Sherbrooke - Neurology
Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QuebecRegular stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 3
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 0–50
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 2 Feb 2027
Sherbrooke, 11 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Supervised autonomy on call starting in R2, with direct contact with referring physicians.
From “FAQ” on the CaRMS page
Residents can become competent and independent in EEG and EMG by the end of residency.
From “Selection criteria” on the CaRMS page
- This is a five-year neurology residency at Université de Sherbrooke, with CHUS as the main training site.
- Rotations at Hôpital Charles-LeMoyne and CHU Ste-Justine are mandatory, and other sites are available as electives.
- All residents must submit a research project starting in R2, and an optional clinician-researcher program adds one year with protected research time.
- The interview is virtual and takes place on 2 February 2027.
Based on what the program says about itself.
- You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
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What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Focus areas
- Early independence
- Small program
- Research
- Required · research project · protected time
- Training language
- French
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Neurologie générale (unité d'enseignement, consultations à l'urgence, consultations à l'étage) (Progression vers la discipline)
- Psychiatrie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Neurochirurgie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- MD urgence (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Soins intensifs (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- MD interne (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 2 périodes)
- Cardiologie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Rhumatologie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Gériatrie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Maladies infectieuses (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline)
- Neurologie générale (unité d'enseignement, consultations à l'urgence, consultations à l'étage) (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 7-8 périodes · CHUS et/ou CHCLM)
- Neurologie générale Chicoutimi (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · Chicoutimi)
- Recherche (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période minimum)
- Neuroradiologie (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 2 à 3 périodes)
- Électifs (Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 2 à 3 périodes)
- EEG (Maîtrise de la discipline · 3-4 périodes)
- EMG (Maîtrise de la discipline · 3-4 périodes)
- Neuropédiatrie (Maîtrise de la discipline · 3 périodes · Ste-Justine ou Children-1 période possible CHUS Fleurimont)
- Neuropathologie (Maîtrise de la discipline · 2 périodes)
- Cliniques externes spécialisées (Maîtrise de la discipline · 4 périodes minimum · CHUS et/ou Neuro Rive-Sud)
- Neuropsychiatrie (Maîtrise de la discipline · 1 période)
- Recherche (Maîtrise de la discipline · 2 périodes minimum)
- Neurologie générale (unité d'enseignement, consultations à l'urgence, consultations à l'étage) (Maîtrise de la discipline · 6 périodes · CHUS et/ou CHCLM et/ou Chicoutimi)
- Soins palliatifs (Maîtrise de la discipline · 1 période)
- Électifs (Maîtrise de la discipline)
- Neurologie générale (unité d'enseignement, consultations à l'urgence, consultations à l'étage) (Transition vers la pratique · 3 périodes minimum · CHUS et/ou CHCLM)
- EEG (Transition vers la pratique · 3-4 périodes)
- EMG (Transition vers la pratique · 3-4 périodes)
- Électifs (Transition vers la pratique)
Where you train
Sherbrooke, Quebec: 11 teaching sites.
- CHUS (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke)
- Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne incluant la clinique Neuro Rive-Sud
- Hôpital Ste-Justine (Montréal)
- CHUL (centre mère-enfant de Québec) (Québec)
- l'hôpital pour enfants de Montréal (Montréal)
- Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (Québec) (Québec)
- Hôpital de Chicoutimi (Chicoutimi · rural or distributed site)
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont
- Sacré-Cœur
- Pierre-Boucher
- Trois-Rivières (Trois-Rivières · rural or distributed site)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: ARIANE at 1 of 11, Cristal-Net at 2, DCi-ChartMaxx at 1, Epic at 2, Purkinje-HM at 1, TELUS at 1; no published record for 3.
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.
- Clinical record
- Epic: Dossier santé numérique (DSN), fully electronic record since May 2026
CHUS (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke)
- Clinical record
- DCI ARIANE (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
CHUS - Hôpital Fleurimont (Sherbrooke)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 18,141 · 2026–2027: 19,532
- Licensed beds
- physical health 365 · psychiatry 6 · neonatology 20
CHUS - Hôtel-Dieu de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 18,578 · 2026–2027: 18,319
- Licensed beds
- physical health 216 · psychiatry 105
Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne incluant la clinique Neuro Rive-Sud
- Clinical record
- Purkinje-HM (DCI), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 30,073 · 2026–2027: 30,629
- Licensed beds
- physical health 571
Hôpital Ste-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
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CHUL (centre mère-enfant de Québec)
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (DCI), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 28,705 · 2026–2027: 29,528
- Licensed beds
- physical health 296 · neonatology 56
l'hôpital pour enfants de Montréal
- Clinical record
- TELUS (Oacis), since 2006, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 25,738 · 2026–2027: 26,552
Hôpital de l'Enfant-Jésus (Québec)
- Clinical record
- Cristal-Net (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 25,968 · 2026–2027: 26,733
- Licensed beds
- physical health 335
Hôpital de Chicoutimi
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 20,522 · 2026–2027: 21,228
- Licensed beds
- physical health 311 · psychiatry 57 · neonatology 19 · hôtellerie 21
Maisonneuve-Rosemont
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 26,902 · 2026–2027: 29,102
- Licensed beds
- physical health 507 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 26
Sacré-Cœur
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 27,285 · 2026–2027: no row in the file
- Licensed beds
- physical health 420 · geriatrics 20
Pierre-Boucher
- Emergency visits
- 2025–2026: 23,690 · 2026–2027: 24,579
- Licensed beds
- physical health 334 · psychiatry 35 · neonatology 15
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 Sherbrooke
People
172,950residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.7%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−9.5 °CJanuary mean19.7 °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
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 2 Feb 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.
2 Neurology 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 | 3 | 5 years | 1 date, 2 Feb 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular stream | 3 | 5 years | 1 date as the CaRMS page writes it |
The 2026 page of the Regular stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The Neurology Program at Université de Sherbrooke offers a comprehensive training experience focused on developing complete neurologists capable of practicing in various settings.
- The program emphasizes personalized follow-up, supervised autonomy, and a collegial learning environment with flexible training tailored to individual career aspirations.
- Research
- Residents are required to submit a research project by R2 year, with options to enter the Clinician-Researcher Program, which adds a year with protected research time and potential master's degree.
- Training setting
- Primary training at CHUS (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke), with affiliated hospitals including Charles-Le Moyne, Ste-Justine, and Chicoutimi Hospital, offering diverse urban and academic medical center experiences.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing personalized learning, immediate feedback, and comprehensive neurological training across multiple clinical settings.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic record/clinical stages (40%)
- Interview (35%)
- Letters of recommendation (15%)
- Motivation letter (10%)
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr(e) Marie-France RiouxDirectrice du programme
- Program office
Secrétaire du programme de neurologie
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Neurology elsewhere
Nearest to Sherbrooke
- Bilingual
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