Miramichi - Family Medicine

Dalhousie UniversityMiramichi, Nova ScotiaNew Brunswicker IMG stream

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Open on carms.ca

CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 17 Nov 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 2 years
Stream: New Brunswicker IMG
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 601+
Applicants offered interviews: 0–25%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 31033

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

Summary

The Miramichi Family Medicine residency program offers a true community family medicine experience in a welcoming, friendly region of New Brunswick. Residents will have comprehensive training across various clinical settings, with a focus on providing dynamic, hands-on learning and preparing competent family physicians ready to manage diverse clinical situations.

Training

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

A small city with a rural community base, featuring a 146-bed hospital with comprehensive specialty services and multiple local clinics serving the population's needs.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing hands-on learning, patient-centered care, and developing physicians who can practice in diverse healthcare environments.

Setting types

Community hospital
Rural clinic
Urban medical center

Focus areas

Community Family Medicine
Rural Medicine
Comprehensive Patient Care
Indigenous Health
Addictions and Mental Health
Palliative Care
Emergency Medicine

Patient populations

Newborn patients
End-of-life care patients
Hospital inpatients
Emergency room patients
Nursing home residents
Community clinic patients
Indigenous community patients
Patients with mental health and addiction needs

Highlights

Longitudinal experiential learning
One-on-one preceptor to resident training
Quality simulation training
Teaching medical students
Resident wellness support
Dedicated onsite faculty for Resident Affairs
Mandatory Family Medicine Resident Education Symposium (FMRES)

Strengths

Comprehensive clinical training across multiple settings
Strong focus on community and rural medicine
Dedicated resident wellness support
Emphasis on social determinants of health
Longitudinal learning model
High preceptor to resident ratio

Enhanced skills

Emergency Medicine
Palliative Care
Care of the Elderly

By year

PGY-1

SelectivesMiramichi4 weeks
Family MedicineMiramichiLongitudinal
Emergency MedicineMiramichiLongitudinal
Internal MedicineMiramichiLongitudinal
General SurgeryMiramichiLongitudinal

PGY-2

ElectivesVarious8 weeks
Family MedicineMiramichiLongitudinal
PediatricsMiramichiLongitudinal
PsychiatryMiramichiLongitudinal
Care of the ElderlyMiramichiLongitudinal

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

NAC examination
FMProC assessment
Reference letters
Personal letter
CV review
Multi-Mini Interview (MMI)

Applications per year

601+

Applicants offered interviews

0–25%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 13 and 24 Nov 2025; 10 and 23 Jan 2026; 6 Feb 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 24 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

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

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.

Benefits

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

Annual vacation: 4 weeks
Call stipend: Yes
CMPA dues paid: Yes
Dental coverage: Yes
Educational leave: Yes
Extended health insurance: Yes
Frequency of call: l in 4 in-hospital and for homecall
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

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 night 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.

MarDocs agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027.

Teaching sites

Miramichi Regional Hospital

Unfilled positions in past years

Open after round 1 in 3 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: Miramichi.

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	0	0
2020	0	0
2021	0	0
2022	0	0
2023	0	0
2024	2 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2025	2 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.

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

Miramichi, Nova Scotia

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 5 Oct 2026.