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Québec - Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine

Université LavalQuébec, Quebec

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
8 positions
1 position
Length
1 year
Applications per year
51–200
Offered interviews
26–50%

Regular stream

Particular stream

Interviews

2 dates, 15–16 Oct 2026virtual

Québec, 6 teaching sites

CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Two-week intensive bootcamp with cadaver techniques, ultrasound and simulation early in the year.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • About one third of emergency time and one month of intensive care focus on pediatric patients.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • Trauma rotation may be done in Vancouver or Toronto, depending on availability.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • Training takes place at CHU de Québec hospitals, Hôtel-Dieu-de-Lévis and the IUCPQ.
  • Residents complete either a quality-of-care review or a research project.

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
Focus areas
  • POCUS curriculum
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project
Training language
French

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

  • Médecine d’urgence (16 semaines)
  • Médecine d’urgence communautaire (4 semaines)
  • Traumatologie (4 semaines · CHU de Québec-HEJ, Vancouver, Toronto)
  • Soins intensifs chez l'adulte (8 semaines)
  • Soins intensifs pédiatriques (4 semaines)
  • Anesthésie (4 semaines)
  • Échographie ciblée en médecine d'urgence (4 semaines)
  • Option (8 semaines)

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

Where you train

Québec, Quebec: 6 teaching sites.

  • CHU de Québec - Centre Mère-Enfant (CHUL)
  • CHU de Québec - Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (HEJ)
  • CHU de Québec - Hôpital St-François d'Assise (HSFA)
  • CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches - Hôtel-Dieu-de-Lévis (HDL) (Lévis)
  • Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ)
  • centre Apprentiss

Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 6 of 6.

Hospital facts

5 sites · public figures where the province publishes them

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.

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 - Centre Mère-Enfant (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

CHU de Québec - Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (HEJ)

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

CHU de Québec - Hôpital St-François d'Assise (HSFA)

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
Show facts for 2 more sites

CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches - Hôtel-Dieu-de-Lévis (HDL)

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

Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ)

Matched to Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (Québec) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits
2025–2026: 12,268 · 2026–2027: 13,015
Licensed beds
physical health 338

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

    not published for this specialty

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 stated on CaRMS page

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

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
15 and 16 Oct 2026
Format
Virtual
  • Panel

Interview dates and format are as the program wrote them.

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 PGY-3, the level FM/ES residents usually start at. Yours depends on your training so far.

Annual salary by PGY level, Quebec
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-3
$70,890 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

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

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

Contacts and links

Program director
Program office

Assistante à la direction du programme, Conseillère à la gestion des études, Équipe Admission, and 1 more

Write to the officesecteur1empd@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.

Programme de compétences avancées en médecine d'urgence(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

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Source

The Regular stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 15 Jul 2026 · The Particular stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 15 Jul 2026 · FM/ES 2027 match.

Accredited · CaRMS program IDs 34688 (Regular stream), 34557 (Particular stream) · How these pages are made ›

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 8 Oct 2026.

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