South West Nova - Bilingual - Family Medicine

Dalhousie UniversitySouth West Nova, Nova ScotiaCMG stream

Approx. quota: 1 position
Length: 2 years
Applications per year: 401–600
Offered interviews: 76–100%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Info session

all 3

Thu 5 Nov 2026,7:00–9:00 pm AST

Interviews

5 dates, 25–29 Jan 2027virtual

South West Nova, 1 teaching site · based in a rural community

A car is required

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

Program website CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Four-week orientation including simulation and a week of buddy shifts in hospitalist and call settings.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
All rotations are completed on-site, except for second-year electives.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
A community navigator helps residents with housing, relocation and spousal needs.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

South West Nova is a two-year Dalhousie family medicine site with a longitudinal integrated curriculum delivered over 24 months.
Training takes place in rural communities in Yarmouth, Digby and Shelburne counties, with Yarmouth Regional Hospital as the academic centre.
Residents spend two days per week in their primary preceptor practice in PGY1 and three days in PGY2.
A scholarly project is required, with protected time.

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.
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Training takes place in diverse communities within Yarmouth, Digby, and Shelburne counties.

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
Small program
Research: Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
Enhanced skills: Emergency Medicine
Palliative Care
Care of the Elderly
Other
Getting around: A car is required
Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
Travel is reimbursed

By year

PGY-1: primary family medicine clinictwo days per week
selectivesfour weeks
PGY-2: electives8 weeks
primary family medicine clinicthree days per week

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

Emergency Medicine
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
General Surgery
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Palliative Medicine
Anesthesia

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

Where you train

South West Nova, Nova Scotia: 1 teaching site; based in a rural community. A car is required.

Yarmouth Regional Hospital (Yarmouth)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: Oracle Health (Cerner) at 1 of 1.

Moving to a new system: Yarmouth Regional Hospital (by Dec 2026).

Hospital facts

1 site · public figures and clinical record systems where they are published

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.

Yarmouth Regional Hospital

Clinical record: One Person One Record, moving to a new system, by Dec 2026 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Yarmouth Regional Hospital (Yarmouth) in the province’s hospital list.

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

Nova Scotia's One Person One Record is live at IWK Health and at Nova Scotia Health's Central Zone. The other zones follow, provincewide by the end of 2026 (the province's date). As of 31 Oct 2026

Verify with the official source: each source button opens the publisher’s own page.

Sources and licences

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

About Yarmouth

People
6,829residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Yarmouth
Housing
not published for this area
Winter and summer
−2.6 °CJanuary mean17.3 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Yarmouth, 1.9 km away
Job outlook
Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Yarmouth (its page: housing, getting around, weather, things to do, and every program that names it)

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them. City figures are public statistics for the place named by the location; they describe the place, not the program.

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.

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 Jan 2027
Format: Virtual
Traditional (one on one/two on one)

Info sessions

Thu 5 Nov 2026
7:00–9:00 pm AST
Info session · Virtual · Listed under interviews on CaRMSCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Link for Dalhousie University, Thu 5 Nov 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Wed 2 Dec 2026
7:00–9:00 pm AST
Info session · Virtual · Listed under interviews on CaRMSCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Link for Dalhousie University, Wed 2 Dec 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Sat 9 Jan 2027
12:00–2:00 pm AST
Social · Listed under interviews on CaRMSCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Link for Dalhousie University, Sat 9 Jan 2027 (opens in a new tab)

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
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$78,578 / year
PGY-2	$83,904 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (as the program states it): In-house 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

Open after round 1 in 5 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 2 of 9 years.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: South West Nova.

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Positions at this site, all streams, still open after round 1 and after round 2, by year. Each count above zero links to the CaRMS list page it comes from.
Year	Open after round 1	Open after round 2
2018	not available	0
2019	2 positions open after round 1 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2020	0	0
2021	1 position open after round 1 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2022	0	0
2023	0	0
2024	1 position open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2025	3 positions open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	1 position open after round 2 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2026	1 position open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	1 position open after round 2 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)

CaRMS’s first-round list for 2018 was not found, so round 1 is counted over 8 years and round 2 over 9.

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)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews	What changed
CMG stream	1	2 years	5 dates, 25–29 Jan 2027Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG streamSouth West Nova - Family Medicine	1	2 years	10 dates, 13 Nov 2025 – 6 Feb 2026

The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description

The South West Nova (SWN) Program is a fully integrated longitudinal site for enthusiastic, self-directed learners passionate about rural family medicine.
Residents gain comprehensive experience in family medicine across various clinical settings, working closely with preceptors and enjoying a balanced lifestyle in a stunning natural landscape.

Research: Residents are required to complete a scholarly project with protected time, focusing on critically reviewing literature and potentially designing studies to answer primary care questions.
Training setting: Rural training sites in Yarmouth, Digby, and Shelburne counties of Nova Scotia, with Yarmouth Regional Hospital serving as the primary academic center. Training occurs in diverse clinical settings including well-equipped regional hospitals and facilities with limited resources.
Teaching approach: Competency-based medical education with a focus on progressive independence, longitudinal learning, and one-on-one mentorship. Residents gradually build patient panels and increase responsibilities as they gain experience and confidence.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Medical Student Performance Record
Reference letters
Personal letter
Interview performance
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 websiteWebsite Dalhousie Family Medicine Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Program Maritime Resident Doctors South West Nova (video)Residency at Dalhousie Family Medicine (Video)This program on CaRMS

Family Medicine elsewhere

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Saint John - Family MedicineDalhousie University
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Regional

Enhanced skills at Dalhousie University, through CaRMSCaRMS’s FM/ES match, for family medicine residents

In these collections:

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Source

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

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36270 · 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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