Prince George - Family Medicine
University of British ColumbiaPrince George, British ColumbiaIMG stream
From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version
- 4 positions
- 2 years
- IMG
- Family Medicine
- 201–400
- 51–75%
- Accredited
- 29123
Summary
The UBC Prince George Family Medicine residency program offers comprehensive training for full-service family medicine with a focus on northern and rural practice. Residents experience a breadth of medical and surgical training, preparing them for diverse practice settings with an emphasis on procedural skills and managing complex clinical problems.
Training
- Research
- Residents complete a scholar project and present at annual Scholarship Day
- Training setting
- Prince George is a city of 80,000 serving Northern BC, with a referral area of approximately 250,000. Training occurs at the University Hospital of Northern BC, a tertiary care referral center with 201 acute beds.
- Teaching approach
- Emphasizes competency-based medical education, evidence-based medicine, and developing autonomous, professional family physicians capable of practicing in diverse settings.
- Setting types
- Tertiary care hospital
- Community clinics
- Regional referral center
- Focus areas
- Northern Family Medicine
- Rural Generalism
- Full-service Family Practice
- Procedural Skills
- Community-based Healthcare
- Patient populations
- Northern BC communities
- Rural populations
- Acute care patients
- Diverse patient demographics
- Highlights
- Mandatory 2-month rural rotation
- Opportunity for extended rural exposure
- Block-based training
- Scholarship Day in June
- Quality improvement project in first year
- One month interprovincial or international electives
- Third year enhanced skills training options
- Strengths
- Comprehensive full-service family medicine training
- Strong rural and northern practice focus
- Diverse clinical exposure
- Supportive learning environment
- Opportunities for procedural skills development
- Enhanced skills
- Emergency Medicine
- Care of the Elderly
- Anesthesia
- Palliative Medicine
- Sports and Exercise Medicine
- Clinician Scholars program
By year
- PGY-1
- Family Practice8 weeks
- Medicine8 weeks
- Ob/Gyn8 weeks
- Pediatrics6 weeks
- General Surgery4 weeks
- Orthopedics4 weeks
- Psychiatry4 weeks
- Emergency4 weeks
- Native Health Centre/Street Medicine4 weeks
- Addictions2 weeks
- PGY-2
- Palliative CareOver 2 years
- Family Practice20 weeks
- Electives12 weeks
- Rural8 weeks
- Emergency8 weeks
- ICU/CCU4 weeks
- Geriatrics2 weeks
Selection
- What the program looks at
- File review (50%)
- MMI interview (45%)
- FMProC score (5%)
- Applications per year
- 201–400
- Applicants offered interviews
- 51–75%
Interviews
- Dates (2026 match)
- 17, 17–27, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 and 28 Jan 2026; 8 Feb 2026
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $71,390 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,571 / year |
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks
- CMPA dues paid
- Yes. Mandatory
- Dental plan
- 100% Premiums Paid
- Educational leave
- Yes
- Extended health insurance
- 100% Premiums Paid
- Frequency of calls
- 1 in 4 onsite/1 in 3 offsite
- Life insurance
- 100% Premium Paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- Yes 100% Premiums Paid
- Maternity leave
- 17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
- Meal allowance
- No
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- 1.5%
- Provincial health insurance
- 100% Premiums Paid
- Sick leave
- Yes
- Statutory holidays
- 2 x pay plus extra day with pay
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
Teaching sites
- University Hospital of Northern BC
- Prince George Family Practice teaching clinic
Hospital facts
Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program, and are not a ranking. We match names to the province’s lists by name, so check each source before you rely on it.
University Hospital of Northern BC
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 4,520
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,127
Unfilled positions in past years
Open after round 1 in 2 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.
| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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).
More links
Location
Prince George, British Columbia
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
- January average
- −7.8 °C
- July average
- 15.9 °C
- Snowfall
- 203.9 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 16.7 days a year
People
- Population
- 76,708 people
- Official languages
- English only 94.4% · French only 0.0% · English and French 5.0% · neither 0.5%
- Immigrants
- 10.3% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 15.3% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 90.2% · public transit 3.2% · walking or cycling 4.7% · other 1.9%
- Median household income
- $88,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- Prince George, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.317
- BC rural designation
- RSA community designation B · 18.00 total points Official page(opens in a new tab)
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 4.3%
- Basic cost of living
- $54,086 a year
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Moderate
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage