Neufchâtel - Family Medicine
Université LavalNeufchâtel, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 6
- 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
Neufchâtel, 12 teaching sites · optional rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Evening emergency shifts replaced by evening office clinics (17h–21h).
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Out-of-institution clinic lets residents learn the administrative side of running a medical practice.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Residents can teach and supervise junior learners starting mid-R1.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This two-year Université Laval family medicine program is based at the GMF-U de Neufchâtel in Québec City, with Hôpital Chauveau as its community hospital.
- It uses an integrated (horizontal) curriculum, with family medicine making up 50% of training time.
- Residents complete 6 to 8 weeks of regional family medicine and Indigenous health activities with the Huron-Wendat Nation of Wendake.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Urban community
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Small program
- Indigenous health
- 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
By year
- PGY-1
- Fondation
- Région
- Urgence
- A.S.S
- Stage clinique de nuit
- A.S.S pédiatrie
- Périnatalité
- Médecine de famille
- PGY-2
- Région
- Option
- A.S.S
- Médecine hospitalière
- Équité en santé
- Soins aux personnes âgées
- Soins palliatifs
- Médecine de famille
Where you train
Neufchâtel, Quebec: 12 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.
- GMF-U de Neufchâtel (Québec)
- Hôpital Chauveau (Québec)
- HEJ (Québec)
- CHSLD Akhiakahratatha’yeh (Wendake) (Wendake)
- CHSLD de Loretteville (Québec)
- Clinique externe Michel-Sarrazin (Québec)
- HSS (Québec)
- CHUL (Québec)
- UTRF de Chauveau (Québec)
- Psychogériatrie Christ-Roi (Québec)
- clinique NITNAT (Québec)
- centre de pédiatrie sociale de Québec (Québec)
Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 3 of 12; no published record for 9.
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)
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
HSS
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 15,123 · 2026–2027: 15,641
- Licensed beds
- physical health 111
CHUL
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 28,705 · 2026–2027: 29,528
- Licensed beds
- physical health 296 · neonatology 56
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 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.”
- “Les candidats choisis devront avoir fait une formation postdoctorale ou une pratique clinique significative dans une spécialité antérieure de base”
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
- 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 3 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 1 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 1 position open after round 2 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
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 | 6 | 2 years | 5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 6 | 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, high-quality family physicians committed to providing holistic patient care.
- The program emphasizes professional responsibility, scientific knowledge, clinical experience, and a broad understanding of patients within their personal, family, and social contexts.
- Research
- Residents can complete an erudition project focusing on quality improvement or leadership, with supervision from GMF-U teachers.
- Training setting
- Urban and rural medical settings in Quebec City, including university-affiliated family medicine groups (GMF-U), community hospitals, long-term care facilities, and various clinical environments.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with a focus on progressive independence, reflective practice, and holistic patient-centered care across the CanMEDS roles.
- 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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