Peterborough - Kawartha - Family Medicine
Queen’s UniversityPeterborough, Ontario
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 41
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 601+
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%0–25%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Wed 4 Nov 2026,5:00–6:00 pm ESTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
2 dates, 21–25 Jan 2027
1 date, 15 Jan 2027
Peterborough, 6 teaching sites · 8 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Nightmares FM simulation course with bootcamp and follow-up sessions for code and pre-code training.
From “Additional information” on the CaRMS page
- This two-year Queen's family medicine site is based in Peterborough, with all in-hospital rotations at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.
- Residents work in family health teams with dedicated preceptors throughout both years.
- PGY2 includes 8 weeks of rural family medicine, and residents complete a resident project over the two years.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Regional community
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (8 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Longitudinal / integrated
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project
- Enhanced skills
- Emergency Medicine
- Anesthesia
- Global Health
- Women's Health
- Care of the Elderly
- Indigenous Health
- Rural Skills
- Palliative Care
- Other
By year
- PGY-1
- adult inpatient medicine (hospitalist)8 weeks
- emergency medicine8 weeks
- pediatrics8 weeks
- obstetrics and gynecology8 weeks
- psychiatry6 weeks
- transition to residency/foundations block4 weeks
- geriatrics + LTC patients throughout the year4 weeks
- electives4 weeks
- family medicine clinic3 half-days/week
- community health center2 weeks
- academic teaching1 half-day/week
- longitudinal addictions medicine
- PGY-2
- internal medicine (4 weeks of cardiology/nephrology and 4 weeks of outpatient medicine clinics)8 weeks
- emergency medicine OR 4 weeks of emergency medicine and 4 weeks of hospitalist medicine8 weeks
- rural family medicine8 weeks
- electives8 weeks
- maternal and newborn care (FMOB)4 weeks
- community family medicine4 weeks
- dermatology (may also include plastic surgery + small procedures)4 weeks
- orthopedic surgery + sports medicine when available4 weeks
- palliative care4 weeks
- family medicine clinic3 half-days/week
- academic teaching1 half-day/week
- PGY-1
- adult inpatient medicine (hospitalist)8 weeks
- emergency medicine8 weeks
- pediatrics8 weeks
- obstetrics and gynecology8 weeks
- psychiatry6 weeks
- transition to residency/foundations block4 weeks
- geriatrics + LTC patients throughout the year4 weeks
- electives4 weeks
- family medicine clinic3 half-days/week
- community health center2 weeks
- longitudinal addictions medicine
- PGY-2
- internal medicine (4 weeks of cardiology/nephrology and 4 weeks of outpatient medicine clinics)8 weeks
- emergency medicine OR 4 weeks of emergency medicine and 4 weeks of hospitalist medicine8 weeks
- rural family medicine8 weeks
- electives8 weeks
- maternal and newborn care (FMOB)4 weeks
- community family medicine4 weeks
- dermatology (may also include plastic surgery + small procedures)4 weeks
- orthopedic surgery + sports medicine when available4 weeks
- palliative care4 weeks
- family medicine clinic3 half-days/week
Where you train
Peterborough, Ontario: 6 teaching sites; 8 rural weeks.
- Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC)
- Queen’s House
- Peterborough Family Health Team (PFHT)
- Hospice Peterborough
- Partners in Pregnancy Clinic
- Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) clinic
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 1 of 6; no published record for 5.
Hospital facts
What official sources say for hospitals named above, each with its source and the date we read it. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC)
- Clinical record
- Epic, fully electronic record since Dec 2021
Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.
About Peterborough
People
83,651residents, 2021 Census
Housing
3.3%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−7.6 °CJanuary mean19.7 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
How they choose
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service, CMG stream
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- Return of service, IMG stream
- Required · IMGs only
- IMG requirements, IMG stream
- Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
- Observerships don’t count as clinical experience
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match), CMG stream
- 21 and 25 Jan 2027
- Interview dates (2027 match), IMG stream
- 15 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
Wed 4 Nov 2026
5:00–6:00 pm EST
Town hall · Virtual · For IMG applicantsCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $73,367 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,670 / year |
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)
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
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 3 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.
Show the table, with round 2Hide the table
| 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 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Year by year
2027 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 4 | 2 years | 2 dates, 21–25 Jan 2027 |
|
| IMG stream | 1 | 2 years | 1 date, 15 Jan 2027 |
|
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 5 | 2 years | 3 dates, 20–22 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 1 | 2 years | 1 date, 16 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- Queen's University Family Medicine is a highly regarded two-year residency program based on the College of Family Physicians of Canada's competency-based 'Triple C' Curriculum.
- The program offers comprehensive training across four sites in Southeastern Ontario, preparing residents to practice family medicine anywhere in Canada with a strong emphasis on diverse clinical experiences and personal development.
- Research
- Residents complete a resident project with options including critical review, advocacy project, research project, ethics project, or IT project, culminating in a poster or oral presentation at the annual Primary Care Research Day.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across four sites in Southeastern Ontario (Kingston-1000 Islands, Belleville-Quinte, Peterborough-Kawartha, and Queen's-Bowmanville-Oshawa-Lakeridge), with diverse urban and rural clinical environments including regional hospitals, family health teams, and community clinics.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education following the 'Triple C' Curriculum, emphasizing comprehensive learning, continuity of patient care, and family medicine-centered education with progressive independence and personalized learning paths.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- FMProC score
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Personal letter
- Reference letters
- CV/Research
- Electives
- Leadership skills
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Kelly Howse
Faculty profile of Dr. Kelly Howse(opens in a new tab)
General Family Practice, Primary Care Obstetrics
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
DFM CaRMS Team
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.
Videos and podcasts
From the program
Public podcast episodes and videos where the program presents itself. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.
Family Medicine elsewhere
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