologie ORL
Pathologie thoracique et cardiovasculaire
Hématopathologie
Pathologie mammaire
Dermatopathologie
Cytopathologie
Pathologie os et tissus mous
Pathologie rénale
Pathologie médicale et chirurgicale avancée
Stage de révision
Pathologie pédiatrique
Recherche
Stage hors-réseau
Stage en région éloigné
Pathologie judiciaire
Stage ‘congés accumulés’
PGY-5: Stages de surspécialité, niveau avancé au choix11 périodes
Transition à la pratique2 périodes consécutives obligatoires
GI-Hépato
Génito-urinaire
Gynécopathologie
Pathologie ORL
Pathologie thoracique et cardiovasculaire
Hématopathologie
Pathologie mammaire
Dermatopathologie
Cytopathologie
Pathologie os et tissus mous
Pathologie rénale
Pathologie médicale et chirurgicale avancée
Pathologie pédiatrique
Neuropathologie
Recherche
Stage hors-réseau
Stage en région éloigné
Pathologie judiciaire
Transition à la pratique
Stage ‘congés accumulés’

✓ = the CaRMS page states it; – = not stated. From the program description and its rotation list.

Where you train

Montreal, Quebec: 5 teaching sites.

CHUM
CHU Sainte-Justine
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale
Pierre-Boucher (CSSS)

Record systems at the listed sites: DCi-ChartMaxx at 1 of 5, TELUS at 1; no published record for 3.

Hospital facts

4 sites · public figures and clinical record systems where they are published

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.

How to read the figures

Emergency visits. 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. 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.

CHUM

Clinical record: OACIS (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 30,754 · 2026–2027: 32,697
Licensed beds: physical health 732 · psychiatry 38 · neonatology 10

CHU Sainte-Justine

Clinical record: DCi-ChartMaxx (dossier clinique informatisé), fully electronic record since May 2014 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to CHU Sainte-Justine (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 27,172 · 2026–2027: 27,007
Licensed beds: physical health 333 · psychiatry 19 · neonatology 66

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Matched to Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 26,902 · 2026–2027: 29,102
Licensed beds: physical health 507 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 26

Show facts for 1 more sites

Pierre-Boucher (CSSS)

Matched to Hôpital Pierre-Boucher (Longueuil) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 23,690 · 2026–2027: 24,579
Licensed beds: physical health 334 · psychiatry 35 · neonatology 15

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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.)

About Montréal

People
1,762,949residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Montréal
Housing
2.9%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Montréal, Quebec (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
−9.2 °CJanuary mean21.7 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Montréal (its page: housing, getting around, weather, things to do, and every program that names it)

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them. City figures are public statistics for the place named by the location; they describe the place, not the program.

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.
IMG requirements: Recent clinical experience (within 4 years)
Observerships don’t count as clinical experience

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 4 Feb 2027
Format: Virtual
Traditional (one on one/two on one)
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.

3 Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology info sessions at other programs All info sessions

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). One provincial scale for Quebec, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Quebec
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

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (as the program states it): In-house call · night float
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

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. FMRQ agreement, 1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2028. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Benefits

28 lines as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024: Adoption leave, Annual vacation, Assistant Resident Coordinator, and more

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

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

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

Show the table, with round 2

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	0
2019	2 positions open after round 1 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	1 position open after round 2 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2020	0	0
2021	1 position open after round 1 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	1 position open after round 2 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2022	0	0
2023	0	0
2024	0	0
2025	0	0
2026	0	0

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.

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.

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)).

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews	What changed
Regular stream	3	5 years	1 date, 4 Feb 2027Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
Regular streamMontreal - Pathologie diagnostique et moléculaire	3	5 years	1 date as the CaRMS page writes it

The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description

The Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology residency program at the Université de Montréal aims to prepare students for pathology practice and equip them with the skills and knowledge to pass the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada specialty certification exams.
The program provides exposure to digital pathology/artificial intelligence and molecular pathology, enabling residents to adapt to emerging challenges in diagnostic and molecular pathology.

Research: Dedicated research periods integrated into the curriculum, with opportunities for research in various pathology subspecialties
Training setting: Training occurs across multiple hospital sites in Montreal, including CHUM, CHU Sainte-Justine, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, and the Forensic Science and Forensic Medicine Laboratory.
Teaching approach: Competency-based medical education focusing on progressive independence, with an emphasis on microscopy skills, autonomous learning, and rigorous work practices.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Academic performance
Reference letters
Optional stage performance
Interview performance
Research achievements

Positions, length and interviews as each match’s CaRMS pages stated them; what changed from our comparison of the two matches and our readings of the 2027 pages.

Contacts and links

Program director: Dr(e) François GougeonDirecteur du programme
Faculty profile of Dr(e) François Gougeon(opens in a new tab)
Source: pathologie.umontreal.ca · checked Oct 2026
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Administratrice
Email on the CaRMS page(opens in a new tab)

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

Program websiteWebsite This program on CaRMS

Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology elsewhere

Nearest to Montreal

Montreal - Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology, McGillMcGill University
Montreal · 0 km
2 positions · Regular
Bilingual
Sherbrooke - Diagnostic and Molecular PathologyUniversité de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke · 131 km
3 positions · Regular
Québec - Diagnostic and Molecular PathologyUniversité Laval
Québec · 233 km
3 positions · Regular

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 2 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36058 · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

The Applications per year and Offered interviews figures are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS: past cycles, not your odds.

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 24 Oct 2026.

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