Kamloops - Family Medicine

University of British ColumbiaKamloops, British ColumbiaIMG 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): 2 positions
Length: 2 years
Stream: IMG
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 201–400
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29302

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

Summary

The UBC Family Medicine Residency Program in Kamloops offers a comprehensive two-year training experience that provides residents with diverse clinical exposures across multiple healthcare settings. Residents will gain extensive experience in family practice, working closely with a cohesive medical community and experiencing a wide range of clinical opportunities in a supportive, innovative environment.

Training

Research

Residents complete a scholar project and present at Scholarship Day, with opportunities for quality improvement projects and research throughout training.

Training setting

Kamloops, a friendly community of 90,000 people in south central British Columbia, offering a diverse training environment including Royal Inland Hospital, community clinics, and rural healthcare settings.

Teaching approach

Commitment to ongoing innovation, learning, reflection, and action, with a focus on comprehensive clinical curriculum, strong communication, and preparing competent, professional family physicians.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospital
Rural clinics
Tertiary care center

Focus areas

Comprehensive Family Medicine
Rural Medicine
Addiction Medicine
Chronic Pain Management
Team Psychiatric/Medical Care
Palliative Care
Aboriginal Care
Geriatrics
Emergency/Trauma Medicine
Women's Health
Gender Affirming Care

Patient populations

Comprehensive primary care patients
Rural and indigenous communities
Addiction medicine patients
Geriatric patients
Maternity and women's health patients
Emergency and trauma patients

Highlights

Mandatory 2-month rural rotation
Enhanced Rural training option (4-6 months)
Distributed program with 23 training sites
Interprovincial/international elective opportunities
Quality improvement project in first year
Scholar project with Scholarship Day presentation
Resident wellness and support resources

Strengths

Fully accredited distributed training program
Strong medical leadership groups
Comprehensive clinical experiences
Robust academic curriculum
Emphasis on resident wellness
Diverse training opportunities

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 (50%)
MMI interview (45%)
FMProC score (5%)

Applications per year

201–400

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

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
Level	Annual 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
UBC Family Practice Learning Centre

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).

Location

Kamloops, British Columbia

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.