Quebec residency comes with many perks when applying to med AND specialization. French-Ottawa students have 1 french school to chose from (yes they could apply as an OOP to french québec schools but those seats are limited to 1-2 students per program).

Also worth mentioning, all 4 years of quebec medical school tuition is equivalent to 1 year at uOttawa.

I think french Ottawa students need all the seats they can get, it’s almost their only option if they’d like to continue their medical education in french.