Québec - Pediatrics
Université LavalQuébec, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 8
- Length
- 4
- Applications per year
- 401–600
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
5 dates, 25–29 Jan 2027
Québec, 13 teaching sites · optional rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Required one-month night rotations replace traditional overnight call across R2–R4, with 16 night shifts each.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Required pediatric palliative and complex care rotation includes the Lémerveil pediatric palliative care home.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This is a four-year pediatrics residency based mainly at the Centre mère-enfant of the CHU de Québec.
- Residents complete a one-period regional pediatrics rotation in each of R2, R3 and R4 at affiliated regional hospitals.
- Night months in neonatology and pediatrics are part of training, and residents run a longitudinal continuity clinic starting in the second half of R1.
Based on what the program says about itself.
- You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
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What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- Research
- Offered · research project · protected time
- Training language
- French
By year
- PGY-1
- Unités d'enseignement clinique en pédiatrie3
- Urgence pédiatrique1
- Consultations à l'urgence et courts séjours pédiatriques1
- Soins ambulatoires pédiatriques1
- Pouponnière Centre Mère-Enfant1
- Unité de soins intensifs néonataux2
- Unité de soins intensifs pédiatriques1
- Unité d’hémato-oncologie pédiatrique1
- Stage à option (option A ou B ou recherche)1
- PGY-2
- Pédiatrie du développement1
- Pédiatrie en région (milieu communautaire ou rural)1
- Pouponnière Pavillon SFA1
- Mois de nuit1
- Stages à option8
- PGY-3
- Unités d’enseignement clinique en pédiatrie2
- Unité de soins intensifs pédiatriques1
- Unité de soins intensifs néonataux1
- Médecine de l’adolescence1
- Santé mentale1
- Protection de l’enfance1
- Pédiatrie en région (milieu communautaire ou rural)1
- Mois de nuit1
- Stages à option (A ou B ou recherche)3
- PGY-4
- Unité d’enseignement clinique en pédiatrie pour transition vers la pratique1
- Pouponnière pour transition vers la pratique1
- Clinique pédiatrique/soins ambulatoires pour transition vers la pratique2
- Soins palliatifs et soins complexes pédiatriques1
- Pédiatrie en région (milieu communautaire ou rural)1
- Mois de nuit1
- Stages à option (A ou B ou recherche)4
Where you train
Québec, Quebec: 13 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.
- Centre mère-enfant (CME) du CHU de Québec
- Hôpital St-François-d'Assise
- IRDPQ (Institut de Réadaptation en Déficience Physique de Québec)
- Clinique pédiatrique Ste-Foy
- Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis (Lévis)
- CISSS de la Gaspésie (rural or distributed site)
- CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches (rural or distributed site)
- CISSS de Lanaudière (rural or distributed site)
- CISSS du Bas St-Laurent (MRC de Rimouski-Neigette et MRC de Rivière-du-Loup) (rural or distributed site)
- CSSS de Lac St-Jean Est (rural or distributed site)
- Centre de pédopsychiatrie (CIUSS Capitale Nationale)
- SIAM (Services intégrés en Abus et Maltraitance, CIUSS Capitale Nationale)
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- Maison Lémerveil Suzanne Vachon
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 4 of 13; 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)
Centre mère-enfant (CME) du CHU de Québec
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 28,705 · 2026–2027: 29,528
- Licensed beds
- physical health 296 · neonatology 56
Hôpital St-François-d'Assise
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 16,696 · 2026–2027: 17,516
- Licensed beds
- physical health 254
Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis
- Clinical record
- DCI Cristal-Net, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 30,011 · 2026–2027: 31,265
- Licensed beds
- physical health 208 · psychiatry 70 · geriatrics 20 · neonatology 8
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CISSS de Lanaudière
- Clinical record
- DCI Cristal-Net, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
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
- 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
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Panel
Info sessions
The 1 session listed for 2027 has passed.
8 Pediatrics info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $58,728 / year |
| PGY-2 | $64,809 / year |
| PGY-3 | $70,890 / year |
| PGY-4 | $76,969 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- In-house and home call · night float
- 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
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 | 8 | 4 years | 5 dates, 25–29 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 8 | 5 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 Pediatrics Residency Program is a comprehensive 4-year training program designed to develop competent and versatile pediatricians capable of providing high-quality care across various pediatric settings.
- The program emphasizes clinical excellence, progressive skill development, and a holistic approach to child healthcare.
- Research
- Up to 2 research blocks available during 4-year program, with potential for clinician-researcher track
- Training setting
- Urban academic medical center with training primarily at CHU de Québec's Centre Mère-Enfant, supplemented by regional hospitals and community clinics across Quebec.
- Teaching approach
- A progressive, competency-based approach focusing on individualized learning, with residents developing skills through structured stages from foundational training to independent practice.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic performance
- Clinical skills assessment
- In-training exams
- Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
- Mirror exams
- Structured reference letters
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Pascale GervaisDirectrice du programme
- Program office
Équipe Admission, Vice-décanat aux études médicales postdoctorales - Université Laval, Agente de gestion des études, and 1 more
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.
Pediatrics elsewhere
Nearest to Québec
- Bilingual
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