Victoriaville - Family Medicine
Université de SherbrookeVictoriaville, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 6
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 201–400
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027
Victoriaville, 2 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
First-year residents train longitudinally, with hospital, mental health, perinatal, pediatric and geriatric care built into family medicine clinic time.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This two-year family medicine residency is based at the Victoriaville GMF-U and the Hôtel-Dieu d'Arthabaska.
- First year is integrated and longitudinal, with 10 periods in the family medicine unit, one emergency period and two elective periods.
- Second year includes a two-period external unit rotation at another site.
- Residents complete a quality improvement or research project.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Focus areas
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Research
- Required · 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 FAMILLE10 périodes
- OPTION2 périodes
- URGENCE1 période
- PGY-2
- UNITÉ DE MÉDECINE DE FAMILLE8 périodes
- UNITÉ EXTÉRIEURE2 périodes
- UNITÉ DE MÉDECINE INTERNE1 période
- OPTION1 période
- 3E SÉLECTIF1 période
Where you train
Victoriaville, Quebec: 2 teaching sites.
- GMF-U de Victoriaville
- Hôtel Dieu d’Arthabaska
Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 2 of 2.
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.
Hôtel Dieu d’Arthabaska
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 15,564 · 2026–2027: no row in the file
- Licensed beds
- physical health 151 · psychiatry 24 · geriatrics 24 · neonatology 4
About Victoriaville
People
47,760residents, 2021 Census
Housing
not published for this area
Winter and summer
−10.8 °CJanuary mean19.4 °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
- “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”
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 programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $58,728 / year |
| PGY-2 | $64,809 / 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
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
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 2 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 2 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 position 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 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 3 positions open after round 2 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
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 | 6 | 2 years | 5 dates, 19–26 Jan 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 5 | 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 at Victoriaville offers a comprehensive two-year training that allows residents to become competent in all family medicine care domains through longitudinal exposure.
- The program provides a flexible curriculum that enables residents to explore areas of interest while being supported by an academic mentor.
- Research
- Residents can complete a quality improvement project or research project during their training.
- Training setting
- Training primarily occurs at the GMF-U de Victoriaville and Hôtel-Dieu d'Arthabaska, located in Victoriaville. The program offers exposure to various clinical settings including primary care, emergency, hospital, and community health centers.
- Teaching approach
- The program emphasizes competency-based medical education with progressive independence, focusing on developing comprehensive family physicians capable of providing continuous, patient-centered care across different clinical domains.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CProMF exam
- CV
- Motivation letter
- Medical school transcript
- Reference letters
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Joanie Rinfret
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Secrétaire de direction, Adjointe à l'enseignement
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.
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