Gatineau - Médecine familiale

Université McGillGatineau, QuebecRegular stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved date not on file

From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version

Positions (approx. quota): 16 positions
Length: 2 years
Stream: Regular
Discipline: Médecine familiale
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Not stated on CaRMS page
CaRMS program ID: 29658

Bands are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS. They describe past cycles, not your odds.

Summary

McGill's Family Medicine Residency Program in Gatineau offers a comprehensive two-year postgraduate training experience focused on comprehensive family medicine. The program provides continuous family medicine experience, coordinated training in medical specialties, and exposure to rural practice, emphasizing patient-centered care and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Training

Research

Residents are encouraged to engage in research, with resources available to support clinical and fundamental science research projects.

Training setting

Urban and regional training sites in Gatineau, including a University Family Medicine Group (GMF-U), three regional hospitals, long-term care facilities, and community health centers.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education emphasizing lifelong learning, individualized training, and comprehensive patient-centered care across diverse clinical settings.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospital
Family medicine clinic
Rural health center

Focus areas

Family Medicine
Primary Care
Rural Medicine
Obstetrics
Pediatrics
Geriatric Care
Emergency Medicine

Patient populations

Pediatric patients
Adolescents
Young adults
Elderly patients
Obstetric patients
Immigrant populations
Indigenous populations

Highlights

Longitudinal training program
Multidisciplinary team support
Mandatory two-month rural placement
Academic half-day sessions
Evidence-based medicine workshops
Advanced care training (ACLS, GESTA, NRP)
Optional third year specialty training
Critical evaluation/quality of care project required

Strengths

High resident retention rates (60-70%)
Diverse clinical exposure
Strong rural medicine training
Comprehensive academic curriculum
Interdisciplinary healthcare approach

Enhanced skills

Emergency Medicine
Care of the Elderly
Palliative Care
Hospital Care
Sports Medicine
Maternal and Child Health

By year

PGY-1

Family MedicineGMF-U GatineauContinuous
Hospital MedicineGatineau HospitalBlocks
ObstetricsGatineau HospitalBlocks

PGY-2

Rural MedicineRural sites2 months
Family MedicineGMF-U GatineauContinuous
Emergency MedicineHull HospitalBlocks

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

Academic record
Structured reference letters
Autobiographical letter
Interview performance
Clinical experience
Language proficiency
Research interest

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 20 janvier 2026; 26 janvier 2026; 30 janvier 2026; 3 février 2026

Programs can change interview dates. Confirm on carms.ca.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

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

One provincial scale for Quebec, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Benefits

Benefits as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024; check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

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

Call

Call (provincial max): 6 calls in an establishment per 28 days

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

FMRQ agreement, 1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2028.

Teaching sites

Gatineau Hospital
Hull Hospital
Pierre Janet Hospital
Foyer du Bonheur CHSLD
CLSC de Hull

Contacts

Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.

The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).

Location

Gatineau, Quebec

About the city

Public statistics for the place named by this program’s location label, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not the program, and are not a ranking. Check each source before you rely on it.

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average: −9.6 °C Ottawa (City), 9.8 km away
July average: 21.3 °C Ottawa (City), 9.8 km away
Snowfall: 184.5 cm a year Ottawa (City), 9.8 km away
Days below −20 °C: 15.4 days a year Ottawa (City), 9.8 km away

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Gatineau, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Population: 291,041 people up 5.4% from 2016
Official languages: English only 8.4% · French only 25.9% · English and French 65.0% · neither 0.7% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 15.5% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 3.5% · non-permanent residents: 1.9%
Indigenous identity: 4.1% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 81.4% · public transit 10.7% · walking or cycling 5.6% · other 2.3% Average commute: 23.4 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income: $82,000 before tax $69,500 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural and remote

This describes the place named by the program’s location label. Programs can train in several towns, so it is not every site.

Population centre: Ottawa - Gatineau, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 1,068,821 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.098 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

Housing, cost and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area.

Rental vacancy rate: 3.8% October 2025 survey, Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part, Ontario/Quebec (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $47,414 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Quebec, population 100,000 to 499,999, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.
Unemployment rate: 6.3% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part, Ontario/Quebec (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.7 points. A survey estimate.

Job outlook

Employment and Social Development Canada’s rating for the occupation in the economic region. It is not a count of jobs, and says nothing about CaRMS positions or your match.

Outlook, 2025–2027: Good The employment outlook will be Good for general practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in the Outaouais region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for general practitioners and family physicians, 2024–2033. Recent conditions, 2021–2023: Strong signs of Shortage.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0130-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS), 2024 to 2033 projections).
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 3-Year Employment Outlooks).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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 residency.fyi 5 Oct 2026.