Montreal - Internal Medicine

McGill UniversityMontreal, QuebecRegular stream

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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): 30 positions
Length: 3 years
Stream: Regular
Discipline: Internal Medicine
Applications per year: 401–600
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 36316

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

Summary

McGill Internal Medicine is a 3-year residency based at the Jewish General, Montreal General and Royal Victoria hospitals.
CTUs use a 12-hour night float system instead of 24-hour call.
All residents complete a Scholarly Activity Rotation project, and an Integrated Research Track offers about 3 blocks of protected time.
Residents care for patients in both French and English.

Training

Setting

Academic / tertiary hospital

Sites

3 teaching sites

JGH - Jewish General Hospital
MGH - Montreal General Hospital (part of McGill University Health Center)
RVH - Royal Victoria Hospital (part of McGill University Health Center)

Rural exposure

Not stated on CaRMS page

Focus areas

POCUS curriculum

Research

Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time

Call

In-house call · night float

Training language

English and French

Highlights

Integrated Research Track with C- and R-pathways, each offering about 3 blocks of protected time.
Simulation-based initiatives developed since 2006 at the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning.

By year

PGY-1

medical clinical teaching units (CTU)3-5 blocks
selectives/electives4-5 blocks (of which 1 is made of 2 half-blocks)
emergency room internal medicine consults (ERC)1-3 blocks
night float (NF)1 block (in the form of 2 half-blocks)
intensive care unit (ICU)1 block
coronary care unit (CCU)1 block

PGY-2

medical clinical teaching units (CTU)2-4 blocks
selectives/electives2-3.5 blocks
emergency room internal medicine consults (ERC)1-3 blocks
night float (NF)0.5-1 block
intensive care unit (ICU)1 block
coronary care unit (CCU)1 block
ambulatory clinics1 block
community internal medicine1 block

PGY-3

selectives/electives3.25-4.5 blocks
medical clinical teaching units (CTU)2-3 blocks
emergency room internal medicine consults (ERC)1-3 blocks
intensive care unit (ICU)1 block
coronary care unit (CCU)1 block
ambulatory clinics1 block
neurology1 block
night float (NF)0.5-0.75 block

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

Application file components

CV
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular
Leadership skills
MSPRs
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Transcripts
Other file component(s)

Return of service

Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.

Applications per year

401–600

Applicants offered interviews

26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)

28 Jan 2027; 2 and 4 Feb 2027

Mode

Virtual

Format

Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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
PGY-3	$70,890 / year

One provincial scale for Quebec, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 3 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

JGH - Jewish General Hospital (Montreal)
MGH - Montreal General Hospital (part of McGill University Health Center) (Montreal)
RVH - Royal Victoria Hospital (part of McGill University Health Center) (Montreal)

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.

JGH - Jewish General Hospital

Matched to Hôpital Général Juif (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 37,934 · 2026–2027: 39,472 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: physical health 516 · psychiatry 52 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 34 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.

MGH - Montreal General Hospital (part of McGill University Health Center)

Matched to Hôpital Général de Montréal (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 14,039 · 2026–2027: 14,682 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: physical health 236 · psychiatry 46 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.

RVH - Royal Victoria Hospital (part of McGill University Health Center)

Matched to Hôpital Royal Victoria (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 19,799 · 2026–2027: 20,604 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.

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.)

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

residency.internalmed@mcgill.ca

Brandy Phillips · Program Administrator

Program directors

Dr. NingZi Sun
Program Director
Dr. Penny Toliopoulos
Assistant Program Director

CaRMS lists no email for the directors.

Site staffdirectors and coordinators at the teaching sites

Dr. Samuel Mamane
Site Program Director, Jewish General Hospital
Dr. Emilie Trinh
Site Program Director, Montreal General Hospital
Dr. Justin Tabah
Site Program Director, Royal Victoria Hospital
Angie Sacratini
Site Program Administrator, Jewish General Hospital
residency.imjgh@mcgill.ca
Sandra Persaud
Site Program Administrator, Montreal General Hospital
residency.immgh@mcgill.ca
Carol Seguin
Site Program Administrator, Royal Victoria Hospital
residency.imrvh@mcgill.ca

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

Location

Montreal, 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: −9.2 °C Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away
July average: 21.7 °C Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away
Snowfall: 216.6 cm a year Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away
Days below −20 °C: 12.0 days a year Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away

People

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

Population: 1,762,949 people up 3.4% from 2016
Official languages: English only 11.9% · French only 27.2% · English and French 58.5% · neither 2.4% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 33.4% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 6.0% · non-permanent residents: 7.5%
Indigenous identity: 0.9% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 56.7% · public transit 28.4% · walking or cycling 13.0% · other 1.9% Average commute: 28.4 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: $63,600 before tax $56,000 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: Montréal, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 3,675,219 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.030 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: 2.9% October 2025 survey, Montréal, Quebec (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $50,287 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Montréal, Québec, 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: 6.8% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Montréal, Quebec (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.4 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 specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the census metropolitan area of Montréal 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.