Québec - Cardiac Surgery
Université LavalQuébec, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 1
- Length
- 6
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 27 Jan 2027
Québec, 2 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Trains at the adult cardiac surgery centre with the highest surgical volume in Canada.
From “Selection criteria” on the CaRMS page
Residents expect 300 to 600 operations as first operator.
From “Selection criteria” on the CaRMS page
- Université Laval's cardiac surgery residency is a 6-year program with rotations at the Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec and the CHU de Québec.
- Residents can expect to perform 300 to 600 operations as first operator.
- Interviews are virtual and held on January 27, 2027.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Training language
- French
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Stage de chirurgie cardiaque (Transition vers la discipline · 2 à 3 mois)
- Chirurgie cardiaque (Fondements de la discipline)
- vasculaire (Fondements de la discipline)
- cardiologie (échocardiographie) (Fondements de la discipline)
- soins intensifs (Fondements de la discipline)
- traumatologie (Fondements de la discipline)
- Chirurgie cardiaque (Maîtrise de la discipline)
- chirurgie cardiaque pédiatrique (Maîtrise de la discipline)
- cardiologie (hémodynamie, électrophysiologie) (Maîtrise de la discipline)
- endovasculaire (Maîtrise de la discipline)
- enrichissement académique (Maîtrise de la discipline)
Where you train
Québec, Quebec: 2 teaching sites.
- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec
- CHU de Québec
Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 1 of 2; no published record for 1.
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.
Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 12,268 · 2026–2027: 13,015
- Licensed beds
- physical health 338
CHU de Québec
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (DCI), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 28,705 · 2026–2027: 29,528
- Licensed beds
- physical health 296 · neonatology 56
Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 25,968 · 2026–2027: 26,733
- Licensed beds
- physical health 335
Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 15,123 · 2026–2027: 15,641
- Licensed beds
- physical health 111
Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 16,696 · 2026–2027: 17,516
- Licensed beds
- physical health 254
L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 9,117 · 2026–2027: 9,533
- Licensed beds
- physical health 262 · hôtellerie 63
About Québec
People
549,459residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.4%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−11.3 °CJanuary mean20.0 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Moderatefor 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
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 27 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.
2 Cardiac Surgery 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 |
| PGY-6 | $89,131 / 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 | 1 | 6 years | 1 date, 27 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 1 | 6 years | 1 date as the CaRMS page writes it |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Université Laval Cardiac Surgery Residency Program aims to train competent and autonomous cardiac surgeons.
- The program offers comprehensive training across all cardiac surgery spheres at the Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, which has the highest surgical volume in Canada.
- Research
- Opportunities for academic enrichment and research in cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery
- Training setting
- Training occurs at two primary sites: Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (adult cardiac surgery) and CHU de Québec (pediatric cardiac surgery) in Quebec City.
- Teaching approach
- Progressive, competency-based training with gradual increase in surgical complexity and autonomy, focusing on direct observation and continuous evaluation of professional activities.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic record
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Curriculum vitae
- Interview
- Direct clinical observation
- Annual written examinations
- Oral examinations
- Competent Professional Activities (CPA) evaluation
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr(e) Frédéric JACQUESDirecteur de programme
Charles LaurinCo-directeur de programme
- Program office
Équipe Admission, Vice-décanat aux études médicales postdoctorales - Université Laval, Agent à la gestion des études
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing. Site staff and other contacts are listed there too.
Cardiac Surgery elsewhere
Nearest to Québec
- Bilingual
- Bilingual
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