La Pommeraie - Family Medicine

Université de SherbrookeLa Pommeraie, QuebecRegular stream

Approx. quota: 7 positions
Length: 2 years
Applications per year: 201–400
Offered interviews: 76–100%

Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027virtual

La Pommeraie, 3 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

After residency in Quebec: fee-for-service; a new model is agreed but not in force yet

Program website CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

First year is integrated: residents stay at the GMF-U all year rather than doing block rotations.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

This two-year Université de Sherbrooke family medicine program is based at GMF-U La Pommeraie and the Cowansville hospital.
The first year uses an integrated format, and residents follow their own patients at the GMF-U throughout.
In second year, residents complete a two-month family medicine rotation at an external unit, either in a different community or a remote region.

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

What training looks like

Setting: Regional community
Rural exposure: Optional rural rotation
Focus areas: Longitudinal / integrated
Research: Offered · research or quality-improvement project
Training language: French
Enhanced skills: Care of the Elderly
Palliative Care
Clinician Scholar / Research
Emergency Medicine
Sport and Exercise Medicine
Maternity and Newborn Care

By year

PGY-1: UNITÉ DE MÉDECINE DE FAMILLE R1GMF-U La Pommeraie, Cowansville10 périodes
OPTION2 périodes
URGENCE ET SOINS CRITIQUES1 période
PGY-2: UNITÉ DE MÉDECINE DE FAMILLE R2GMF-U La Pommeraie8 périodes
UNITÉ EXTÉRIEURE2 périodes
MÉDECINE INTERNE OU OPTION SÉLECTIFHôpital Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins1 période
OPTION1 période
3E SÉLECTIFAu GMF-U ou à la même unité extérieure de 2 périodes1 période

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

Where you train

La Pommeraie, Quebec: 3 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

GMF-U La Pommeraie (Cowansville)
hôpital Brome-Missisquoi Perkins (Cowansville)
Centre hospitalier de Granby (Granby)

Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 3 of 3.

Hospital facts

2 sites · public figures where the province publishes them

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.

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 Brome-Missisquoi Perkins

Matched to Hôpital Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins (Cowansville) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 12,130 · 2026–2027: 12,352
Licensed beds: physical health 84

Centre hospitalier de Granby

Matched to Hôpital de Granby (Granby) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 15,690 · 2026–2027: 16,437
Licensed beds: physical health 112 · psychiatry 22 · geriatrics 16

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 Cowansville

People
15,234residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Cowansville
Housing
1.9%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Cowansville, Quebec (census agglomeration)
Winter and summer
−8.9 °CJanuary mean19.7 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Sutton, 16.4 km away
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Cowansville (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 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
“Pour les DIM, le.la candidat.e doit fournir une preuve d'inscription au tableau de l'Ordre ainsi qu'une preuve de travail signé par une autorité compétente”
“Dans le cas des candidats.es DIM, l'entrevue est complétée par trois stations d'Examen Clinique Objectif et Structuré (ECOS) de 15 minutes chacune”

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 19, 20, 21, 22 and 26 Jan 2027
Format: Virtual

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.

59 Family Medicine info sessions at other programs All 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 2 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Quebec
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$58,728 / year
PGY-2	$64,809 / 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

After residency

Family doctors in Quebec are paid fee-for-service today. A new model, which pays for enrolled patients, visits and hours worked, is agreed but not in force yet. Every family doctor in the public plan needs a compliance notice (avis de conformité) for a territory in the medical-staffing plan (PTEM, formerly PREM), or a waiver that stands in for it. Compare provinces

Official pages read 31 Oct 2026.

Past matches

Open after round 1 in 2 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 1 of 9 years.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: La Pommeraie.

Show the table, with round 2

Positions at this site, all streams, still open after round 1 and after round 2, by year. Each count above zero links to the CaRMS list page it comes from.
Year	Open after round 1	Open after round 2
2018	not available	0
2019	0	0
2020	1 position open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2021	0	0
2022	0	0
2023	0	0
2024	0	0
2025	4 positions open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	1 position open after round 2 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2026	0	0

CaRMS’s first-round list for 2018 was not found, so round 1 is counted over 8 years and round 2 over 9.

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)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews	What changed
Regular stream	7	2 years	5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
Regular streamLa Pommeraie - Médecine familiale	7	2 years	2 dates as the CaRMS page writes them

The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description

The Université de Sherbrooke Family Medicine Residency Program aims to train family physicians who provide continuous, comprehensive, and global care adapted to patient and community needs.
The program focuses on developing physicians capable of practicing the 7 CanMeds-FM roles across primary care domains.

Research: Includes scholarly activities like quality improvement projects, research, and pedagogical innovation
Training setting: The majority of training occurs at the GMF-U La Pommeraie in Cowansville and Brome-Missisquoi Perkins Hospital, with opportunities for external unit and optional stages in various settings.
Teaching approach: Competency-based medical education focusing on developing comprehensive family physicians through immersive, diverse clinical experiences and structured academic learning.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: CProMF exam
Medical school transcript
Curriculum vitae
Motivation letter
Reference documents
Interview performance

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: Dr(e) Joanie Rinfret
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Secrétaire de direction, Agente administrative aux affaires académiques
Write to the officemedfam-programme-mf@USherbrooke.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 websiteWebsite témoignage This program on CaRMS

Family Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to La Pommeraie

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu - Family MedicineUniversité de Sherbrooke
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu · 1 km
8 positions · Regular
Regional
de Saint-Hubert - Family MedicineUniversité de Montréal
de Saint-Hubert · 24 km
8 positions · Regular
City
de Verdun - Family MedicineUniversité de Montréal
de Verdun · 29 km
14 positions · Regular
City

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 25 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36124 · 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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