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Kamloops - Family Medicine

University of British ColumbiaKamloops, British ColumbiaCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 11 Sep 2025

From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version

Positions (approx. quota)
7 positions
Length
2 years
Stream
CMG
Discipline
Family Medicine
Applications per year
601+
Applicants offered interviews
76–100%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
29883

Bands are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS. They describe past cycles, not your odds.

Summary

The Kamloops Family Medicine residency program offers a comprehensive two-year training experience in a vibrant community setting. Residents will gain diverse clinical experiences across multiple healthcare settings, with a strong focus on comprehensive family practice and community engagement.

Training

Research
Residents must complete a scholar project and present at Scholarship Day, with opportunities for quality improvement research.
Training setting
Kamloops is a friendly community of 90,000 people located in south central British Columbia, with Royal Inland Hospital serving as a tertiary care center and trauma centre.
Teaching approach
Competency-based medical education with a focus on progressive independence, continuous learning, and preparing residents for comprehensive family practice in diverse settings.
Setting types
  • Tertiary care center
  • Community hospital
  • Academic medical center
Focus areas
  • Comprehensive Family Medicine
  • Rural Medicine
  • Community Healthcare
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Chronic Pain Management
  • Palliative Care
  • Aboriginal Care
  • Geriatrics
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Women's Health
  • Gender Affirming Care
Patient populations
  • Trauma patients
  • Pediatric patients
  • Geriatric patients
  • Addiction medicine patients
  • Palliative care patients
  • Aboriginal communities
  • Underserviced populations
Highlights
  • Mandatory 2-month rural rotation
  • Quality improvement project in first year
  • Scholar project with Scholarship Day presentation
  • One month of interprovincial or international electives
  • Resident wellness and support resources
  • Academic curriculum covering 105 CFPC Priority Topics
  • Procedure seminars
  • Simulation sessions
  • Bedside ultrasound training
  • Dermoscopy training
Strengths
  • Distributed training across 23 sites
  • Strong rural medicine training
  • Comprehensive clinical experiences
  • Robust academic curriculum
  • Emphasis on resident wellness
  • Leadership in primary healthcare integration
Enhanced skills
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Anesthesia
  • Palliative Medicine
  • Sports and Exercise Medicine
  • Clinician Scholars program

By year

PGY-1
  • Local Family MedicinePreceptors and/or Family Practice Learning CentreJuly of R1 year, June of R2 year, every second week in the longitudinal practice and additional block times spread out over the 2 years. Note that the 36 weeks does NOT include longitudinal days in the total.36 weeks
  • ElectivesMay be in Kamloops or organized elsewhere12 weeks
  • UBC-wide R2 Rural RotationCentral match8 weeks
  • Medicine4 days/week for 4 weeks general IM4 days/week for 4 weeks selectives8 weeks
  • Maternity and women’s health4 days/week6 weeks R12 weeks R2
  • Surgery4 days/week for 4 weeks general surgery4 days/week for 2 weeks subspecialty selectives6 weeks
  • Pediatrics4 days/week for 6 weeks inpatientevery Tuesday is a pediatric teaching clinic – well reviewed by residents6 weeks
  • Hospitalist4 days/week4 weeks
  • Emergency4 days/week4 weeks R12 weeks R2
  • Orthopedics/MSK health4 days/week4 weeks
  • Addictions4 days/week2 weeks
  • PsychiatryGeriatric Psychiatry4 days/week4 days/week4 weeks2 weeks

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at
  • File review (20%)
  • MMI interview (75%)
  • FMProC score (5%)
Applications per year
601+
Applicants offered interviews
76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match)
17, 17–27, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 and 28 Jan 2026; 8 Feb 2026

Programs can change interview dates. Confirm on carms.ca.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 2 Sep 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Salaries from April 2027.

Annual salary by PGY level, British Columbia
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$71,390 / year
PGY-2
$79,571 / year

One provincial scale for British Columbia, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Benefits

Benefits as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024; check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Annual vacation
4 weeks
CMPA dues paid
Yes. Mandatory
Dental plan
100% Premiums Paid
Educational leave
Yes
Extended health insurance
100% Premiums Paid
Frequency of calls
1 in 4 onsite/1 in 3 offsite
Life insurance
100% Premium Paid
Long-term disability insurance
Yes 100% Premiums Paid
Maternity leave
17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
Meal allowance
No
Provincial dues (% of salary)
1.5%
Provincial health insurance
100% Premiums Paid
Sick leave
Yes
Statutory holidays
2 x pay plus extra day with pay

Call

Call (provincial max)
1 in 4 in-house

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

RDBC agreement, 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2029.

Teaching sites

  • Royal Inland Hospital
  • Thompson Rivers University

Hospital facts

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

Royal Inland Hospital

Matched to Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
10,812 All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,914 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Sources and licences

  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Contacts

Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.

The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).

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Location

Kamloops, British Columbia

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About the city

Public statistics for the place named by this program’s location label, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not the program, and are not a ranking. Check each source before you rely on it.

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average
−2.7 °C Kamloops, 6.0 km away
July average
21.9 °C Kamloops, 6.0 km away
Snowfall
63.1 cm a year Kamloops, 6.0 km away
Days below −20 °C
2.8 days a year Kamloops, 6.0 km away

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Kamloops, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Population
97,902 people up 8.4% from 2016
Official languages
English only 94.0% · French only 0.0% · English and French 5.5% · neither 0.4% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants
9.9% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 1.4% · non-permanent residents: 2.8%
Indigenous identity
10.5% of residents
How people commute
car, truck or van 87.3% · public transit 4.5% · walking or cycling 6.0% · other 2.1% Average commute: 18.1 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income
$88,000 before tax $78,000 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural and remote

This describes the place named by the program’s location label. Programs can train in several towns, so it is not every site.

Population centre
Kamloops, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 92,442 people in 2021
Remoteness index
0.286 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

Housing, cost and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area.

Rental vacancy rate
not published October 2025 survey, Kamloops, British Columbia (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living
$59,363 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, British Columbia, population 100,000 to 499,999, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.
Unemployment rate
4.4% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Kamloops, British Columbia (census metropolitan area); standard error 1.3 points. A survey estimate.

Job outlook

Employment and Social Development Canada’s rating for the occupation in the economic region. It is not a count of jobs, and says nothing about CaRMS positions or your match.

Outlook, 2025–2027
Good The employment outlook will be Good for general practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in the Thompson - Okanagan region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033
Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for general practitioners and family physicians, 2024–2033. Recent conditions, 2021–2023: Strong signs of Shortage.

Sources and licences

  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
  • Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0131-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS), 2024 to 2033 projections).
  • Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 3-Year Employment Outlooks).
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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