Gaspé - Family Medicine
Université LavalGaspé, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 4
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 401–600
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027
Gaspé, 3 teaching sites · based in a rural community
What stands out about this program
Free point-of-care ultrasound certification for residents at regional GMF-Us, including Gaspé.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Regional GMF-U residents get an extra elective and priority when choosing electives.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Offers a Transition to Practice enhanced-skills program, which the page describes as unique in Canada.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This is a two-year Université Laval family medicine residency based at the Gaspé family medicine teaching unit (GMF-U), near the Hôpital de Gaspé.
- The curriculum is integrated and longitudinal: rotations share time with GMF-U activities, organized in three-month blocks.
- Residents get 16 elective weeks, and the R1 critical care rotation includes the Grande-Vallée CLSC emergency department.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Based in a rural community
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Longitudinal / integrated
- POCUS curriculum
- Early independence
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
- Training language
- French
- Enhanced skills
- Other
- Emergency Medicine
- Sport and Exercise Medicine
- Palliative Care
- Care of the Elderly
- Clinician Scholar / Research
- Maternity and Newborn Care
- Getting around
- A car is recommended
By year
- PGY-1
- Urgence4 semaines
- Périnatalité4 semaines
- Soins critiques4 semaines
- Médecine familiale + médecine interne2 semaines
- Médecine familiale + pédiatrie2 semaines
- Fondation à la médecine de famille (période de transition)
- Médecine familiale + hospitalisation (1 semaine) + urgence (1 semaine)
- PGY-2
- Stage à option 14 semaines
- Stage à option 24 semaines
- Stage à option 34 semaines
- Soins aux personnes âgées et soins palliatifs4 semaines
- Médecine familiale + équité en santé2 semaines
- Médecine familiale + santé mentale2 semaines
- Médecine familiale + hospitalisation (1 semaine) + urgence (1 semaine)
- Médecine familiale + hospitalisation (1 semaine) + urgence (1 semaine)
Where you train
Gaspé, Quebec: 3 teaching sites; based in a rural community. A car is recommended.
- GMF-U de Gaspé
- Hôpital de Gaspé
- CLSC de Grande-Vallée (Grande-Vallée · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 3 of 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.
Hôpital de Gaspé
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 5,669 · 2026–2027: 5,833
- Licensed beds
- physical health 51 · psychiatry 7 · geriatrics 5
About Gaspé
People
15,063residents, 2021 Census
Housing
not published for this area
Winter and summer
−11.1 °CJanuary mean17.1 °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 required · this stream
- IMG requirements
- Recent clinical experience (within 4 years)
- Observerships don’t count as clinical experience
- “Pour les candidats DIM, l’entrevue est complétée par 3 ECOS (Examen Clinique Objectif et Structuré) de 10 minutes chacun permettant d’évaluer la capacité clinique.”
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 19, 20, 21, 22 and 26 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
- 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.
59 Family Medicine info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $58,728 / year |
| PGY-2 | $64,809 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- In-house call · frequency “une fin de semaine par période”
- 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
After residency
Family doctors in Quebec are paid fee-for-service today. A new model, which pays for enrolled patients, visits and hours worked, is agreed but not in force yet. Every family doctor in the public plan needs a compliance notice (avis de conformité) for a territory in the medical-staffing plan (PTEM, formerly PREM), or a waiver that stands in for it. Compare provinces
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 6 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 6 of 9 years.
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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 | 4 | 2 years | 5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 5 | 2 years | 5 dates as the CaRMS page writes them |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Université Laval Family Medicine Residency Program in Gaspé aims to train comprehensive family physicians capable of providing high-quality, continuous healthcare across various settings.
- The program emphasizes professional responsibility, patient-centered care, and a commitment to practicing in regions outside major urban centers.
- Research
- Includes a scholarly project focused on continuous quality improvement of professional practice, supervised by a GMF-U teacher.
- Training setting
- Located in Gaspé, a rural region of Quebec, with training primarily at the CISSS de la Gaspésie – Gaspé Sector, near Gaspé Hospital. Offers training in both urban and rural medical settings.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education focusing on developing well-rounded family physicians through progressive independence, reflective practice, and continuous learning across CanMEDS roles.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CProMF exam
- Medical School Transcript
- Medical Student Performance Record (DREM)
- Optional personal letter
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Samuel Boudreault
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- 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.
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