Québec - Radiation Oncology
Université LavalQuébec, Quebec
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 21
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Regular (NRQ) RoS stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 26 Jan 2027
Québec, 8 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Reference centre for brachytherapy, total body irradiation, stereotactic radiosurgery, and has an MRI-linac.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Department presented as the largest radiotherapy centre in Eastern Quebec.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This is a 5-year radiation oncology residency at Université Laval, trained mainly at the CHU de Québec's Centre Intégré de Cancérologie.
- After a one-month introductory rotation, residents spend about 12 months on rotations in other specialties.
- Residents can spend up to 6 months on a research rotation, and some rotations take place at non-university hospitals such as Trois-Rivières, Rimouski and Chicoutimi.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Offered · research project · protected time
- Training language
- French
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- stage d'initiation à la radio-oncologie (La progression vers la discipline · un mois)
- Chirurgie générale (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Hémato-oncologie (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Neurochirurgie oncologique (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Oncologie gynécologique (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Pneumologie (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Urologie (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Stage de nuit (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Soins palliatifs (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Radiologie (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Radio-oncologie (L'acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- stages de radio-oncologie (La maîtrise de la discipline)
- stages à option (La maîtrise de la discipline)
- ORL (La maîtrise de la discipline)
- oncologie médicale (La maîtrise de la discipline)
- hémato-oncologie pédiatrique (La maîtrise de la discipline)
- stage de recherche (La maîtrise de la discipline · jusqu'à 6 mois)
Where you train
Québec, Quebec: 8 teaching sites.
- CHU de Québec
- Centre Intégré de Cancérologie
- CHAU-Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis (Lévis)
- Institut universitaire de cardiologie et pneumologie de Québec
- Maison Michel-Sarrazin
- CH Ste-Marie de Trois-Rivières (Trois-Rivières · rural or distributed site)
- CSSS de Rimouski (Rimouski · rural or distributed site)
- Chicoutimi (Chicoutimi · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: Cristal-Net at 2 of 8, Epic at 1; no published record for 5.
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
- 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
CHAU-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
Institut universitaire de cardiologie et pneumologie de Québec
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 12,268 · 2026–2027: 13,015
- Licensed beds
- physical health 338
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CH Ste-Marie de Trois-Rivières
- Clinical record
- Epic: Dossier santé numérique (DSN), fully electronic record since May 2026
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 24,070 · 2026–2027: no row in the file
- Licensed beds
- physical health 432 · psychiatry 29 · neonatology 12
Quebec's Dossier santé numérique is live at two regional health authorities only (Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal and Mauricie-et-Centre-du-Québec). No date is published for the other establishments.
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, Regular stream
- Not required
- Return of service, Regular (NRQ) RoS stream
- Required · 5 years
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 26 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.
7 Radiation Oncology 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, 26 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| Regular (NRQ) RoS stream | 1 | 5 years | 1 date, 26 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream, CaRMS program 30077 | 2 | 5 years | 1 date as the CaRMS page writes it |
| Regular stream, CaRMS program 30888 | 1 | 5 years | 1 date as the CaRMS page writes it |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Radio-Oncology service at CHU de Québec-Université Laval is the largest radiotherapy center in Eastern Quebec.
- The program focuses on training specialized physicians who can diagnose malignant conditions and provide comprehensive cancer treatment using advanced radiation technologies and interdisciplinary approaches.
- Research
- Residents can dedicate up to 6 months to a research stage, allowing them to develop experimental methodology and research protocol skills.
- Training setting
- Clinical training primarily occurs at CHU de Québec, specifically at the new Integrated Cancer Center, with additional training sites in Quebec including Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et pneumologie, and other regional hospitals.
- Teaching approach
- The program uses a Competence by Design approach, emphasizing workplace-based assessment, frequent feedback, and progressive skill development through four key stages: progression to discipline, foundations, mastery, and transition to practice.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- DREM (Medical Student Performance Record)
- Interview performance
- Reference letters
- Clinical competencies
- Academic achievements
- In-Training North American Exam
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Marie-Anne FromentDirectrice du programme
- Program office
Équipe Admission, Vice-décanat aux études médicales postdoctorales - Université Laval, Agente de gestion des études
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.
Radiation Oncology elsewhere
Nearest to Québec
- Bilingual
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