Québec - Plastic Surgery
Université LavalQuébec, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 2
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 29 Jan 2027
Québec, 7 teaching sites
Summary
- Université Laval's plastic surgery residency is a 5-year program based mainly at the CHU de Québec hospitals.
- Training includes 4 periods each of burns and pediatric plastic surgery, and up to 3 research periods can be built into the curriculum.
- Interviews are virtual.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Offered · research project · protected time
- Training language
- French
By year
- PGY-1
- Chirurgie plastique4 périodes
- Soins aigus et traumatologiques2 périodes
- Anesthésie1 période
- Stage de nuit1 période
- Clinique du sein1 période
- Infectiologie1 période
- Fondements chirurgicaux1 période
- Urgence1 période
- ORL1 période
- PGY-2
- Chirurgie plastique5 périodes
- Chirurgie maxillo-faciale2 périodes
- Chirurgie orthopédique traumatologique1 période
- Dermato-chirurgie1 période
- Chirurgie orthopédique-membre supérieur1 période
- Soins intensifs1 périodes
- Neuro-ophtalmologie/Occuloplastie1 période
- Neurochirurgie (nerf périphérique)1 période
- PGY-3
- Grands brûlés4 périodes
- Chirurgie de la main/trauma2 périodes
- Microchirurgie2 périodes
- Reconstruction du sein2 périodes
- Chirurgie plastique HDL2 période
- Oncologie cutanée1 période
- PGY-4
- Chirurgie plastique pédiatrique4 périodes
- Microchirurgie1-2 période
- Reconstruction du sein1-2 période
- Chirurgie de la main/trauma1-2 période
- Chirurgie plastique HDL1-2 période
- Chirurgie esthétique1- 2 période
- Cranio facial2 périodes
- PGY-5
- Chirurgie esthétique1-3 périodes
- Microchirurgie2-3 périodes
- Reconstruction du sein2 périodes
- Chirurgie de la main/trauma2 périodes
- Chirurgie plastique HDL0-2 périodes
- Option0- 1 période
- Transition vers la pratique1-2période
Where you train
Québec, Quebec: 7 teaching sites.
- CHU de Québec (CHUL, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec)
- CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale
- CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches
- CHU Sainte-Justine (Montréal)
- Centre hospitalier affilié à l'Université McGill (Montréal)
- CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
- McMaster Children's Hospital (Hamilton)
Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 1 of 7, DCi-ChartMaxx at 1, Epic at 1; no published record for 4.
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.
CHU de Québec (CHUL, Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec)
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (DCI), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 28,705 · 2026–2027: 29,528
- Licensed beds
- physical health 296 · neonatology 56
Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 25,968 · 2026–2027: 26,733
- Licensed beds
- physical health 335
Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 15,123 · 2026–2027: 15,641
- Licensed beds
- physical health 111
Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 16,696 · 2026–2027: 17,516
- Licensed beds
- physical health 254
L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec (Québec)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 9,117 · 2026–2027: 9,533
- Licensed beds
- physical health 262 · hôtellerie 63
CHU Sainte-Justine
- Clinical record
- DCi-ChartMaxx (dossier clinique informatisé), fully electronic record since May 2014
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 27,172 · 2026–2027: 27,007
- Licensed beds
- physical health 333 · psychiatry 19 · neonatology 66
McMaster Children's Hospital
- Clinical record
- Epic, fully electronic record since Jun 2022
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
Moderatefor 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
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 29 Jan 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.
4 Plastic Surgery 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 |
| PGY-5 | $83,050 / 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
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 | 2 | 5 years | 1 date, 29 Jan 2027 |
|
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 1 | 6 years | 1 date as the CaRMS page writes it |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Plastic Surgery Residency Program at Université Laval is a comprehensive 5-year training program focused on developing expert surgeons in reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery.
- The program aims to train residents who can provide high-quality patient care across multiple anatomical zones and subspecialties, with a strong emphasis on surgical principles and research.
- Research
- Up to 3 research periods can be integrated into the curriculum, with an emphasis on scholarly activities and research participation.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across multiple hospitals in Quebec, including CHU de Québec, CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale, and CHU Sainte-Justine, providing diverse clinical exposure.
- Teaching approach
- The program follows a Competence by Design (CBD) approach, focusing on developing comprehensive CanMEDS competencies and ensuring residents progressively develop professional capabilities through supervised clinical activities.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Pre-clinical academic performance
- Clinical rotation evaluations
- Surgical rotation performance
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr(e) Céline RobergeDirectrice de programme
Dre Emilie MailhotCo-directrice de programme
- Program office
Équipe Admission, Vice-décanat aux études médicales postdoctorales - Université Laval, Agente à la 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.
Plastic Surgery elsewhere
Nearest to Québec
- Bilingual
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