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Québec - Neurology

Université LavalQuébec, QuebecRegular stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
4 positions+1 from 3 in the 2026 match
Length
5 years
Applications per year
0–50
Offered interviews
76–100%

Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Return of service: Not required · this stream

Interviews

1 date, 4 Feb 2027virtual

Québec, 8 teaching sites

What stands out about this program

  • Clinician-scientist option adds a sixth residency year (12 periods), taken between R2 and R4.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • Université Laval's adult neurology residency is a 5-year program based at CHU de Québec hospitals, with affiliated sites including Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis.
  • The first year is mainly internal medicine rotations, and the fifth year includes 10 periods of electives.
  • Starting in the third year, residents carry out a clinical or basic research project and present it at major conferences.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Regional community
Rural exposure
Not stated on CaRMS page
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
Training language
French

By year

PGY-1
  • Unité d'enseignement de neurologie3 périodes
  • Unité d'enseignement de médecine interne3 périodes
  • Cardiologie1 période
  • Infectiologie1 période
  • Radiologie - TDM cérébral1 période
  • Électrophysiologie - EEG1 période
  • Psychiatrie1 période
  • Rhumatologie1 période
  • Stage de nuit1 période
PGY-2
  • Neurologie Adulte 1Unité d'enseignement HEJ4 périodes
  • Cliniques externes spécialisées3 périodes
  • Neurophysiologie2 périodes
  • Soins intensifs2 périodes
  • Neurochirurgie1 période
  • Radiologie1 période
PGY-3
  • Neurologie Adulte 2Unité d'enseignement- HEJ et cliniques spécialisées6 périodes
  • Neurologie pédiatrique2 périodes
  • Radiologie - IRM cérébrale2 périodes
  • Neurologie en région1 période
  • Option1 période
PGY-4
  • Neurologie Adulte 3Unité d'enseignement HEJ et cliniques spécialisées de neurologie6 périodes
  • Options3 périodes
  • Radiologie2 périodes
  • Neurologie pédiatrique1 période
  • Projet scientifique1 période
  • Électrophysiologie - EMG1 période
PGY-5
  • Option10 périodes
  • Consultations spécialisées1 période
  • Unité d'enseignement de neurologie1 période

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

Where you train

Québec, Quebec: 8 teaching sites.

  • Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus
  • Centre Mère-Enfant (CHUL)
  • Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
  • Hôpital Saint-François D'Assise
  • Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement
  • Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis (Lévis)
  • IRDPQ (clinique de sclérose en plaques)
  • Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (Hôpital Laval)

Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 6 of 8; no published record for 2.

Hospital facts

7 sites · public figures and clinical record systems where they are published

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) As of 31 Oct 2026. At Centre Mère-Enfant (CHUL), Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Hôpital Saint-François D'Assise, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement.

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.

Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus

Clinical record
Cristal-Net (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

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

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

Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu de Québec

Matched to L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (Québec) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits
2025–2026: 9,117 · 2026–2027: 9,533
Licensed beds
physical health 262 · hôtellerie 63
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Hôpital Saint-François D'Assise

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

Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement

Matched to Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement (Québec) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits
2025–2026: 15,123 · 2026–2027: 15,641
Licensed beds
physical health 111

Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis

Clinical record
DCI Cristal-Net, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

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 (Hôpital Laval)

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

Verify with the official source: each source button opens the publisher’s own page.

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

    Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

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
  • Other file component(s)
Return of service
Not required · this stream

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
4 Feb 2027
Format
Virtual
  • 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.

2 Neurology info sessions at other programsAll info sessions

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 the 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Quebec
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$58,728 / year
PGY-2
$64,809 / year
PGY-3
$70,890 / year
PGY-4
$76,969 / year
PGY-5
$83,050 / 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

Past matches

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

Quebec: different match process, not directly comparable.

What this means

Source: CaRMS’s lists of positions open after round 1 and after round 2, as read in October 2026 (latest: 2026 round 1 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab), 2026 round 2 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab)).

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
Regular stream45 years1 date, 4 Feb 2027Virtual
  • Positions 3 → 4 from the 2026 match

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
Regular streamQuébec - Neurologie35 years1 date as the CaRMS page writes it
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The Université Laval Neurology Residency Program is a comprehensive 5-year training program designed to develop competent adult neurologists.
  • The program focuses on providing residents with extensive clinical experience, theoretical education, and research opportunities, preparing them to become skilled consultants in neurology.
Research
Residents participate in clinical or fundamental research projects from the third year, are encouraged to present abstracts at major conferences, and publish research results.
Training setting
Located in Quebec City, the program provides training across multiple affiliated hospitals including CHU de Québec, Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, and specialized institutes.
Teaching approach
The program follows a Competence by Design (CBD) approach, focusing on progressive skill development through four stages: Transition to Discipline, Foundations of Discipline, Discipline Mastery, and Transition to Practice.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
  • CV
  • Medical School Transcript
  • Interview (60%)
  • Clinical Stages (25%)
  • Academic Record (15%)

Positions, length and interviews as each match’s CaRMS pages stated them; what changed from our comparison of the two matches and our readings of the 2027 pages.

Contacts and links

Program director
Program office

Équipe Admission, Vice-décanat aux études médicales postdoctorales - Université Laval

Write to the officeadmission.postmd@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.

Neurology elsewhere

Nearest to Québec

  • Sherbrooke - NeurologyUniversité de Sherbrooke

    Sherbrooke · 165 km

    3 positions · Regular

  • Montreal · 233 km

    3 positions · Regular

    Bilingual
  • Montreal - Neurology, MontréalUniversité de Montréal

    Montreal · 233 km

    4 positions · Regular

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 9 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35968 · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

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 24 Oct 2026.

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