Sherbrooke - Ophthalmology

Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke, QuebecRegular stream

Approx. quota: 2 positions
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 0–50
Offered interviews: 26–50%

Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Pre-interview social

details

Tue 19 Jan 2027,5:30–7:30 pm (time zone not stated)

Interviews

1 date, 20 Jan 2027MMI or rotating station

Sherbrooke, 12 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

Program website CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Residents run a weekly resident clinic in PGY-4, operating on their own patients under supervision.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
The fee for the Toronto TORIC introductory course in PGY-1 is reimbursed by the program.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Two protected research periods, with the project required to be submitted for publication.
From “Important information” on the CaRMS page

This is a 5-year ophthalmology residency based mainly at the CHUS Hôtel-Dieu in Sherbrooke.
Residents complete pediatric ophthalmology at CHU Ste-Justine and a required general ophthalmology rotation in an intermediate-sized region.
PGY-4 is devoted mainly to intraocular surgery, and residents must complete at least two research projects.

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

What training looks like

Setting: Academic / tertiary hospital
Regional community
Rural exposure: Optional rural rotation
Focus areas: Small program
Research: Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
Training language: French

By year

PGY-1: Ophtalmologie générale (incluant le cours TORIC)4 périodes
Chirurgie plastique1 période
O.R.L.1 période
Recherche1 période
Urgence1 période
Neurologie1 période
Médecine interne1 période
Neuro-radiologie1 période
Maladies infectieuses1 période
Dermatologie1 période
PGY-2: Urgences ophtalmologiques6 périodes
Rétine2 périodes
Cornée et neuro-ophtalmologie2 périodes
Glaucome et neuro-ophtalmologie2 périodes
Ophtalmologie pédiatrique1 période
PGY-3: Rétine2 périodes
Glaucome et neuro-ophtalmologie2 périodes
OculoplastieCHUM2 périodes
Neuro-ophtalmologie2 périodes
Cornée2 périodes
Urgences ophtalmologiques2 périodes
Recherche1 période
Ophtalmologie pédiatriqueCHU Sainte-Justine1 période
Ophtalmologie pédiatriqueCHUS1 période
PGY-4: Chirurgie11 périodes
Oculoplastie et neuro-ophtalmologie2 périodes
PGY-5: Ophtalmologie générale (sénior)5 périodes
Chirurgie (incluant chirurgie réfractive)2 périodes
Stages optionnels2 périodes
Urgences ophtalmologiques (sénior)2 périodes
Uvéite1 période
En région intermédiaire1 période

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

Where you train

Sherbrooke, Quebec: 12 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS)
Hôtel-Dieu
Fleurimont
Hôpital Magog (Magog)
OculoVision
Clinique d'ophtalmologie Axe Visuel / Orion
CHU Ste-Justine
CHUM
Centre Hospitalier de la Sagamie (Saguenay) (Saguenay · rural or distributed site)
Clinique Médicale Dr Michel Giunta
Hôpital de Thetford Mines (Thetford Mines · rural or distributed site)
Hôpital de Lac Mégantic (Lac-Mégantic · rural or distributed site)

Record systems at the listed sites: ARIANE at 3 of 12, Cristal-Net at 1, DCi-ChartMaxx at 1, TELUS at 1; no published record for 6.

Hospital facts

9 sites · public figures and clinical record systems where they are published

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: DCI ARIANE (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026. At Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS), Hôtel-Dieu, Fleurimont.

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.

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS)

This name covers 2 hospitals in the province’s lists. Each is shown on its own, A to Z, and the numbers are never added together.

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

Fleurimont

Matched to CHUS - Hôpital Fleurimont (Sherbrooke) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 18,141 · 2026–2027: 19,532
Licensed beds: physical health 365 · psychiatry 6 · neonatology 20

Hôpital Magog

Matched to Centre Multiservices de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Memphrémagog (Magog) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 9,465 · 2026–2027: 9,519
Licensed beds: physical health 33 · geriatrics 5

Show facts for 5 more sites

CHU Ste-Justine

Clinical record: DCi-ChartMaxx (dossier clinique informatisé), fully electronic record since May 2014 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to CHU Sainte-Justine (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 27,172 · 2026–2027: 27,007
Licensed beds: physical health 333 · psychiatry 19 · neonatology 66

CHUM

Clinical record: OACIS (dossier clinique informatisé), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 30,754 · 2026–2027: 32,697
Licensed beds: physical health 732 · psychiatry 38 · neonatology 10

Centre Hospitalier de la Sagamie (Saguenay)

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

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 20,522 · 2026–2027: 21,228
Licensed beds: physical health 311 · psychiatry 57 · neonatology 19 · hôtellerie 21

Hôpital de Thetford Mines

Clinical record: DCI Cristal-Net, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Hôpital de Lac Mégantic

Matched to Centre Multiservices de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Granit (Lac-Mégantic) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 6,298 · 2026–2027: 6,544
Licensed beds: physical health 35

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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 Sherbrooke

People
172,950residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Sherbrooke
Housing
2.7%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Sherbrooke, Quebec (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
−9.5 °CJanuary mean19.7 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Lennoxville, 9.1 km away
Job outlook
Moderatefor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Sherbrooke (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.

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 20 Jan 2027
Format: MMI or rotating station

Info sessions

Tue 19 Jan 2027
5:30–7:30 pm (time zone not stated)
Pre-interview social · Listed under interviews on CaRMS

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 20 Oct 2026; a row tagged CANPREPP is on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026), alone or as well. Dates and times are as the program wrote them; “your time” is worked out in your browser when your time zone differs. Programs add and change 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 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Quebec
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

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

Past matches

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

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	2	5 years	1 date, 20 Jan 2027MMI or rotating station	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
Regular streamSherbrooke - Ophtalmologie	2	5 years	1 date as the CaRMS page writes it

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

The Université de Sherbrooke Ophthalmology Residency Program aims to train ophthalmologists with solid foundations in all specialty areas, preparing residents to handle diverse pathologies encountered by general ophthalmologists.
The program provides comprehensive training through close interactions with professors and a collegial, supportive environment.

Research: Residents are required to complete at least two research projects during their residency, including a clinical research project and a medical act review project.
Training setting: Training occurs primarily at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) with additional rotations at CHU Ste-Justine, Axe Visuel/Orion Clinic, and other satellite hospitals in the region.
Teaching approach: The program emphasizes hands-on learning, daily teaching interactions, and a collegial environment focused on professional development, knowledge sharing, and personal growth.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Academic performance
Interview performance
Curriculum vitae
Reference letters
Personal letter
Clinical evaluations
Research potential

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) Michaël Marchand-Gareau
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Adjointe, direction du programme
Write to the officeophtalmoprogramme-fmss@usherbrooke.ca

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.

Program websiteWebsite This program on CaRMS

Ophthalmology elsewhere

Nearest to Sherbrooke

Montreal - Ophthalmology, McGillMcGill University
Montreal · 131 km
5 positions · Regular
Bilingual
Montreal - Ophthalmology, MontréalUniversité de Montréal
Montreal · 131 km
5 positions · Regular
Québec - OphthalmologyUniversité Laval
Québec · 165 km
3 positions · Regular

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 9 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36248 · 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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