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Peel & Surrounding Communities - Family Medicine

Toronto Metropolitan UniversityPeel & Surrounding Communities, OntarioIMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 8 Oct 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota)
20 positions
Length
2 years
Stream
IMG
Discipline
Family Medicine
Applications per year
601+
Applicants offered interviews
0–25%
Accreditation
Accredited
CaRMS program ID
30072

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

Summary

Toronto Metropolitan University's Family Medicine Residency Program offers a comprehensive two-year training experience focused on community-engaged education and serving diverse populations in Peel and surrounding communities. The program emphasizes equity, diversity, inclusion, and social accountability, preparing residents to become compassionate, skilled family physicians who can address primary care needs in underserved communities.

Training

Research
Residents are encouraged to engage in research, quality improvement projects, and scholarly activities with faculty support and protected LEARN Time.
Training setting
A distributed model across multiple urban and rural clinical sites in Peel and surrounding communities, including community clinics, hospitals, and various healthcare settings.
Teaching approach
Competency-based medical education with a focus on progressive independence, community engagement, and holistic patient-centered care. Emphasizes experiential learning, interprofessional collaboration, and continuous quality improvement.
Setting types
  • Academic medical center
  • Community hospital
  • Rural clinic
  • Urban healthcare settings
  • Outpatient clinics
Focus areas
  • Primary Care
  • Community Medicine
  • Rural Medicine
  • Indigenous Health
  • Culturally Responsive Care
  • Health Equity
Patient populations
  • Pediatric patients
  • Geriatric patients
  • Patients with chronic conditions
  • Mental health patients
  • Patients in urgent care settings
  • Rural and remote community patients
  • Culturally diverse populations
Highlights
  • LEARN (Leadership, Education, Advocacy, Research, and Non-clinical) Time
  • Distributed training model
  • Protected scholarly time
  • Mentorship opportunities
  • Quality Improvement project requirement
  • Foundational Curriculum across multiple domains
Strengths
  • Strong commitment to social accountability
  • Comprehensive training across multiple clinical settings
  • Emphasis on equity and inclusion
  • Robust foundational curriculum
  • Opportunities for scholarly activities
  • Mentorship and leadership development
Enhanced skills
  • Outpatient Surgical Skills
  • Outpatient Specialty Clinics
  • Leadership development
  • Teaching skills

By year

PGY-1
  • Family MedicineCommunity teaching clinics16 weeks
  • PediatricsPediatric settings8 weeks
  • General Internal MedicineHospital settings8 weeks
  • Obstetrics & GynecologyInpatient and outpatient settings6 weeks
  • Mental Health & Addiction MedicinePsychiatric settings6 weeks
  • Emergency MedicineEmergency departments4 weeks
PGY-2
  • Family MedicineCommunity teaching clinics16 weeks
  • Family Medicine - Urgent CareWalk-in clinics8 weeks
  • ElectivesVarious8 weeks
  • Rural Medicine & Indigenous CareRural and Indigenous communities8 weeks
  • SelectivesOutpatient specialty clinics8 weeks
  • Emergency MedicineEmergency departments4 weeks
  • Care of the Elderly/Palliative CareVarious care settings4 weeks

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at
  • NAC examination
  • MCCQE Part I
  • FMProC assessment
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Personal letter
  • Reference letters
  • CV/Resume
  • Regional Connection Attestation
Applications per year
601+
Applicants offered interviews
0–25%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match)
16 Jan 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

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

One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Call

Call (provincial max)
7 nights in 28 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.

PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

  • William Osler Health System
  • Trillium Health Partners
  • Headwaters Health Care Centre
  • Halton Healthcare
  • ErinoakKids
  • Michael Garron Hospital

Hospital facts

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

Contacts

Location

Peel & Surrounding Communities, Ontario

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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. This label covers more than one place, so each is listed on its own (A to Z); open one to read it.

Brampton

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average
−5.0 °C Toronto Pearson (Airport), 10.6 km away
July average
22.1 °C Toronto Pearson (Airport), 10.6 km away
Snowfall
114.5 cm a year Toronto Pearson (Airport), 10.6 km away
Days below −20 °C
2.7 days a year Toronto Pearson (Airport), 10.6 km away

People

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

Population
656,480 people up 10.6% from 2016
Official languages
English only 90.5% · French only 0.1% · English and French 4.5% · neither 4.9% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants
52.9% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 7.7% · non-permanent residents: 6.2%
Indigenous identity
0.5% of residents
How people commute
car, truck or van 85.9% · public transit 10.3% · walking or cycling 1.6% · other 2.2% Average commute: 29.8 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
$111,000 before tax $98,000 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
Toronto, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 5,647,656 people in 2021
Remoteness index
0.053 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

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
3.0% October 2025 survey, Toronto, Ontario (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living
$62,880 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Toronto, Ontario, 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.
Unemployment rate
6.9% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Toronto, Ontario (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.3 points. A survey estimate.

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
Good The employment outlook will be Good for general practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in the Toronto 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.

Mississauga

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average
−5.0 °C Toronto Pearson (Airport), 9.4 km away
July average
22.1 °C Toronto Pearson (Airport), 9.4 km away
Snowfall
114.5 cm a year Toronto Pearson (Airport), 9.4 km away
Days below −20 °C
2.7 days a year Toronto Pearson (Airport), 9.4 km away

People

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

Population
717,961 people down 0.5% from 2016
Official languages
English only 89.8% · French only 0.1% · English and French 6.7% · neither 3.4% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants
53.2% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 7.4% · non-permanent residents: 3.8%
Indigenous identity
0.5% of residents
How people commute
car, truck or van 82.7% · public transit 11.4% · walking or cycling 3.2% · other 2.7% Average commute: 27.6 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
$102,000 before tax $89,000 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
Toronto, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 5,647,656 people in 2021
Remoteness index
0.044 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

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
3.0% October 2025 survey, Toronto, Ontario (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living
$62,880 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Toronto, Ontario, 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.
Unemployment rate
6.9% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Toronto, Ontario (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.3 points. A survey estimate.

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
Good The employment outlook will be Good for general practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in the Toronto 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 34-10-0130-01. 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.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • 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.

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