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Montreal - Diagnostic Radiology

Université de MontréalMontreal, QuebecRegular stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
9 positions−1 from 10 in the 2026 match
Length
5 years
Applications per year
201–400
Offered interviews
51–75%

Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

3 dates, 25–27 Jan 2027virtual

Montreal, 5 teaching sites

Program website(opens in a new tab)CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Two weeks of hands-on anatomy lab teaching at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, with departmental financial support.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • The program pays registration fees for the AIRP radiologic pathology course.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • Call replaced in 2025 by one night rotation per year (R2–R5) and shifts of up to 12 hours.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • This is a 5-year French-language diagnostic radiology residency at Université de Montréal.
  • Training takes place at five Montreal sites, with about 45% at CHUM and 20% each at Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Sacré-Coeur.
  • Every resident must complete a scholarly project, which can be research, education or quality improvement.
  • Call was reorganized in 2025 into night rotations and shifts of up to 12 hours.

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
Focus areas
  • Procedural emphasis
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
Training language
French

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Pneumologie (Transition vers la discipline)
  • Urgence pédiatrique (Transition vers la discipline)
  • Urgence adulte (Transition vers la discipline)
  • Chirurgie générale (stage de nuit) (Transition vers la discipline)
  • Chirurgie soins aigus (Transition vers la discipline)
  • enseignement au laboratoire du département d'anatomie (Transition vers la discipline · Deux semaines · Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)
  • Neuroradiologie (Fondements de la discipline · 5-6 semaines)
  • Imagerie cardiothoracique (Fondements de la discipline · 5-6 semaines)
  • Imagerie abdominopelvienne (Fondements de la discipline · 5-6 semaines)
  • Imagerie musculosquelettique (Fondements de la discipline · 5-6 semaines)
  • Échographie générale (Fondements de la discipline · 3-4 semaines)
  • Radiopédiatrie (Fondements de la discipline · 1-2 semaines)
  • physique médicale (Fondements de la discipline · 1-2 semaines)
  • imagerie musculo-squelettique (Maîtrise de la discipline · 7 périodes)
  • neuroradiologie (Maîtrise de la discipline · 6 périodes)
  • imagerie cardiothoracique (Maîtrise de la discipline · 6 périodes)
  • imagerie abdominale et pelvienne (Maîtrise de la discipline · 6 périodes)
  • radiologie pédiatrique (Maîtrise de la discipline · 4 périodes)
  • imagerie obstétricale (Maîtrise de la discipline · 2 périodes)
  • imagerie mammaire (Maîtrise de la discipline · 4 périodes)
  • imagerie vasculaire et intervention (Maîtrise de la discipline · 6 périodes)
  • médecine nucléaire (Maîtrise de la discipline · 1 période)
  • radiologie communautaire (Maîtrise de la discipline · 1 période)
  • radiologie générale avec emphase sur l'interprétation de radiographies (Maîtrise de la discipline · 1 période)

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

Where you train

Montreal, Quebec: 5 teaching sites.

  • Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) (Montréal)
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (Montréal)
  • Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont - CIUSSS de l'est de l'île de Montréal (Montréal)
  • Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal - CIUSSS du nord de l'île de Montréal (Montréal)
  • Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal (Montréal)

Record systems at the listed sites: DCi-ChartMaxx at 1 of 5, Epic at 1, TELUS at 1; no published record for 2.

Hospital facts

5 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.

Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (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

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine

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

Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont - CIUSSS de l'est de l'île de Montréal

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 2 more sites

Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal - CIUSSS du nord de l'île de Montréal

Clinical record
Epic: Dossier santé numérique (DSN), fully electronic record since May 2026 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur-de-Montréal (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

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

Matched to Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits
2025–2026: 8,656 · 2026–2027: 8,991
Licensed beds
physical health 153

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. As of 31 Oct 2026

Verify with the official source: each source button opens the publisher’s own page.

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
  • Other file component(s)
Return of service
Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
25, 26 and 27 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Panel
  • MMI or rotating station

Info sessions

The 1 session listed for 2027 has passed.

1 Diagnostic Radiology info session at other programsAll info sessions

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 20 Oct 2026; a row tagged CANPREPP is on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026), alone or as well. Dates and times are as the program wrote them. Programs add and change 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
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

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

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

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)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
Regular stream95 years3 dates, 25–27 Jan 2027Virtual
  • Positions 10 → 9 from the 2026 match

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
Regular streamMontreal - Radiologie diagnostique105 years3 dates as the CaRMS page writes them
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The Université de Montréal offers an excellent French-language diagnostic radiology residency program in Montreal.
  • The program provides comprehensive training across all radiology subspecialties, emphasizing progressive competency-based medical education and preparing residents for diverse career paths in academic and community radiology.
Research
Residents must complete a scholarly project, with support from numerous research axes including artificial intelligence, vascular imaging, neuroradiology, and more.
Training setting
Urban academic medical centers in Montreal, including multiple university hospitals with diverse clinical environments and advanced medical technologies.
Teaching approach
Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with progressive autonomy, emphasizing medical expertise, communication, collaboration, leadership, and professionalism through individualized learning trajectories.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • CaRMS application
  • Academic performance
  • CASPer test
  • Support forms
  • Motivation letter
  • Interview performance
  • Clinical evaluations

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
Program office

Adjointe administrative du programme

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 websiteWebsiteDescription du programme de résidence(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Diagnostic Radiology elsewhere

Nearest to Montreal

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 17 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35350 · 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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