Manicouagan - Family Medicine
Université LavalManicouagan, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 8
- 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
Manicouagan, 5 teaching sites · 1 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Required week of Indigenous health at the Innu community of Pessamit, plus ongoing clinics there.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Family physicians admit nearly all patients at Hôpital Le Royer; 16–18 weeks of integrated hospital care.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Free point-of-care ultrasound certification offered to regional-site residents.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This two-year Université Laval family medicine program is based at the GMF-U Manicouagan in Baie-Comeau, about 400 km east of Québec City.
- Residents complete 20 of 24 periods in the region, with hospital training at Hôpital Le Royer, a roughly 100-bed regional centre.
- The curriculum is highly integrated and longitudinal, and includes at least one week of Indigenous health at the Innu community of Pessamit in R2.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Regional community
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (1 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Indigenous health
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Early independence
- POCUS curriculum
- 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
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
- PGY-1
- Urgence4 semaines
- Périnatalité4 semaines
- Soins critiques4 semaines
- urgence2 semaines
- hospitalisation2 semaines
- médecine interne2 semaines
- Fondation à la médecine de famille (période de transition)
- PGY-2
- Stage à option (ou région) 14 semaines
- Stage à option (ou région) 24 semaines
- Stage à option (ou région) 34 semaines
- Soins aux personnes âgées et soins palliatifs4 semaines
- équité en santé2 semaines
- santé mentale2 semaines
- Santé autochtoneune semaine complète
Where you train
Manicouagan, Quebec: 5 teaching sites; 1 rural weeks. A car is recommended.
- GMF-U de Manicouagan (Baie-Comeau)
- Hôpital Le Royer (Baie-Comeau)
- CLSC Lionel-Charest (Baie-Comeau)
- Centre de santé de Pessamit (Pessamit · rural or distributed site)
- Centre Apprentiss (Québec)
Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 5 of 5.
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 Le Royer
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 8,883 · 2026–2027: 8,858
- Licensed beds
- physical health 53 · psychiatry 15 · geriatrics 18
About Baie-Comeau
People
20,687residents, 2021 Census
Housing
1.1%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−13.4 °CJanuary mean16.0 °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 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.
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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
Open after round 1 in 8 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 9 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 | 8 | 2 years | 5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 7 | 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 Manicouagan aims to train comprehensive family physicians capable of providing high-quality, continuous healthcare.
- The program emphasizes a holistic approach to patient care, focusing on scientific knowledge, clinical experience, and understanding patients' personal contexts.
- Research
- Includes a scholarly project focused on quality improvement and leadership, supervised by a GMF-U teacher.
- Training setting
- Located in Baie-Comeau, 400 km east of Quebec City, the program offers training in a regional hospital with approximately 100 beds, serving a population of 44,000 across two municipalities.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with an integrated learning approach, emphasizing progressive independence, reflective practice, and holistic patient care across various clinical settings.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CProMF exam
- Clinical stage evaluations
- Mid-stage assessments
- Progression reports
- Clinical decision certification
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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