Montreal - Emergency Medicine
Université de MontréalMontreal, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 4
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 5 Feb 2027
Montreal, 9 teaching sites · required rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Out-of-province trauma rotation at Vancouver General Hospital.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
Integrated emergency medicine/ophthalmology rotation: 2 weeks in emergency and 2 weeks in ophthalmology.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Toxicology rotation at the Centre Antipoison du Québec.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This is a 5-year emergency medicine residency at Université de Montréal, training across Montreal hospitals including Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur, CHU Sainte-Justine and CHUM.
- Critical care training totals 5 months of intensive care, including 1 month of paediatric intensive care.
- Out-of-town rotations include trauma at Vancouver General Hospital and remote emergency medicine in Sept-Iles.
- Interviews are virtual multiple mini-interviews held on 5 February 2027.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation
- Focus areas
- POCUS curriculum
- Research
- Offered · research project · protected time
- Training language
- French
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Cardiologie (1ère année)
- Compétences essentielles en médecine d'urgence (1ère année)
- Épidémiologie, enseignement, recherche (2 jours/sem)-urgence (1ère année)
- Médecine d'urgence adulte (1ère année · 6 périodes)
- Médecine d'urgence / ophtalmologie (1ère année)
- Médecine d'urgence pédiatrique (1ère année)
- Orthopédie pédiatrique (1ère année)
- Stage de nuit (1ère année)
- Anesthésie pédiatrique (2ème année)
- Échographie ciblée (2ème année)
- Épidémiologie, enseignement, recherche (2 jours/sem)-urgence (2ème année)
- Médecine d'urgence adulte (2ème année · 3 périodes)
- Médecine d'urgence pédiatrique (2ème année)
- Musculo-squelettique adulte (2ème année)
- Psychiatrie (2ème année)
- Soins intensifs médicaux / chirurgicaux (2ème année · 2 périodes)
- Stage à option (2ème année)
- Traumatologie (2ème année)
- Anesthésie (3ème année)
- Épidémiologie, enseignement, recherche (2 jours/sem)/urgence (3ème année · 2 périodes)
- Échographie pédiatrique (3ème année)
- Médecine d'urgence adulte (3ème année · 5 périodes)
- Obstétrique et gynécologie (3ème année)
- Stage à option (3ème année)
- Toxicologie (3ème année · Centre Antipoison du Québec)
- Traumatologie (3ème année · hors-Québec)
- Expertise particulière (4ème année · 2 périodes)
- Épidémiologie, enseignement, recherche (2 jours/sem)/urgence (4ème année · 1 période)
- Médecine d'urgence adulte (4ème année · 5 périodes)
- Médecine d'urgence en région éloignée (4ème année)
- Médecine d'urgence pédiatrique (4ème année)
- Stage à option (4ème année)
- Stage TTL (4ème année)
- Soins intensifs pédiatriques (hiver) (4ème année)
- Anesthésie (option) (5ème année)
- Expertise particulière (5ème année · 4 périodes)
- Échographie avancée (5ème année)
- Médecine d'urgence adulte (5ème année · 5 périodes)
- Médecine d'urgence pédiatrique (option) (5ème année)
- Psychiatrie (option) (5ème année)
- Soins intensifs (5ème année)
- Stage à option (5ème année)
Where you train
Montreal, Quebec: 9 teaching sites; required rural rotation.
- Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal (Montréal)
- CHU Sainte-Justine (Montréal)
- CHUM (Montréal)
- Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal (IUSMM) (Montréal)
- Centre antipoison du Québec (Québec)
- Hôtel-Dieu de Saint-Jérôme (Saint-Jérôme)
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Montréal)
- Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
- Centre hospitalier régional de Sept-Iles (Sept-Iles · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: DCi-ChartMaxx at 1 of 9, Epic at 1, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 1, TELUS at 1; no published record for 5.
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.
Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
- Clinical record
- Epic: Dossier santé numérique (DSN), fully electronic record since May 2026
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 27,285 · 2026–2027: no row in the file
- Licensed beds
- physical health 420 · geriatrics 20
CHU Sainte-Justine
- 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
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
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Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal (IUSMM)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 2,256 · 2026–2027: 2,194
- Licensed beds
- physical health 20 · psychiatry 267
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 26,902 · 2026–2027: 29,102
- Licensed beds
- physical health 507 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 26
Vancouver General Hospital
- Clinical record
- CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2022
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 13,790
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 3,855
Centre hospitalier régional de Sept-Iles
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 8,714 · 2026–2027: 8,620
- Licensed beds
- physical health 63 · psychiatry 18 · geriatrics 11
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)
- 5 Feb 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- MMI or rotating station
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.
14 Emergency Medicine 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 | 4 | 5 years | 1 date, 5 Feb 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 4 | 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 Emergency Medicine Residency Program trains exceptional emergency medicine specialists who can provide high-quality care and demonstrate strong leadership.
- Residents develop clinical expertise and can pursue interests in teaching, research, and various clinical domains through an extensive, diverse training network across Montreal.
- Research
- Expanding research activities at Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, with possibilities to participate in various projects and complete a master's degree simultaneously.
- Training setting
- Urban medical training across multiple Montreal hospitals, offering exposure to diverse patient populations and complex medical scenarios in a dynamic metropolitan environment.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education focusing on progressive skill acquisition, with an emphasis on clinical expertise, leadership, teaching, and research throughout the training.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic performance
- Clinical rotation evaluations
- Curriculum vitae
- Interview performance
- Leadership potential
- Research/teaching involvement
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Véronique CastonguayDirectrice du programme
- Program office
Coordonnatrice du programme
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Emergency Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Montreal
- Bilingual
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