Goose Bay - Family Medicine
Memorial University of NewfoundlandGoose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 61
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 201–400
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Info session
all 2 info sessions of this programTue 3 Nov 2026,7:00–8:00 pm NDTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
2 dates, 20–21 Jan 2027
Goose Bay, 2 teaching sites · based in a rural community
What stands out about this program
Flight medicine and an annual simulation-based medevac course for Goose Bay residents.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Annual "on the land" winter camp.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
About 90% of the Goose Bay teaching staff are graduates of the NorFam program.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- Memorial's two-year Goose Bay (NorFam) Family Medicine stream trains residents mostly at the Labrador Health Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay through a longitudinal integrated curriculum.
- Training includes fly-in clinics to First Nations and Inuit coastal communities and some flight medicine, with Internal Medicine, ICU and Obstetrics rotations in NL and/or NB.
- A quality improvement scholarly project is mandatory, and CMG seats carry no return of service.
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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What training looks like
- Setting
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Based in a rural community
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Indigenous health
- Northern
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Procedural emphasis
- POCUS curriculum
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
- Enhanced skills
- Emergency Medicine
- Care of the Elderly
- Other
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Internal Medicine (NL and/or NB)
- ICU (NL and/or NB)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology (NL and/or NB)
Where you train
Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador: 2 teaching sites; based in a rural community.
- Labrador Health Centre (Happy Valley-Goose Bay)
- Outreach clinic in North West River/Sheshatshiu (North West River · rural or distributed site)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: CorCare at 1 of 2; no published record for 1.
Hospital facts
What official sources say for hospitals named above, each with its source and the date we read it. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.
Labrador Health Centre
- Clinical record
- CorCare, fully electronic record since Apr 2026
Hospital size and activity: Newfoundland and Labrador doesn't publish this as open data.
About Happy Valley-Goose Bay
People
8,040residents, 2021 Census
Housing
not published for this area
Winter and summer
−17.0 °CJanuary mean15.8 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
How they choose
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service, CMG stream
- Not required
- Return of service, IMG stream
- Required
- IMG requirements, IMG stream
- Not stated on CaRMS page
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 20 and 21 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
Tue 3 Nov 2026
7:00–8:00 pm NDT
Info session · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Tue 3 Nov 2026
8:00–9:00 pm NDT
Info session · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $69,175 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,779 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 day in 4 in-house, on average
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- May be relieved at 10:00 on the next regular work day, after handover, when call involved continuous or intensive care
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- No new responsibilities after the 24th hour of duty, apart from handover
Benefits
- Additional optional benefits
- 100% employee paid
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks/year
- CMPA dues
- 100% reimbursement
- Conference leave
- 7 days/pd
- Extended health insurance
- Mandatory medical, basic life and AD&Dhttp://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/hrs/working_with_us/employee_benefits.html
- Maternity/Paternity leave
- Up to One year
- Meal allowance
- $105 per month
- Parking fees
- $5/year
- Provincial health insurance
- Contact Medical Care Plan1-866-449-4459
- Resident Student
- Full-time status
- Sick leave
- 1 day per month
- Statutory holidays
- 1-1/2 x pay or paid day off
After residency
Family doctors in Newfoundland and Labrador can bill fee-for-service or join a model that pays for enrolled patients and visits: the Blended Capitation Model (BCM). New graduates can join; they are eligible for both the start-up grant and the transition grant unless they join an established group, which has no start-up grant. To join: a group of at least three family physicians. Compare provinces
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 4 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 2 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 1 position open after round 2 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2024 | 6 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 3 positions open after round 2 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
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.
Year by year
2027 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 6 | 2 years | 2 dates, 20–21 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 1 | 2 years | 2 dates, 20–21 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 6 | 2 years | 2 dates, 21–22 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 1 | 2 years | 2 dates, 21–22 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- Memorial University's Family Medicine Residency Program offers comprehensive two-year training across Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick.
- The program focuses on developing professional competence in family medicine, with unique opportunities in urban, rural, and remote practice settings, emphasizing socially accountable education and patient-centered care.
- Research
- Mandatory Quality Improvement scholarly project, with optional additional scholarly project opportunities including research, systematic reviews, policy papers, and knowledge translation projects.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across multiple sites in Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick, including urban, rural, and remote communities, with a unique focus on diverse clinical environments from emergency rooms to community clinics.
- Teaching approach
- Uses the Triple C Competency-based Curriculum, focusing on comprehensive care, continuity of care, and preparing residents to be competent family physicians ready to practice in any Canadian community.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CV review
- Elective experiences
- FMProC Situational Judgement Test
- Reference letters
- Personal letter
- Medical Student Performance Record
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Kerry-Lynn Williams
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Academic Program Assistant
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Family Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Goose Bay
- Rural
- Rural
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