Moncton - Psychiatrie

Université de SherbrookeMoncton, New BrunswickRegular 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): 2 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: Regular
Discipline: Psychiatrie
Applications per year: 0–50
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Not stated on CaRMS page
CaRMS program ID: 29674

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

Summary

The Université de Sherbrooke's Francophone Psychiatry Residency Program in New Brunswick is a decentralized training pathway focused on forming versatile, autonomous clinical psychiatrists. The program emphasizes developing competent professionals who are aware of community and societal issues, with a strong commitment to patient advocacy and exemplary practice.

Training

Research

Residents can engage in fundamental or clinical research, quality improvement projects, and scholarly activities throughout their training.

Training setting

A decentralized training program based in Moncton, New Brunswick, with clinical experiences across community hospitals, psychiatric clinics, mental health centers, and university teaching hospitals.

Teaching approach

A competency-based approach focusing on progressive skill development, with emphasis on clinical reasoning, communication, professionalism, and adaptable psychiatric practice across diverse patient populations.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospital
Psychiatric clinics
Mental health centers

Focus areas

General Psychiatry
Community Mental Health
Psychotherapy
Psychiatric Emergency Care
Geriatric Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry
Substance Use Disorders

Patient populations

Adult psychiatric patients
Geriatric patients
Child and adolescent patients
Patients with severe and persistent mental illness
Patients with substance use disorders
Forensic psychiatric patients
Community mental health patients

Highlights

Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME)
Virtual interview process
Standardized multi-station interview
Longitudinal psychotherapy training
Research and quality improvement opportunities
Interprofessional learning
Ethical training program
Academic mobility between sites
Small resident cohorts with close faculty interaction

Strengths

Comprehensive generalist training
Strong francophone medical education
Flexible and adaptable curriculum
Close faculty mentorship
Diverse clinical exposure
Emphasis on community and societal awareness

Enhanced skills

Psychotherapy training
Medical education
Quality improvement
Leadership development

By year

PGY-1

Introduction to PsychiatryCentre hospitalier universitaire Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont3 periods
Family MedicineDieppe2 periods
Internal MedicineDieppe2 periods
Emergency MedicineMoncton Hospital1 period
Palliative CareTBD1 period
NeurologyTBD1 period
Substance Use DisordersMoncton Treatment Center1 period

PGY-2

Adult General PsychiatryCentre hospitalier universitaire Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont4 stages of 3-4 periods

PGY-3

Child and Adolescent PsychiatryTBD6 periods
Geriatric PsychiatryTBD6 periods
Community Intensive Follow-upCommunity Mental Health Centers3 periods

PGY-4

Consultation-Liaison PsychiatryTBD3 periods
Forensic PsychiatryTBD3 periods
Medical EducationTBD3 periods

PGY-5

Elective RotationsMultiple sitesVaries

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

Interview performance
Motivation letter
Curriculum vitae
Academic record
Standardized reference forms

Applications per year

0–50

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 22 janvier 2026; 29 janvier 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 24 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Annual salary by PGY level, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$78,578 / year
PGY-2	$83,904 / year
PGY-3	$89,462 / year
PGY-4	$95,485 / year
PGY-5	$101,926 / year

One provincial scale for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Benefits

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

Annual vacation: 4 weeks
Call stipend: Yes
CMPA dues paid: Yes
Dental coverage: Yes
Educational leave: Yes
Extended health insurance: Yes
Frequency of call: l in 4 in-hospital and for homecall
Life insurance: $100,000 of insurance
Long-term disabilityinsurance: 66.7% of salary
Maternity leave top up after one year’s service: eligible for up to a maximum of 17 weeks top-up allowance for maternity/pregnancy leave
Provincial dues (% of salary): 1.30%
Provincial health insurance: Yes
Sick leave: Yes
Statutory and floating holidays: paid

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 night in 4 in-house

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

MarDocs agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027.

Teaching sites

Centre hospitalier universitaire Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont
Moncton Hospital
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke
Hôpital régional Chaleur

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

Moncton, New Brunswick

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: −8.4 °C Moncton, 7.1 km away
July average: 19.3 °C Moncton, 7.1 km away
Snowfall: 309.9 cm a year Moncton, 7.1 km away
Days below −20 °C: 11.7 days a year Moncton, 7.1 km away

People

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

Population: 79,470 people up 10.5% from 2016
Official languages: English only 53.2% · French only 2.6% · English and French 43.6% · neither 0.6% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 10.9% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 5.7% · non-permanent residents: 4.8%
Indigenous identity: 2.7% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 85.7% · public transit 3.5% · walking or cycling 8.3% · other 2.5% Average commute: 14.7 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: $68,000 before tax $60,000 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: Moncton, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 119,785 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.258 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, Moncton, New Brunswick (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $55,159 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Moncton, New Brunswick, 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: 7.6% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Moncton, New Brunswick (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: Very good The employment outlook will be Very good for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the Moncton - Richibucto region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine, 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.

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