Prince Edward Island - Family Medicine

Dalhousie UniversityPrince Edward Island, Nova ScotiaCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 9 Oct 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 8 positions
Length: 2 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 401–600
Applicants offered interviews: 76–100%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29284

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

Summary

The Dalhousie University Family Medicine Residency Program in Prince Edward Island offers comprehensive training for family physicians across Maritime communities. The program focuses on training residents to provide comprehensive clinical care, with a strong emphasis on serving underserved populations and addressing diverse health needs.

Training

Research

Residents are required to complete a scholarly project and have opportunities to partner with local research institutions like the University of Prince Edward Island and the Institute of Human Health Research.

Training setting

Training occurs across two major health care centers in Prince Edward Island (Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown and Prince County Hospital in Summerside), providing both urban and rural clinical experiences.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education with a strong emphasis on evidence-based practice, patient-centered care, and progressive independence in clinical skills development.

Setting types

Community hospital
Rural clinic
Urban medical center

Focus areas

Rural Medicine
Community-Based Family Medicine
Comprehensive Patient Care
Underserved Populations Healthcare

Patient populations

Rural patients
Urban patients
Patients with complex health needs
Underserved community populations

Highlights

Mandatory Family Medicine Resident Education Symposium (FMRES)
Half-day of protected academic time
Exposure to both urban and rural training environments
Interdisciplinary teaching approach
Scholarly project requirement
Funded advanced medical courses (ATLS, ALARM, ACLS, NRP)

Strengths

Comprehensive two-year family medicine training
Strong commitment to community-based medical education
Diverse clinical rotation experiences
Emphasis on evidence-based medical practices
Supportive learning environment

Enhanced skills

Emergency Medicine
Palliative Care
Care of the Elderly

By year

PGY-1

Core Family MedicineCharlottetown8 weeks
Obstetrics and GynecologyCharlottetown / Summerside8 weeks
PediatricsCharlottetown / Summerside8 weeks
General SurgeryCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
Rural Family MedicinePrince Edward Island Region4 weeks
Internal MedicineCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
OrthopaedicsCharlottetown4 weeks
SelectivesTo be completed within Prince Edward Island4 weeks
Emergency MedicineCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
Hospitalist MedicineCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
VacationScheduled at resident's request4 weeks

PGY-2

Core Family MedicineCharlottetown16 weeks
Community Family MedicinePrince Edward Island Region12 weeks
ElectiveDalhousie sites in consultation with Site Director (max. of 4 weeks total outside Maritime provinces)8 weeks
PsychiatryCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
CCU / ICUCharlottetown4 weeks
GeriatricsCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
VacationScheduled at resident's request4 weeks
Palliative CareCharlottetown2 weeks
OncologyCharlottetown2 weeks

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CV content
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular activities
Leadership skills
Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
Personal letter
Reference letters
Research involvement

Applications per year

401–600

Applicants offered interviews

76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 13, 24 and 27 Nov 2025; 10, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 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

Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Prince County Hospital

Unfilled positions in past years

Open after round 1 in 3 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: Prince Edward Island.

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	1 position open after round 1 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2023	0	0
2024	2 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2025	1 position open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2026	0	0

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

Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia

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: −7.3 °C Charlottetown (Airport), 4.2 km away
July average: 19.0 °C Charlottetown (Airport), 4.2 km away
Snowfall: 284.8 cm a year Charlottetown (Airport), 4.2 km away
Days below −20 °C: 5.8 days a year Charlottetown (Airport), 4.2 km away

People

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

Population: 38,809 people up 7.5% from 2016
Official languages: English only 85.5% · French only 0.1% · English and French 13.1% · neither 1.3% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 14.0% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 7.2% · non-permanent residents: 8.7%
Indigenous identity: 2.0% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 84.4% · public transit 4.0% · walking or cycling 10.0% · other 1.7% Average commute: 13.9 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: $66,000 before tax $58,000 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: Charlottetown, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 52,390 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.313 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: 1.7% October 2025 survey, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $54,975 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 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 Prince Edward Island 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 34-10-0131-01. 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 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 CdnMD 5 Oct 2026.