Moose Jaw - Regional - Family Medicine

University of SaskatchewanMoose Jaw, SaskatchewanCompetitive stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 8 Sep 2026 · See the 2026 version

2027 match programs, from CaRMS as of 5 Oct 2026. Programs can still change until file review opens 26 November; we re-check every two weeks. Always confirm on CaRMS (opens in a new tab).

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 2 years
Stream: Competitive
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 601+
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 35796

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

Summary

This is a 2-year family medicine residency based in Moose Jaw, a regional centre, using the Dr. F.H. Wigmore hospital, four clinics and Regina hospitals.
The program is longitudinal, with residents staying in the same preceptor clinics throughout and doing most call in the Emergency Department.
Second year includes an 8-week rural family medicine rotation and 2-week obstetrics, palliative and pediatrics rotations in Regina.
IMGs who match must sign a Saskatchewan return-of-service agreement; CMGs have none.

Training

Setting

Regional community
Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural / remote

Sites

16 teaching sites

Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital
Hillcrest Health Clinic
South Hill Medical Clinic

Show all 16

Medella Clinic
Circle Medical Centre
Prairie Medical Clinic
Regina hospitals
Ile a la Crosse
La Ronge
Meadow Lake
Melfort
Moosomin
Nipawin
Rosthern
Weyburn
Yorkton

Rural exposure

Required rural rotation (8 weeks)

Focus areas

Longitudinal / integrated
Small program
Procedural emphasis
Rural / remote

Call

In-house call

Getting around

A car is required
Travel is reimbursed

Highlights

Longitudinal ER call: nearly all resident call shifts are in the Emergency Department throughout residency.
Residents are usually the only residents on a service, getting first access to learning opportunities.
Hospitalist training with Moose Jaw family physician-hospitalists plus hospitalist rotations in Regina.

By year

PGY-1

Family Medicine20 weeks longitudinal half days in clinic and 14 weeks full days when alternating with Obs, Internal Med and Hospitalist
Pediatrics8 weeks longitudinal half days
Obstetrics6 weeks full days
Surgery6 weeks longitudinal half days
Emergency1 day per month in R1 plus call shifts evenings and weekends
Electives4 weeks
Psychiatry4 weeks longitudinal half days
Internal Medicine2 weeks full days
Hospitalist2 weeks full days
Orientation1 week
Resident Retreat1 week

PGY-2

Family28 weeks
Electives8 weeks
Rural Family Medicine8 weeks
ObstetricsRegina2 weeks
PalliativeRegina2 weeks
PediatricsRegina2 weeks
Exams1 week
Resident Retreat1 week
Emergencyregular call throughout year evenings and weekends

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

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

Required · IMGs only

Applications per year

601+

Applicants offered interviews

26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match): 20, 21, 22 and 23 Jan 2027
Mode: Virtual

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Saskatchewan
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$68,329 / year
PGY-2	$74,518 / year

One provincial scale for Saskatchewan, 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: 100%
Dental plan: 100%
Educational leave: Minimum 7 days with pay, 12 Maximum
Employee Assistance Program: Two programs available through SMA and University of Saskatchewan
Extended health insurance: Blue Cross family coverage, if registered with a Provincial Health Plan
Frequency of call: 1:4 in-house (if in excess of 1:4 paid $196/period from 1700-0800 weekdays and $249 from 0800-0800 weekends)*;1:3 out-of-house
Life insurance: Paid premium, >$100,000 coverage
Long-term disability insurance: Paid premium cost for Disability Insurance
Maternity leave/ Paternity: In conformity with Sask. Labour Standards Act – 17 weeks max maternity leave and up to 35 weeks parental leave.5 paid days paternity (can split the 35 weeks parental leave with mother as desired.)
Meal allowance: n/a
On-Call Stipends: Home Light: per duty period: $72 weekday; $83 weekendIn House: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekendICU/CCU: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekend
Provincial dues (% of salary): 1 %
Provincial health insurance: Yes, if registered with Sask. Health
Sick leave: 1.25 days per month to maximum 75 days
Statutory and floating holidays: 1.5 times pay or 1/2 pay & day off for stats, plus 6 extra paid days off at Christmas
Supplemental Maternity Leave Benefits: 15 weeks topped to 90% pay when eligible for Employment Insurance

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 in 4 in-house, averaged over a rotation

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

RDoS agreement, 1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2025. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Dr. F.H. Wigmore Regional Hospital (Moose Jaw)
Hillcrest Health Clinic (Moose Jaw)
South Hill Medical Clinic (Moose Jaw)
Medella Clinic (Moose Jaw)
Circle Medical Centre (Moose Jaw)
Prairie Medical Clinic (Moose Jaw)
Regina hospitals (Regina)
Ile a la Crosse (Ile a la Crosse · rural or distributed site)
La Ronge (La Ronge · rural or distributed site)
Meadow Lake (Meadow Lake · rural or distributed site)
Melfort (Melfort · rural or distributed site)
Moosomin (Moosomin · rural or distributed site)
Nipawin (Nipawin · rural or distributed site)
Rosthern (Rosthern · rural or distributed site)
Weyburn (Weyburn · rural or distributed site)
Yorkton (Yorkton · rural or distributed site)

Hospital facts

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

Contacts

Grouped by the titles CaRMS lists. The program office (administrators and coordinators) usually answers questions about the program and applying; the director leads the training.

Program officeadministrators and coordinators

r.claypool@usask.ca

Robyn Claypool · Program Administrator

306-691-2609

Program director

Dr. Sheila Smith
Faculty profile of Dr. Sheila Smith(opens in a new tab)
Clinical Interests
Emergency Medicine
Source: medicine.usask.ca · checked Oct 2026

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Site staffdirectors and coordinators at the teaching sites

Dr. Robert Haver
Moose Jaw Site Director

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.

Location

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

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: −12.3 °C Moose Jaw, 7.7 km away
July average: 18.8 °C Moose Jaw, 7.7 km away
Snowfall: 104.6 cm a year Regina (Airport), 62.2 km away (more than 50 km, so it may differ from the city)
Days below −20 °C: 38.5 days a year Moose Jaw, 7.7 km away

People

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

Population: 33,665 people down 0.7% from 2016
Official languages: English only 94.0% · French only 0.0% · English and French 5.4% · neither 0.6% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 9.3% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 3.1% · non-permanent residents: 1.7%
Indigenous identity: 7.1% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 92.2% · public transit 0.7% · walking or cycling 5.6% · other 1.4% Average commute: 15.5 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: $74,000 before tax $65,500 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: Moose Jaw, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 32,813 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.301 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.
Student loan forgiveness: Family medicine here may qualify for up to $60,000 of Canada Student Loan forgiveness. Eligibility depends on the postal code of where you work: check the official postal-code lookup. Postal-code lookup(opens in a new tab)Time-limited: this place meets only the previous community definition, which stays in place “until November 1, 2027 or the day that is 6 months after the day on which a census is published by Statistics Canada, whichever is later”.

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: 4.8% October 2025 survey, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $50,682 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Saskatchewan, population 30,000 to 99,999, 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.

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: Very good The employment outlook will be Very good for general practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in the Swift Current - Moose Jaw 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 34-10-0132-01. 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.
Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Student Loan Forgiveness (Canada.ca), page dated 2026-06-03.
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.

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 residency.fyi 6 Oct 2026.