Québec - Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology
Université LavalQuébec, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 3
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
2 dates, 25–26 Jan 2027
Québec, 8 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Two formative Royal College-format exams (written and oral) each year from second year onward.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Daily one-on-one case review sessions with pathologists.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Large case volume: about 130,000 surgical pathology and 180,000 cytology cases a year.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
- This is a 5-year diagnostic and molecular pathology residency at Université Laval, based at the CHU de Québec hospitals and the IUCPQ.
- Required away rotations include a 1-month forensic pathology rotation in Montréal and a 2-month general pathology rotation in Rimouski in third year.
- All residents must take part in a research project, and combined M.Sc. or Ph.D. enrolment is encouraged.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Focus areas
- Early independence
- Research
- Required · research project
- Training language
- French
By year
- PGY-3
- pathologie générale2 mois
Other rotations
- stage d’introduction à la pathologie (Progression vers la discipline · deux périodes)
- partie clinique (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · cinq périodes)
- stage en pathologie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · deux périodes)
- Transition vers la pratique (Transition vers la pratique · trois à six mois)
- spécialité chirurgicale (Formation de base · Un (1) bloc)
- médecine interne, incluant un stage clinique de nuit (Formation de base · Deux (2) blocs)
- pédiatrie ou dans une surspécialité pédiatrique (Formation de base · Un (1) bloc)
- spécialité oncologique (Formation de base · Un (1) bloc)
- initiation à l'anatomo-pathologie (Formation de base · Deux (2) blocs)
- pathologie générale (Formation de base · Un (1) blocs)
- pathologie autopsie de l'adulte (Formation de base · Un (1) bloc)
- pathologie chirurgicale et en pathologie autopsique de l'adulte (Anatomo-pathologie de base · Vingt-cinq (25) blocs)
- pathologie moléculaire ou en cytogénétique (Anatomo-pathologie de base · Un (1) bloc)
- pathologie médico-légale (Anatomo-pathologie de base · Un (1) bloc)
- cytopathologie (Anatomo-pathologie de base · Quatre (4) blocs)
- pathologie pédiatrique (Anatomo-pathologie de base · Deux (2) blocs)
- neuropathologie (Anatomo-pathologie de base · Deux (2) blocs)
- Formations facultatives (Formations facultatives · Douze (12) blocs)
- pathologie judiciaire (1 mois · Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale (LSJML))
Where you train
Québec, Quebec: 8 teaching sites.
- Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (HDQ)
- Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise (HSFA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL)
- Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement (HSS)
- Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (HEJ)
- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (Hôpital Laval) (IUCPQ-HL)
- Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale (LSJML) (Montréal)
- Centre Hospitalier Régional de Rimouski (Rimouski · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 5 of 8; no published record for 3.
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.
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (DCI), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (HDQ)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 9,117 · 2026–2027: 9,533
- Licensed beds
- physical health 262 · hôtellerie 63
Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise (HSFA)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 16,696 · 2026–2027: 17,516
- Licensed beds
- physical health 254
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 28,705 · 2026–2027: 29,528
- Licensed beds
- physical health 296 · neonatology 56
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Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement (HSS)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 15,123 · 2026–2027: 15,641
- Licensed beds
- physical health 111
Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (HEJ)
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 25,968 · 2026–2027: 26,733
- Licensed beds
- physical health 335
Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (Hôpital Laval) (IUCPQ-HL)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 12,268 · 2026–2027: 13,015
- Licensed beds
- physical health 338
Centre Hospitalier Régional de Rimouski
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 12,321 · 2026–2027: 12,663
- Licensed beds
- physical health 170 · psychiatry 34 · geriatrics 15 · neonatology 5
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
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 required · this stream
- IMG requirements
- Recent clinical experience (within 4 years)
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 25 and 26 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 Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology 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
Open after round 1 in 2 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 3 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 1 position open after round 2 in 2018, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2019 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 3 positions open after round 2 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2020 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 1 position open after round 2 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 3 | 5 years | 2 dates, 25–26 Jan 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 2 | 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 Laval Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology Residency Program is a comprehensive 5-year training program that prepares residents to become competent pathologists.
- The program offers extensive exposure to a wide range of pathology subspecialties, with a focus on developing autonomous diagnostic skills and providing individualized training across various pathology domains.
- Research
- Residents are required to participate in a short or long-term research project, with encouragement for mixed residency/Master's or PhD programs.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across multiple university hospitals in Quebec City, including the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Québec, which comprises five university hospitals and the Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec.
- Teaching approach
- The program follows a Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) model with progressive independence, focusing on developing residents' clinical skills through structured stages: Progression towards the Discipline, Acquisition of Discipline Foundations, Mastery of Discipline, and Transition to Practice.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Letters of recommendation
- Curriculum vitae
- Personal letter
- Medical school transcript
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Marjorie PerronDirectrice du programme
- Program office
Équipe Admission, Vice-décanat aux études médicales postdoctorales - Université Laval
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.
Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology elsewhere
Nearest to Québec
- Bilingual
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