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Québec - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Université LavalQuébec, QuebecRegular stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
2 positions
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, 29 Jan 2027virtual

Québec, 11 teaching sites

Program website(opens in a new tab)CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Residents follow patients from the acute hospital phase through inpatient rehabilitation to longitudinal outpatient follow-up.

    From “General instructions” on the CaRMS page

  • Required anatomy lab in first year alongside the surgical-specialty R1 core.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • Université Laval's five-year Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency trains mainly at Hôpital Enfant-Jésus and the IRDPQ rehabilitation centre in Québec City.
  • The program can take 4 residents per year.
  • Residents complete a mandatory 3-period research rotation and a research project, plus a one-period regional physiatry rotation.

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 project · protected time
Training language
French

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Physiatrie (Progression vers la discipline · 2 périodes · CHU (HEJ et CHUL), IRDPQ et CPQ)
  • Médecine interne (Unité d’enseignement) (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 2 périodes · CHU (HEJ))
  • Stage de nuit (médecine interne) (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · CHU (HEJ, HDQ))
  • Gériatrie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · CHU (HEJ))
  • Neurochirurgie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · CHU (HEJ))
  • Chirurgie plastique (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · CHU (HEJ))
  • Unité de traumatologie (Médecine familiale) (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · CHU (HEJ))
  • Radiologie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · CHU (HEJ))
  • Réadaptation médecine familiale (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · IRDPQ)
  • Orthopédie adulte générale et traumatologie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · CHU (CHUL, HSFA, HEJ))
  • Orthopédie spinale adulte (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · CHU (HEJ))
  • Rhumatologie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période · CHU (CHUL))
  • Neurologie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 3 périodes · CHU (HEJ))
  • Physiatrie musculosquelettique (Maitrise de la discipline · 6 périodes · CHU (HEJ), IRDPQ et CPQ)
  • Réadaptation des TCC (Maitrise de la discipline · 4 périodes · IRDPQ et CHU (HEJ))
  • Réadaptation des amputés/Prothèses/Orthèses (Maitrise de la discipline · 4 périodes · IRDPQ et CHU)
  • Réadaptation des blessés médullaires (Maitrise de la discipline · 4 périodes · IRDPQ et CHU (HEJ))
  • Réadaptation de l’AVC (Maitrise de la discipline · 4 périodes · IRDPQ et CHU (HEJ))
  • Maladies neuromusculaires / EMG (Maitrise de la discipline · 4 périodes · IRDPQ et CHU (HEJ))
  • Réadaptation pédiatrique (Maitrise de la discipline · 4 périodes · CHU (CHUL), IRDPQ (site St-Louis))
  • Recherche (Maitrise de la discipline · 3 périodes · IRDPQ et CHU)
  • Réadaptation cardiorespiratoire (Maitrise de la discipline · 1 période · IUCPQ)
  • Stage de réadaptation interne (Maitrise de la discipline · 1 période · IRDPQ)
  • Physiatrie musculosquelettique (Transition vers la pratique · 2 périodes · CHU (HEJ), IRDPQ, CPQ et HDL)
  • Physiatrie Région (Transition vers la pratique · 1 période · Mont-Joli, Trois-Rivières, Gatineau, Moncton, Sherbrooke)
  • Options (Clinique de la douleur, médecine sportive, recherche, physiatrie générale, EMG, réadaptation et musculosquelettique…) (Transition vers la pratique · 7 périodes)

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

Where you train

Québec, Quebec: 11 teaching sites.

  • Hôpital Enfant-Jésus (HEJ)
  • Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec (IRDPQ)
  • CHUL
  • HSFA
  • HDQ
  • Institut universitaire de cardiologie et pneumologie de Québec (Hôpital Laval)
  • Clinique de médecine sportive PEPS
  • CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches - Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis (Lévis)
  • CRDP-CA (site Charny) (Charny)
  • MSK Québec
  • Clinique dextérité

Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 5 of 11; no published record for 6.

Hospital facts

6 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 CHUL, HSFA, HDQ.

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 Enfant-Jésus (HEJ)

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

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

HSFA

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
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HDQ

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

Institut universitaire de cardiologie et 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

CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches - 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

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
Return of service
Not required · this stream

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
29 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Panel
  • MMI or rotating station

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.

10 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 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

  • 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.

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 stream25 years1 date, 29 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
Regular streamQuébec - Médecine physique et réadaptation25 years2 dates as the CaRMS page writes them
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The Université Laval offers a medical residency program in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation focused on diagnosing, treating, and rehabilitating patients with neuromusculoskeletal pathologies and physical disabilities.
  • The program allows residents to follow patients from acute hospital settings through rehabilitation centers and longitudinal outpatient follow-up.
Research
Residents must complete a mandatory 3-period research stage and a research project by the end of their residency.
Training setting
The program is primarily conducted at two sites: Hôpital Enfant-Jésus (HEJ) of CHU de Québec and the Institut de réadaptation en déficience physique de Québec (IRDPQ), offering both urban hospital and rehabilitation center training environments.
Teaching approach
The program follows a Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) approach, focusing on progressive skill development through four stages: Progression to Discipline, Foundations of Discipline, Mastery of Discipline, and Transition to Practice.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Academic record (30%)
  • Curriculum vitae (10%)
  • Interview (45%)
  • Standardized reference letters (10%)
  • Motivation letter (5%)

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, Agente de gestion des études

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.

Program websiteWebsiteThis program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation elsewhere

Nearest to Québec

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 31 Aug 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35621 · 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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