London - Internal Medicine

Western UniversityLondon, OntarioIMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 8 Oct 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 8 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: IMG
Discipline: Internal Medicine
Applications per year: 401–600
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29552

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

Summary

Western University's Internal Medicine Residency Program offers comprehensive training in a supportive, collaborative environment. The program focuses on developing competent internists capable of managing complex medical conditions across all organ systems, with a strong emphasis on clinical excellence, research opportunities, and resident wellness.

Training

Research

Residents can participate in research during dedicated elective blocks, with an annual Resident Research Day for presenting scholarly work.

Training setting

Training occurs across multiple urban and community hospital sites in London and Windsor, Ontario, including London Health Sciences Centre, St. Joseph's Health Care, and Windsor Regional Hospital.

Teaching approach

Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with a focus on progressive independence, continuous feedback, and holistic resident development through mentorship and structured learning experiences.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospital
Tertiary care center

Focus areas

General Internal Medicine
Subspecialty Training
Clinical Skills Development
Community Medicine
Academic Medicine

Patient populations

Hospitalized patients
Ambulatory care patients
Complex medical cases
Multi-system disease processes
Community hospital patients
Inpatient and outpatient populations

Highlights

Daily dedicated teaching time
Academic half-day curriculum
Simulation program
POCUS training
Annual conference allowance
Resident Research Day
Coaching and mentorship program
NEJM Knowledge+ Adaptive Online Learning Platform
Resident-driven Journal Club
Mandatory Windsor rotation

Strengths

Strong clinical training across multiple sites
Comprehensive subspecialty exposure
Responsive to Royal College curriculum changes
Supportive learning environment
Robust research opportunities
Resident wellness focus

Enhanced skills

Cardiology
Clinical Immunology/Allergy
Clinical Pharmacology
Critical Care
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Gastroenterology
General Internal Medicine
Geriatrics
Hematology
Infectious Disease
Medical Oncology
Nephrology
Respirology
Rheumatology

By year

PGY-1

SubspecialtiesSubspecialty rotations are offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria hospitals as well as St. Joseph’s Health Care7 blocks
London CTUCTU is offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria Hospitals4 blocks
Windsor CTUCTU is offered at the Windsor campus1 block
ICULondon Health Sciences Centre1 block

PGY-2

EDCEmergency Department Consults (EDC) is offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria Hospitals1 block x 22 Residents
Windsor CTUCTU is offered at the Windsor Regional Hospital1 block x 18 Residents
London CTUCTU is offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria Hospitals2-3 blocks
SubspecialtiesSubspecialty rotations are offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria hospitals as well as St. Joseph’s Health Care3 or 4 blocks
CCUCCU is offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria Hospitals2 blocks
ICUICU is offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University Hospital2 blocks
ElectivesElective options may include clinical elective outside of London (including International health) or research2 blocks

PGY-3

SubspecialtiesSubspecialty rotations are offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria hospitals as well as St. Joseph’s Health Care4 blocks
London CTUCTU is offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria Hospitals2 blocks (during first 6 months)
EDCEmergency Department Consults (EDC) is offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria Hospitals2 blocks
Ambulatory GIMGIM is offered at the London Health Sciences Centre – University and Victoria Hospitals2 blocks
ElectivesElective options may include clinical elective outside of London (including International health) or research2 blocks
Windsor CTUCTU is offered at the Windsor campus1 block (during the first 6 months for 21 residents)
Community Medicine*Community rotations are available in a number of communities in Southwestern Ontario.1 block

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

Academic achievement
Research involvement
Community dedication
Personal letter
Reference letters
Interview performance

Applications per year

401–600

Applicants offered interviews

26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 19–21 Jan 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$73,367 / year
PGY-2	$79,670 / year
PGY-3	$85,564 / year
PGY-4	$92,701 / year
PGY-5	$98,567 / year

One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 nights in 28 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.

PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

London Health Sciences Centre - University Hospital
London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital
St. Joseph's Health Care London
Windsor Regional Hospital

Hospital facts

Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.

Unfilled positions in past years

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

Positions at this site, all streams.

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. Verify with the CaRMS lists. 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)). 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.

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

London, Ontario

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: −5.4 °C London, 10.3 km away
July average: 21.0 °C London, 10.3 km away
Snowfall: 152.3 cm a year Strathroy-Mullifarry, 31.2 km away
Days below −20 °C: 4.5 days a year London, 10.3 km away

People

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

Population: 422,324 people up 10.0% from 2016
Official languages: English only 90.9% · French only 0.1% · English and French 7.1% · neither 1.9% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 24.8% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 4.7% · non-permanent residents: 4.6%
Indigenous identity: 2.6% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 85.9% · public transit 6.4% · walking or cycling 5.5% · other 2.2% Average commute: 20.7 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: $76,500 before tax $68,500 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: London, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 423,369 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.109 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: 3.8% October 2025 survey, London, Ontario (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $55,434 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Ontario, population 500,000 and over, 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: 8.4% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, London, Ontario (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.8 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 specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the London region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine, 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 34-10-0130-01. 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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