Laurier - Family Medicine
Université LavalLaurier, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 12
- 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
Laurier, 23 teaching sites · optional rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Offers a 'Transition à la pratique' enhanced-skills program, which the page describes as unique in Canada.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Musculoskeletal expertise, with physiotherapists who teach and a certified sport medicine physician.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This is a two-year Université Laval family medicine program based at GMF-U Laurier, near the university in Québec City.
- Family medicine and specialty rotations are done in separate blocks, with specialty rotations at sites such as CHUL and IUCPQ.
- In second year, residents do a regional placement at a site in Université Laval's network, chosen from a list that includes Kuujjuaq and Blanc-Sablon.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Urban community
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- 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
By year
- PGY-1
- Médecine familiale2 x 3 mois
- Pédiatrie1 mois
- Périnatalité1 mois
- Urgence1 mois
- Médecine interne1 mois
- Stage clinique de nuit1 mois
- Stage à option1 mois
- PGY-2
- Médecine familiale2 x 3 mois
- Stage en région2 mois ou 2 x 1 mois
- Stage à option2 x 1 mois
- Soins aux personnes âgées1 mois
- Psychiatrie1 mois
Where you train
Laurier, Quebec: 23 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.
- GMF-U Laurier (Québec)
- CHUL: Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (Québec)
- IUCPQ: l'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (Québec)
- HSFA: Hôpital St-François d'Assise (Québec)
- Amqui (Amqui · rural or distributed site)
- Baie-Comeau (Baie-Comeau · rural or distributed site)
- Blanc-Sablon (Blanc-Sablon · rural or distributed site)
- Chandler (Chandler · rural or distributed site)
- Chibougamau (Chibougamau · rural or distributed site)
- Gaspé (Gaspé · rural or distributed site)
- Havre-Saint-Pierre (Havre-Saint-Pierre · rural or distributed site)
- Îles de la Madeleine (Îles de la Madeleine · rural or distributed site)
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- Lac Etchemins (Lac Etchemins · rural or distributed site)
- Kuujjuaq (Kuujjuaq · rural or distributed site)
- Les Escoumins (Les Escoumins · rural or distributed site)
- Matane (Matane · rural or distributed site)
- Mont-Joli (Mont-Joli · rural or distributed site)
- Rimouski (Rimouski · rural or distributed site)
- Sainte-Anne-des-Monts (Sainte-Anne-des-Monts · rural or distributed site)
- Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac (Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac · rural or distributed site)
- Trois-Pistoles (Trois-Pistoles · rural or distributed site)
- Sept-Îles (Sept-Îles · rural or distributed site)
- Rivière-du-Loup (Rivière-du-Loup · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 2 of 23; no published record for 21.
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)
CHUL: Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 28,705 · 2026–2027: 29,528
- Licensed beds
- physical health 296 · neonatology 56
IUCPQ: l'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 12,268 · 2026–2027: 13,015
- Licensed beds
- physical health 338
HSFA: Hôpital St-François d'Assise
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 16,696 · 2026–2027: 17,516
- Licensed beds
- physical health 254
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
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- 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 (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
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 | 12 | 2 years | 5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 12 | 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 aims to train comprehensive family physicians capable of providing high-quality, continuous healthcare across various settings.
- The program emphasizes leadership, scholarship, and collaboration, with training in 13 diverse university medical family groups (GMF-U) in urban and rural environments.
- Research
- Includes scholarly project requirement, critical reading clubs, and optional research-focused tracks like Clinician Scholar
- Training setting
- Urban and rural medical family groups (GMF-U) in Quebec City region, with training across multiple hospital sites including CHUL, IUCPQ, and various regional healthcare centers.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education focusing on progressive independence, reflective practice, and holistic patient-centered care using simulation, case discussions, and interdisciplinary learning.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CProMF exam
- Medical Student Performance Record (DREM)
- Interview performance
- Clinical skills assessment
- French language proficiency
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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