Little Current - Family Medicine

NOSM UniversityLittle Current, OntarioCMG streamNew for 2027

Approx. quota: 1 position
Length: 2 years
Applications per year: 51–200
Offered interviews: 76–100%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Social

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Thu 7 Jan 2027,7:00 pm EST

Interviews

3 dates, 21–23 Jan 2027virtual

Little Current, 7 teaching sites · based in a rural community

A car is recommended

After residency in Ontario: capitation model, entry capped

Program website Instagram CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Typical 1:1 physician-to-resident ratio at the rural Little Current site.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
Outreach clinics serving First Nations communities, including Wikwemikong and Whitefish River health centres.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
An extra $1500 of donor funding for rural stream residents to take skills courses.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page

This is a 2-year NOSM University family medicine program based in Little Current on Manitoulin Island, using a community-based preceptor model.
Clinical work centres on the Northeastern Manitoulin Family Health Team and Manitoulin Health Centre, with outreach clinics in nearby First Nations communities.
Off-service rotations are typically completed in Sudbury, and the sample schedule includes 24 weeks of rural family medicine per year.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

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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Off-service rotations are typically completed in Sudbury, although residents may also access other communities throughout NOSM University's distributed education network

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting: Rural / remote
Regional community
Rural exposure: Based in a rural community
Focus areas: Rural / remote
Indigenous health
Northern
Research: Offered · research or quality-improvement project
Getting around: A car is recommended
Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
Travel is reimbursed

By year

PGY-1: Family Medicine Rural24 weeks
Electives8 weeks
Internal Medicine4 weeks
Emergency Medicine4 weeks
Obstetrics/Women’s Health4 weeks
Mental Health4 weeks
Pediatrics4 weeks
PGY-2: Family Medicine Rural24 weeks
Electives8 weeks
CARE Selective (Community Aligned Resident Experience)4 weeks
Internal Medicine4 weeks
Emergency Medicine4 weeks
Obstetrics/Women’s Health4 weeks
Surgical Selective4 weeks

✓ = the CaRMS page states it; – = not stated. From the program description and its rotation list.

Where you train

Little Current, Ontario: 7 teaching sites; based in a rural community. A car is recommended.

Northeastern Manitoulin Family Health Team
Manitoulin Health Centre
Wikwemikong Health Centre (rural or distributed site)
Whitefish River First Nation Health Centre (rural or distributed site)
Mnaamodzawin Health Centre (rural or distributed site)
Wikwemikong Nursing Home (rural or distributed site)
Manitoulin Centennial Manor Nursing Home (rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: no published record for 7 of 7.

Hospital facts

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

About Little Current

People
2,641residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands
Housing
not published for this area
Winter and summer
−8.8 °CJanuary mean19.2 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Killarney, 34.9 km away
Job outlook
Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Little Current (its page: housing, getting around, weather, things to do, and every program that names it)

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them. City figures are public statistics for the place named by the location; they describe the place, not the program.

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: Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 21, 22 and 23 Jan 2027
Format: Virtual
Traditional (one on one/two on one)

Info sessions

Thu 7 Jan 2027
7:00 pm EST
Social · Virtual
Link for NOSM University, Thu 7 Jan 2027 (opens in a new tab)
Mon 25 Jan 2027
7:00 pm EST
Info session · Virtual
Link for NOSM University, Mon 25 Jan 2027 (opens in a new tab)

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 20 Oct 2026; a row tagged CANPREPP is on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026), alone or as well. Dates and times are as the program wrote them; “your time” is worked out in your browser when your time zone differs. Programs add and change sessions.

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). Contract expired, may change. One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$73,367 / year
PGY-2	$79,670 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 nights in 28 in-house
Post-call rule (provincial): No new patient responsibilities after 24 hours in-hospital, except what clinical handover needs
Max continuous duty (provincial): 24 hours in-hospital, then relieved after handover (up to 2 hours)

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

After residency

Family doctors in Ontario can join a model that pays for enrolled patients, hours worked and visits: the Family Health Organization (FHO), FHO+ since 1 April 2026. A new graduate is a physician who joins a patient enrolment model within three years of completing a family medicine residency; the status runs for 12 months from joining. Entry is capped: 40 physicians a month for FHO, 60 a month for FHO+ in the first year of the 2024-2028 agreement; later years to be determined. Compare provinces

Official pages read 31 Oct 2026.

Contacts and links

Program director: Dr. Jason Sutherland
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Program Coordinator
Contact details on the CaRMS page(opens in a new tab)

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing. Site staff and other contacts are listed there too.

Program websiteWebsite Video - Family Medicine at NOSM University This program on CaRMS

Family Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Little Current

Elliot Lake - Family MedicineNOSM University
Elliot Lake · 71 km
1 position · CMG
Rural
Regional North - Family MedicineWestern University
Regional North · 92 km
8 positions · CMG, IMG
Rural
Sudbury - Family MedicineNOSM University
Sudbury · 92 km
12 positions · CMG, IMG
Regional

In these collections:

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Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 9 Oct 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 37197 · How these pages are made ›

What changed, noticed 13 Oct: Reference documents: wording changed. See what changed

We read each program’s CaRMS page about every two weeks and note what differs. The date is when we noticed it; the change was made in the window shown. Reformatting is not listed, and a contacts change is listed without names.

Noticed 13 Octchanged between 5 and 13 Oct
- Reference documents: wording changed
  … your attitudes toward learning, and your commitment to Family Medicine. If possible, one or more SRLs completed by a Family …
  From the CaRMS page, read 13 Oct

The Applications per year and Offered interviews figures are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS: past cycles, not your odds.

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 24 Oct 2026.

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