Last updated July 9, 2024
Université Laval
Université de Sherbrooke
Université de Montréal
McGill University
2025 Cycle Information
Criteria applicable for all medical graduates; for specific information, please see tabs.
CRITERIA APPLICABLE TO ALL MEDICAL GRADUATES |
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GENERAL INFORMATION | To be eligible in Quebec, candidates must hold an MD degree from a Faculty of Medicine in Canada or the United States or hold a degree from outside Canada or the United States (IMG). They must be registered in the third year of an Internal Medicine residency in a Canadian or American Faculty of Medicine (except when applying for the Critical Care program for which residents In their fourth or fifth year may be considered). Furthermore, since 2022, Quebec’s faculties of medicine may consider applications from the following candidates:
Faculties cannot commit to offering a spot to a candidate who does not complete the match process. Thus, unmatched candidates in the first iteration have to participate in the second iteration and have to submit a rank order list each time. Applicants submitting an admission application must be able to demonstrate with official documentation that they have either:
Within the four years preceding the admission application: Preference will be given to applicants who can demonstrate that they have had a sustained and continuous independent clinical practice for a minimum duration of one year within the four years preceding the request. Please note that observerships and telemedicine are not considered independent clinical practice. |
LICENSING BODY | Collège des Médecins du Québec |
SOURCE OF FUNDING | Unless otherwise specified, all positions are funded by Quebec’s ministry of Health and Social services. Some residency positions (moniteurs cliniques) with a different source of funding source may be offered and are identified as Non-MOH positions. |
TRAINING LEVEL ELIGIBILITY | Subspecialty: Medicine subspecialties
Training level: Current resident Eligibility details:
Subspecialty: Adult Critical Care Medicine Training level: Current resident Eligibility details:
Subspecialty: Geriatric psychiatry Training level: Current resident Eligibility details:
Subspecialty: Forensic psychiatry Training level: Current resident Eligibility details:
Subspecialty: Thoracic surgery Training level: Current resident Eligibility details:
Candidates who are unable to start their R-4 on July 1 are eligible provided they can start their training by no later than the last period of the academic year for which they are applying June 2, 2025. For residents currently training in Quebec: Only residents from the core program in internal medicine whose training is out of phase by seven or more periods at the deadline for the submission and assignment of applications and documents may be exceptionally authorized to switch to a later cohort. Residents in this situation who wish to take advantage of this possibility must present a written request to their Faculty’s office of Postgraduate Medical Education. The request to switch cohorts must be approved by the Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education and is irreversible. |
RESTRICTIONS |
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MATCH STREAMS |
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CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS | See Summary of citizenship requirements. |
PROOF OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY | See Summary of language proficiency requirements. |
SECOND ITERATION |
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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ALL MEDICAL GRADUATES |
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ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR CANADIAN MEDICAL GRADUATES |
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MEDICAL COUNCIL OF CANADA EXAMS | There are no MCC examination provincial requirements. |
RETURN OF SERVICE (ROS) REQUIREMENTS | N/A |
MEDICAL EDUCATION | MD diploma required |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | Eligibility conditions for matching in Critical Care
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CRITERIA FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES |
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MEDICAL COUNCIL OF CANADA EXAMS | If an IMG is already training in Canada or in the United States, there are no MCC examination requirements for this match.
No other IMG will be considered in this match (except for non-MOH positions). |
RETURN OF SERVICE (ROS) REQUIREMENTS | N/A |
MEDICAL EDUCATION | Recognition of the equivalency of the MD degree is not required for IMG already training in Canada/US.
To apply, IMGs must be currently registered in a Québec Medical School in the contingent régulier or the contingent particulier or in another Faculty of Medicine in Canada or the United States. |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | N/A |
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ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ALL MEDICAL GRADUATES |
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