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North Nova - Family Medicine

Dalhousie UniversityNorth Nova, Nova Scotia

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
9 positions+1 from 8 in the 2026 match
1 position
1 position
Length
2 years
Applications per year
401–600
601+
601+
Offered interviews
76–100%
0–25%
0–25%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

IMG stream · open to international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

IMG requirement: “Only IMGs who participate in the first iteration MMI will be considered for subsequent…” details under How they choose

Nova Scotian IMG stream · open to international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

Info session

all 3 info sessions of this program

Thu 5 Nov 2026,7:00–9:00 pm AST

Interviews

Not stated on the CMG stream’s CaRMS page

1 date, 22 Jan 2027virtual

1 date, 22 Jan 2027virtual

North Nova, 4 teaching sites · based in a rural community

A car is required

After residency in Nova Scotia: hours-based model open to new graduates

Program website(opens in a new tab)CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • One to two primary family medicine preceptors supervise each resident continuously across the full two-year residency.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Hands-on simulation in North Nova's Antigonish simulation lab at least four times a year.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • North Nova is a two-year Dalhousie family medicine site, opened in 2019, with residents based in communities from Antigonish and New Glasgow to Truro and Amherst.
  • Clinical training uses a longitudinal integrated format centred on family medicine rather than block rotations, with residents following their own patient panel.
  • A scholarly project with protected time is required.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

Based on what the program says about itself.

  • You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
    Show the quote

    The training of residents will be done throughout the North Nova area, with residents based in vibrant communities from Antigonish through to New Glasgow and the Truro area, onward to Amherst, Tatamagouche, and Cumberland.

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Rural / remote
  • Regional community
Rural exposure
Based in a rural community
Focus areas
  • Rural / remote
  • Longitudinal / integrated
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
Enhanced skills
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Palliative Care
  • Care of the Elderly
Getting around
  • A car is required
  • Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
  • Travel is reimbursed

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Rural Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Orthopaedics
  • General Surgery
  • Pediatrics
  • Hospitalist
  • Psychiatry
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • CCU/ICU
  • Palliative Medicine

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Rural Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Orthopaedics
  • General Surgery
  • Pediatrics
  • Hospitalist
  • Psychiatry
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • CCU/ICU
  • Palliative Medicine
PGY-2
  • elective timeup to ten weeks

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Family Medicine
  • Rural Medicine
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Orthopaedics
  • General Surgery
  • Pediatrics
  • Hospitalist
  • Psychiatry
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • CCU/ICU
  • Palliative Medicine

✓ = the CaRMS page states it; – = not stated. From the program description and its rotation list.

Where you train

North Nova, Nova Scotia: 4 teaching sites; based in a rural community. A car is required.

  • Colchester East Hants Health Centre (Truro · rural or distributed site)
  • Aberdeen Hospital (New Glasgow · rural or distributed site)
  • Cumberland Regional (Amherst · rural or distributed site)
  • St. Martha's Hospital (Antigonish · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 4 of 4.

Hospital facts

4 sites · public figures where the province publishes them

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

How to read the figures

  • Hospital type. As the province lists it. The list has no volumes or beds.

Colchester East Hants Health Centre

Matched to Colchester East Hants Health Centre (Truro) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type
Regional

Aberdeen Hospital

Matched to Aberdeen Hospital (New Glasgow) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type
Regional

Cumberland Regional

Matched to Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre (Upper Nappan) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type
Regional
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St. Martha's Hospital

Matched to St. Martha’s Regional Hospital (Antigonish) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type
Regional

Sources and licences

  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia.

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them.

How they choose

Application file components
  • CV
  • Electives
  • Examinations
  • Extra-curricular
  • Leadership skills
  • MSPRs
  • Personal letters
  • Reference documents
  • Research/Publications
  • Transcripts
Return of service
Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Return of service
Required
IMG requirements
  • “Only IMGs who participate in the first iteration MMI will be considered for subsequent iterations of the CaRMS match.”
Return of service
Required
IMG requirements
Not stated on CaRMS page

Application file components as each stream’s CaRMS page describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
Not stated on the CMG stream’s CaRMS page
Interview dates (2027 match)
22 Jan 2027
Interview dates (2027 match)
22 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Format
Virtual
  • MMI or rotating station
Format
Virtual
  • MMI or rotating station

Info sessions

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 20 Oct 2026; a row tagged CANPREPP is on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026), alone or as well. Dates and times are as the program wrote them; “your time” is worked out in your browser when your time zone differs. Programs add and change sessions.

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 24 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). 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 2 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$78,578 / year
PGY-2
$83,904 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (provincial max)
1 night in 4 in-house
Post-call rule (provincial)
No work required once handover is completed
Max continuous duty (provincial)
Handover begins by the 24th consecutive hour on duty

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. MarDocs agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Benefits

13 lines as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024: Annual vacation, Call stipend, CMPA dues paid, and more
Annual vacation
4 weeks
Call stipend
Yes
CMPA dues paid
Yes
Dental coverage
Yes
Educational leave
Yes
Extended health insurance
Yes
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

After residency

Family doctors in Nova Scotia can bill fee-for-service or join a model that pays for hours worked, enrolled patients and visits: the Longitudinal Family Medicine (LFM) payment model. New-to-practice physicians have a protected panel for their first year, based on the FTE in their offer letter. To join: 46 weeks a year in office-based clinical practice. Compare provinces

Official pages read 31 Oct 2026.

Past matches

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

What this means

  • A position can go unfilled because of where the site is, because it is open to IMGs only or to another restricted stream, or because the quota changed late.
  • It says nothing about the quality of the training or how heavy the workload is.
  • A site’s numbers are shown when it had positions open after round 1 in at least 2 of 8 years or at least 3 in one year.

Source: CaRMS’s lists of positions open after round 1 and after round 2, as read in October 2026 (latest: 2026 round 1 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab), 2026 round 2 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab)).

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
CMG stream92 yearsVirtual
  • Positions 8 → 9 from the 2026 match
IMG stream12 years1 date, 22 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted
Nova Scotian IMG stream12 years1 date, 22 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream82 years10 dates, 13 Nov 2025 – 6 Feb 2026
IMG stream12 years5 dates, 13 Nov 2025 – 6 Feb 2026
Nova Scotian IMG stream12 years5 dates, 13 Nov 2025 – 6 Feb 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The North Nova Family Medicine program is a two-year integrated longitudinal training experience focused on comprehensive family medicine.
  • Ideal for candidates interested in rural community practice, the program emphasizes continuity of care, competency-based learning, and preparing highly skilled family physicians who can provide comprehensive care across diverse settings.
Research
Residents are required to complete a scholarly project with protected time allocated for research activities. The project aims to introduce residents to evidence-based medicine and research methodology.
Training setting
Rural and small community settings across North Nova Scotia, including areas from Antigonish to New Glasgow, Truro, Amherst, and Tatamagouche. Training occurs in diverse clinical environments including family medicine offices, hospitals, nursing homes, and emergency departments.
Teaching approach
Competency-based medical education with a focus on progressive independence, longitudinal learning, and patient-centered care. Residents develop skills through continuous mentorship, hands-on experience, and a curriculum centered on achieving clinical competencies rather than fixed training duration.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Reference Letters
  • Personal Letter
  • CV
  • FMProC Assessment

Positions, length and interviews as each match’s CaRMS pages stated them; what changed from our comparison of the two matches and our readings of the 2027 pages.

Contacts and links

Program director

  • Dr. Sasha Sealy

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

Accreditation and CaRMS Administrator

Write to the officefmresidency@dal.ca

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing. Site staff and other contacts are listed there too.

Program websiteWebsiteDalhousie Family Medicine(opens in a new tab)Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Program(opens in a new tab)Maritime Resident Doctors(opens in a new tab)Residency at Dalhousie Family Medicine (Video)(opens in a new tab)North Nova Site (video)(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Family Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to North Nova

  • Prince Edward Island - Family MedicineDalhousie University

    Prince Edward Island · 104 km

    9 positions · CMG, IMG

    Regional
  • Halifax - Family MedicineDalhousie University

    Halifax · 108 km

    27 positions · CMG, IMG, Nova Scotian IMG

  • Annapolis Valley - Family MedicineDalhousie University

    Annapolis Valley · 149 km

    6 positions · CMG, IMG, Nova Scotian IMG

    Rural
In these collections:

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 11 Sep 2026 · The IMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 11 Sep 2026 · The Nova Scotian IMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 11 Sep 2026 · 2027 match · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program IDs 36158 (CMG stream), 35997 (IMG stream), 35957 (Nova Scotian IMG stream) · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

The Applications per year and Offered interviews figures are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS: past cycles, not your odds.

Independent. Not affiliated with CaRMS or the program. Programs edit their descriptions during the match; confirm on carms.ca (opens in a new tab) before you apply. Data last updated on CdnMD 24 Oct 2026.

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