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North Bay - Family Medicine

NOSM UniversityNorth Bay, Ontario

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
6 positions
1 position
Length
2 years
Applications per year
51–200
601+
Offered interviews
76–100%
0–25%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

IMG stream · open to international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

IMG requirement: Observerships don’t count as clinical experience details under How they choose

Social

all 2 info sessions of this program

Thu 7 Jan 2027,7:00 pm EST

Interviews

3 dates, 21–23 Jan 2027virtual

1 date, 15 Jan 2027virtual

North Bay, teaching sites not stated on CaRMS page · 16 rural weeks

A car is recommended

After residency in Ontario: capitation model, entry capped

Program website(opens in a new tab)Instagram(opens in a new tab)CANPREPP profile(opens in a new tab)CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • More Hospital Medicine exposure than many other training sites, plus Emergency Medicine in a regional hospital.

    From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page

  • A Learner Wellness Circle that gives residents dedicated time to connect, reflect and support one another.

    From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page

  • This is a 2-year NOSM University Family Medicine program based in North Bay, a regional centre in northern Ontario.
  • Residents complete mandatory rural blocks each academic year, with housing and travel support for core rotations away from the home base.
  • Interviews are conducted virtually.

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.
    Show the quote

    Our program spans the geography of northern Ontario and experiences exist across all our regions. At times, residents will travel for rotations, away from their home site, to experience the breadth of the discipline.

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Regional community
  • Rural / remote
Rural exposure
Required rural rotation (16 weeks)
Focus areas
  • Northern
  • Rural / remote
  • Indigenous health
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 Medicine16 weeks
  • Family Medicine Rural8 weeks
  • Electives8 weeks
  • Internal Medicine4 weeks
  • Emergency Medicine4 weeks
  • Obstetrics/Women’s Health4 weeks
  • Mental Health4 weeks
  • Pediatrics4 weeks
PGY-2
  • Family Medicine16 weeks
  • Family Medicine Rural8 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

North Bay, Ontario: teaching sites not stated on the CaRMS page; 16 rural weeks. A car is recommended.

Distributed across a region

About North Bay

  • People

    52,662residents, 2021 Census

    Municipality of North Bay

  • Housing

    2.7%rental vacancy rate

    October 2025 survey, North Bay, Ontario (census agglomeration)

  • Winter and summer

    −12.3 °CJanuary mean19.0 °CJuly mean

    1991–2020 normals, North Bay, 8.7 km away

  • Job outlook

    Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about North Bay (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)
Application file components
  • CV
  • Electives
  • Examinations
  • Extra-curricular
  • Leadership skills
  • MSPRs
  • Personal letters
  • Reference documents
  • Research/Publications
  • Transcripts
Return of service
Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Return of service
Required
IMG requirements
  • Observerships don’t count as clinical experience

Application file components as each stream’s CaRMS page describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

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

Info sessions

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
LevelAnnual 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.

Past matches

Open after round 1 in 2 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: North Bay.

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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.
YearOpen after round 1Open after round 2
2018not available0
201900
20202 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
202100
202200
20233 positions open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
202400
202500
202600

CaRMS’s first-round list for 2018 was not found, so round 1 is counted over 8 years and round 2 over 9.

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.

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)).

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
CMG stream62 years3 dates, 21–23 Jan 2027Virtual
  • CaRMS page changed during the match: requirements (noticed 13 Oct)
IMG stream12 years1 date, 15 Jan 2027Virtual
  • CaRMS page changed during the match: requirements (noticed 13 Oct)

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream62 years5 dates, 22 Jan – 8 Feb 2026
IMG stream12 years1 date, 16 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The NOSM University Family Medicine Residency Program in North Bay offers a comprehensive two-year training experience focused on community-based family medicine in Northern Ontario.
  • The program emphasizes distributed learning, hands-on clinical experiences, and preparing physicians to serve diverse and underserved populations across rural and urban settings.
Research
Scholarly activities including research and quality improvement projects, supported by faculty tutors, with opportunities to participate in Resident Research Day.
Training setting
North Bay is a small city under 60,000 with a 400+ bed regional health center, offering diverse clinical training environments including hospital, community clinics, and rural settings.
Teaching approach
Competency-based medical education utilizing CanMEDS-FM roles, emphasizing community-based learning, reflective practice, and comprehensive patient care across the life cycle.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • FMProC (Family Medicine Professional Choices) situational judgement test
  • Personal letter
  • Reference letters
  • Academic performance
  • Interview performance
  • Elective experiences

Positions, length and interviews as each match’s CaRMS pages stated them; what changed from our comparison of the two matches and our readings of the 2027 pages.

Contacts and links

Program director

  • Dr. Jason Sutherland

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

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 websiteWebsiteInstagramCANPREPPCANPREPPVideo - Family Medicine at NOSM University(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Family Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to North Bay

In these collections:

Source

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

Accredited · CaRMS program IDs 36389 (CMG stream), 36137 (IMG stream) · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

What changed, noticed 13 Oct: CMG stream: Reference documents: wording changed and 2 more. See what changed

What changed on the program’s CaRMS page

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.

  1. Noticed 13 Octchanged between 5 and 13 Oct

    • CMG stream: Reference documents: wording changed

      … skills, ability to communicate effectively, 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

    • IMG stream: Language proficiency: wording changed

      … at the undergraduate medical school was conducted completely in English, then a candidate can submit a copy, or printout, of the World Directory of Medical Schools website listing the medical school which clearly states that the language of instruction is …
      From the CaRMS page, read 13 Oct

    • IMG stream: Reference documents: wording changed

      … CaRMS will be the only form of reference letters accepted . The Family Medicine Structured Reference Letter has been updated for the 2027 R-1 match. As a result, all previous versions are invalid and have been removed from applicant accounts. …
      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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