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Montreal - Orthopedic Surgery

Université de MontréalMontreal, Quebec

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
5 positions+1 from 4 in the 2026 match
1 position
Length
5 years
Applications per year
0–50
Offered interviews
26–50%

Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Regular (NRQ) RoS stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Return of service: Required · 5 years

Interviews

1 date, 22 Jan 2027virtual

Montreal, 3 teaching sites

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

What stands out about this program

  • Residents may complete a master's or PhD in parallel with their orthopedic residency.

    From “FAQ” on the CaRMS page

  • The Université de Montréal's Édouard-Samson orthopedic surgery program is a five-year French-language residency.
  • Training takes place mainly at CHU Sainte-Justine and the East and North Island of Montreal CIUSSS sites.
  • Residents must complete at least one research project between R2 and R4, and community-setting rotations are mandatory.

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
Training language
French

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Boot-Camp de chirurgie orthopédique (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • Boot-Camp des fondements chirurgicaux (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • prise en charge initiale en traumatologie (2 premières années · 2 périodes)
  • chirurgie orthopédique pédiatrique (2 premières années · 5 périodes)
  • chirurgie vasculaire (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • chirurgie orthopédique - générale - (2 premières années · 4 périodes)
  • stage de nuit / consultations en chirurgie (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • soins intensifs chez l'adulte (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • chirurgie orthopédique traumatique (2 premières années · 3 périodes)
  • chirurgie orthopédique - arthroplastie - (2 premières années · 3 périodes)
  • chirurgie plastique (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • stage de nuit / soins intensifs chirurgicaux (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • médecine du sport (2 premières années · 2 périodes)
  • Orthopédie - Arthroplastie (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Reconstruction membres inférieurs (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Reconstruction membres supérieurs (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Orthopédie pédiatrique (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Chirurgie du rachis (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Médecine du sport (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Oncologie orthopédique (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Pied et cheville (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Main et poignet (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Milieux communautaires (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Recherche (3 dernières années)

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Boot-Camp de chirurgie orthopédique (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • Boot-Camp des fondements chirurgicaux (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • prise en charge initiale en traumatologie (2 premières années · 2 périodes)
  • chirurgie orthopédique pédiatrique (2 premières années · 5 périodes)
  • chirurgie vasculaire (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • chirurgie orthopédique - générale - (2 premières années · 2 périodes)
  • stage de nuit / consultations en chirurgie (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • soins intensifs chez l'adulte (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • chirurgie orthopédique traumatique (2 premières années · 3 périodes)
  • chirurgie orthopédique - arthroplastie - (2 premières années · 5 périodes)
  • chirurgie plastique (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • stage de nuit / soins intensifs chirurgicaux (2 premières années · 1 période)
  • médecine du sport (2 premières années · 2 périodes)
  • Orthopédie - Arthroplastie (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Reconstruction membres inférieurs (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Reconstruction membres supérieurs (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Orthopédie pédiatrique (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Chirurgie du rachis (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Médecine du sport (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Oncologie orthopédique (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Pied et cheville (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Main et poignet (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Milieux communautaires (3 dernières années)
  • Orthopédie - Recherche (3 dernières années)

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

Where you train

Montreal, Quebec: 3 teaching sites.

  • CHU Sainte-Justine (Montréal)
  • CIUSSS-de-l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (Montréal)
  • CIUSSS-du-Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (Montréal)

Record systems at the listed sites: DCi-ChartMaxx at 1 of 3; no published record for 2.

Hospital facts

1 site · 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.

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 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
physical health 333 · psychiatry 19 · neonatology 66 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.

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
Return of service
Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Return of service
Required · 5 years

Application file components as each stream’s CaRMS page describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
22 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • 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.

5 Orthopedic Surgery info sessions at other programsAll 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
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 stream55 years1 date, 22 Jan 2027Virtual
  • Positions 4 → 5 from the 2026 match
Regular (NRQ) RoS stream15 years1 date, 22 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
Regular stream, CaRMS program 29725Montreal - Chirurgie orthopédique45 years1 date as the CaRMS page writes it
Regular stream, CaRMS program 31008Montreal - Chirurgie orthopédique15 yearsInterviews not stated
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The Université de Montréal Orthopedic Surgery Program is renowned for its comprehensive clinical exposure across all subspecialties, high surgical volume, and exceptional teaching quality.
  • The program is distinguished by its significant research activities and offers residents opportunities to pursue advanced research degrees alongside their specialist training.
Research
Residents are required to complete at least one research project between R2-R4, with opportunities to pursue Master's or PhD degrees during residency.
Training setting
Residency training occurs primarily across three sites: CHU Sainte-Justine, CIUSSS-de-l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, and CIUSSS-du-Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, offering diverse clinical experiences.
Teaching approach
The program emphasizes comprehensive CanMEDS role training, focusing on developing competent orthopedic surgeons with strong clinical skills, leadership abilities, and a commitment to continuous learning and patient care.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Academic performance
  • Clinical rotations evaluations
  • Research contributions
  • Interview performance
  • Leadership potential
  • Communication skills
  • Professionalism

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

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

Program websiteWebsiteThis program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Orthopedic Surgery elsewhere

Nearest to Montreal

In these collections:

Source

The Regular stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 25 Aug 2026 · The Regular (NRQ) RoS stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 17 Sep 2026 · 2027 match · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program IDs 36120 (Regular stream), 35363 (Regular (NRQ) RoS stream) · 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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