Moncton - Psychiatry

Université de SherbrookeMoncton, New BrunswickRegular stream

CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 9 Sep 2026 · See the 2026 version

2027 match programs, from CaRMS as of 5 Oct 2026. Programs can still change until file review opens 26 November; we re-check every two weeks. Always confirm on CaRMS (opens in a new tab).

Positions (approx. quota): 2 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: Regular
Discipline: Psychiatry
Applications per year: 0–50
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 35622

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

Summary

This is a francophone psychiatry program based in Moncton, New Brunswick, run as a distributed track of the Université de Sherbrooke residency.
The five-year program trains mainly at the Centre hospitalier universitaire Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont, which hosts most junior training (R1 to R4).
The fifth year is devoted to elective rotations chosen by the resident.

Training

Setting

Academic / tertiary hospital
Urban community

Sites

9 teaching sites

Centre hospitalier universitaire Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont de Moncton
Cliniques ambulatoires de psychiatrie de Dieppe
Centres de santé mentale et de traitement des dépendances communautaires de Moncton et Richibucto

Show all 9

Unité de médecine familiale universitaire de Dieppe
Hôpital de Moncton
Centre de traitement des dépendances de Moncton
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, du Santé Québec Estrie
Clinique de psychiatrie légale de Sherbrooke
Hôpital régional Chaleur de Bathurst

Rural exposure

Optional rural rotation

Focus areas

Francophone minority communities
Small program

Research

Required · research or quality-improvement project

Training language

French

Highlights

Forensic psychiatry training in a large federal prison infirmary.
Francophone psychiatry training in New Brunswick, with exposure to a bilingual patient population.
An R4 rotation in medical teaching and quality improvement gives protected time to review for certification exams.

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

Introduction à la psychiatrie (PREMIÈRE PHASE : Progression vers la discipline · 3 périodes)
Médecine de famille (DEUXIÈME PHASE : Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 2 périodes)
Médecine interne et clinique des troubles du sommeil (DEUXIÈME PHASE : Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 2 périodes)
Médecine d’urgence (DEUXIÈME PHASE : Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période)
Soins palliatifs (DEUXIÈME PHASE : Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période)
Neurologie (DEUXIÈME PHASE : Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période)
Traitement des troubles d’usage de substances (DEUXIÈME PHASE : Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 1 période)
Urgence psychiatrique et intervention de crise (DEUXIÈME PHASE : Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · 2 périodes, discontinues)
psychiatrie adulte générale (DEUXIÈME PHASE : Acquisition des fondements de la discipline · quatre stages de 3 ou 4 périodes chacun)
Psychiatrie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent (TROISIÈME PHASE : Maîtrise de la discipline · total de 6 périodes, divisées en deux stages de 3 périodes)
Gérontopsychiatrie (TROISIÈME PHASE : Maîtrise de la discipline · total de 6 périodes, divisées en deux stages de 3 périodes)
Suivi intensif en communauté et traitement des troubles mentaux sévères et persistants et de double-diagnostics (TROISIÈME PHASE : Maîtrise de la discipline · 3 périodes à temps plein)
Consultation-liaison et neuropsychiatrie (TROISIÈME PHASE : Maîtrise de la discipline · 3 périodes à temps plein)
Psychiatrie légale et en milieu carcéral, en mosaïque avec thérapie de groupe (TROISIÈME PHASE : Maîtrise de la discipline · 3 périodes à temps plein)
Stage de pédagogie médicale et amélioration continue de la qualité (TROISIÈME PHASE : Maîtrise de la discipline · 3 périodes à temps plein)
stages optionnels (QUATRIÈME PHASE : Transition vers la pratique)

Selection

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.

Applications per year

0–50

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)

21 and 28 Jan 2027

Mode

Virtual

Format

MMI or rotating station

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 de Moncton (Moncton)
Cliniques ambulatoires de psychiatrie de Dieppe (Dieppe)
Centres de santé mentale et de traitement des dépendances communautaires de Moncton et Richibucto (Moncton)
Unité de médecine familiale universitaire de Dieppe (Dieppe)
Hôpital de Moncton (Moncton)
Centre de traitement des dépendances de Moncton (Moncton)
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, du Santé Québec Estrie (Sherbrooke)
Clinique de psychiatrie légale de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke)
Hôpital régional Chaleur de Bathurst (Bathurst · rural or distributed site)

Hospital facts

Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program, and are not a ranking. We match names to the province’s lists by name, so check each source before you rely on it.

Hôpital de Moncton

Matched to The Moncton Hospital / L’Hôpital de Moncton (Moncton) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 381 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – New Brunswick.

Contacts

Grouped by the titles CaRMS lists. The program office (administrators and coordinators) usually answers questions about the program and applying; the director leads the training.

Program officeadministrators and coordinators

psychiatrie-postdoc-nb@USherbrooke.ca

Cindy Plourde · Adjointe administrative - Psychiatrie

(506)869-7401

Program director

Dr(e) Jean-Robert Maltais

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Site staffdirectors and coordinators at the teaching sites

Dr Nicolas Rioux
Directeur adjoint du site délocalisé (NB)
Margo.Rioux@USherbrooke.ca
(506) 801-4516

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

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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