Québec - Dermatology

Université LavalQuébec, QuebecRegular stream

Approx. quota: 4 positions+1 from 3 in the 2026 match
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 0–50
Offered interviews: 26–50%

Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Return of service: Not required · this stream

Interviews

1 date, 29 Jan 2027virtual

Québec, 7 teaching sites

Program website CaRMS program page

Summary

Université Laval's dermatology residency is a 5-year competency-based program, with training at CHU de Québec-Université Laval sites and Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis.
The first year is mainly internal medicine and pediatrics, followed by general dermatology, Mohs surgery, dermatopathology and contact dermatitis rotations.
One regional general dermatology rotation is mandatory, and up to three research periods are available for a scholarly project.

What training looks like

Setting: Academic / tertiary hospital
Regional community
Rural exposure: Not stated on CaRMS page
Research: Offered · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
Training language: French

By year

PGY-1: stages rotatoires en médecine interne (dont une période en stage de nuit)7 périodes
dermatologie générale P1 et P22 périodes
pédiatrie2 périodes
chirurgie vasculaire1 période
PGY-2: dermatologie générale7 périodes
chirurgie dermatologique et chirurgie de Mohs2 périodes
immuno-allergie2 périodes
rhumatologie2 périodes

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

dermatologie générale (Troisième, quatrième et cinquième années · La majorité des périodes)
chirurgie dermatologique et chirurgie de Mohs (Troisième, quatrième et cinquième années · 1 période)
dermatite de contact (Troisième, quatrième et cinquième années · 1 période)
dermatopathologie (Troisième, quatrième et cinquième années · 3 périodes)
recherche (R2 à R5 · 3 périodes)
stage à option (R2 à R5 · 3 périodes)
stage en dermatologie générale en région (R3 à R5 · 1 période · en région)

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

Where you train

Québec, Quebec: 7 teaching sites.

CHU de Québec-Université Laval
Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
Centre hospitalier Université Laval (CHUL)
Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus
Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement
Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise
Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis (Lévis)

Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 7 of 7.

Hospital facts

7 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.

Clinical record: Cristal-Net (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026. At CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus.
Clinical record: Cristal-Net (DCI), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026. At CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Centre hospitalier Université Laval (CHUL), Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise.

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.

CHU de Québec-Université Laval

This name covers 5 hospitals in the province’s lists. Each is shown on its own, A to Z, and the numbers are never added together.

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

Hôtel-Dieu de Québec

Matched to L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (Québec) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 9,117 · 2026–2027: 9,533
Licensed beds: physical health 262 · hôtellerie 63

Centre hospitalier Université Laval (CHUL)

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

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 28,705 · 2026–2027: 29,528
Licensed beds: physical health 296 · neonatology 56

Show facts for 4 more sites

Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus

Matched to Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (Québec) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 25,968 · 2026–2027: 26,733
Licensed beds: physical health 335

Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement

Matched to Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement (Québec) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 15,123 · 2026–2027: 15,641
Licensed beds: physical health 111

Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise

Matched to Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise (Québec) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 16,696 · 2026–2027: 17,516
Licensed beds: physical health 254

Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis

Clinical record: DCI Cristal-Net, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis (Lévis) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 30,011 · 2026–2027: 31,265
Licensed beds: physical health 208 · psychiatry 70 · geriatrics 20 · neonatology 8

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 Québec

People
549,459residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Québec
Housing
2.4%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Québec, Quebec (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
−11.3 °CJanuary mean20.0 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 4.2 km away
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Québec (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 required · this stream

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 29 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.

3 Dermatology 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

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)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews	What changed
Regular stream	4	5 years	1 date, 29 Jan 2027Virtual	Positions 3 → 4 from the 2026 match

2026 match

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

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

A comprehensive 5-year Dermatology residency program at Université Laval that follows a Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) approach.
The program is designed to train competent dermatologists who can serve as consultants, with a strong focus on developing skills across all CanMEDS roles.

Research: Three possible research periods for completing a scholarly project, subject to program committee approval, available from R2 to R5.
Training setting: Urban francophone setting in Quebec City, with training across multiple affiliated hospitals including Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Centre hospitalier Université Laval (CHUL), Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, and Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement.
Teaching approach: Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with progressive learning stages focusing on fundamental knowledge, discipline mastery, and transition to practice, emphasizing both clinical skills and CanMEDS roles.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Interview (50%)
Academic record (50%)
Clinical evaluations
Motivation letter
Support form
Curriculum vitae

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) Geneviève Thérien
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Équipe Admission, Vice-décanat aux études médicales postdoctorales - Université Laval, Agente de gestion des études
Write to the officeadmission.postmd@fmed.ulaval.ca

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.

Program websiteWebsite This program on CaRMS

Dermatology elsewhere

Nearest to Québec

Sherbrooke - DermatologyUniversité de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke · 165 km
2 positions · Regular
Montreal - Dermatology, McGillMcGill University
Montreal · 233 km
1 position · Regular
Bilingual
Montreal - Dermatology, MontréalUniversité de Montréal
Montreal · 233 km
4 positions · Regular

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 9 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35547 · 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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