Workplaces
Urgences-santé: its territory, its role, its careers
Urgences-santé is the public body that employs the paramedics of Montreal and Laval. Its Act, its 2024-2025 figures, its jobs and its posted salaries.
All articles for paramedics in Quebec
Training, salary, employers and workplaces for paramedics in Quebec, from official sources.
Rights and safety at work
Automated external defibrillator (AED): what the law says in Quebec
Who may use an AED, where it is mandatory, who keeps the registry: the legal framework in Quebec, text by text, as of October 10, 2026.
Workplaces
Info-Santé 811: what it is, and what calls for 911
811 brings together Info-Santé, Info-Social and the Guichet d'accès à la première ligne. Who answers, at what hours, and how it differs from 911, according to Québec.ca.
Jobs
Dessercom: territories served and paramedic jobs
Dessercom inc. appears in 40 ambulance zones in nine regions in Santé Québec's table. The zones, the legal framework, the hiring conditions and the careers page.
Jobs
CTAQ: the Quebec City paramedics' co-operative, its territory, its jobs
The Coopérative des techniciens ambulanciers du Québec employs paramedics in Capitale-Nationale and Saguenay: its zones, the legal framework and where to apply.
Jobs
CETAM: the co-operative's territory in Montérégie and its jobs
The Coopérative des techniciens ambulanciers de la Montérégie: its six zones according to Santé Québec, the legal framework and the conditions to be hired there as a paramedic.
Jobs
Paraxion: pre-hospital services, territories, jobs
Employer profile: what Paraxion is, the 34 zones where Santé Québec lists it in nine regions, the legal framework and the address of its careers page.
Training
Workplace first aider: the CNESST training
Who must have first aiders, how many per shift, the 16-hour training, the certificate valid for 3 years and the CNESST subsidy.
Salary
Paramedic salary in Quebec in 2026
Urgences-santé posts $26.34 to $39.40 an hour as of April 1, 2023. The median wage in Quebec is $35.00 an hour according to Job Bank.
Training
Become a paramedic in Quebec: the DEC in Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
The DEC in Pre-Hospital Emergency Care, the public CEGEPs that offer it, then the PNIC, the national registry and the Class 4A licence.
Jobs
Paramedic jobs in Quebec: where to apply
Urgences-santé in Montreal and Laval, permit-holding companies and co-operatives elsewhere: who hires paramedics and on what conditions.
Training
Class 4A licence: the licence to drive an ambulance in Quebec
Class 4A allows you to drive an ambulance. Conditions, medical report, 30-question knowledge test and SAAQ fees.
Jobs
911 dispatcher and emergency medical dispatcher: role, training, salary
The 911 call-taker transfers the call, the emergency medical dispatcher sends the ambulance. The two laws, the 765-hour training and the posted salaries.
Workplaces
First responder in Quebec: role, training and conditions
The first responder stabilizes the person before the paramedic arrives. The law, the three levels, the training and the steps to take with the municipality.
News
Ambulance cost in Quebec: the rate, who pays, who is exempt
An ambulance transport costs $125 plus $1.75 per kilometre in Quebec. Who gets the bill, who does not pay, and what the RAMQ does not cover.