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NOSM Stream - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Queen’s UniversityNOSM Stream, OntarioCMG streamNew for 2027

At a glance

Approx. quota
1 positionchanged: see what changed on the CaRMS page
Length
5 years
Applications per year
0–50
Offered interviews
51–75%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Meet and greet

details info sessions of this program

Wed 11 Nov 2026,7:00–8:00 pm ESTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

2 dates, 20–21 Jan 2027virtual

NOSM Stream, 9 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

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

What stands out about this program

  • Most PM&R training is based in Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario, and focuses on community-based physiatry.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • One resident is admitted every two years.

    From “FAQ” on the CaRMS page

  • EMG training is enough to meet the CSCN EMG examination requirement.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • This is a new five-year Queen's University PM&R stream run in collaboration with NOSM University, with one position in Thunder Bay.
  • Most training occurs in Thunder Bay, with required rotations in Kingston and a few mandatory rotations in Ottawa.
  • Residents must complete a scholarly project and a QI project, and the program has a focus on EMG training.

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.
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    Our program is distributed between Northern Ontario and Kingston, which offers the best of flexibility, personalized attention, and practical experience.

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Regional community
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Focus areas
  • Northern
  • Small program
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Community Physiatry ((2))
  • Internal Medicine ((4))
  • Geriatrics ((1))
  • Surgery ((2))
  • Selective ((2))
  • Community Physiatry ((3))
  • Physiatry - Kingston ((2) · Kingston)
  • Neurology ((2))
  • Rheumatology ((1))
  • Orthopedic Surgery ((2))
  • Community Physiatry ((13))
  • Physiatry - Kingston ((4) · Kingston)
  • Acquired Brain Injury ((1))
  • Spinal Cord Injury ((1))
  • Stroke ((1))
  • Musculoskeletal ((1))
  • EMG ((2) · Kingston)
  • Pediatric Rehab ((1) · Ottawa)
  • Pediatric Rehab ((2) · Kingston)
  • Cardiac and/or Respiratory Rehab ((1) · Kingston or Thunder Bay)
  • Prosthetics and Orthotics ((1) · Ottawa)
  • Consolidation ((4))
  • Research ((3))
  • Electives ((3))

✓ = the CaRMS page states it; – = not stated. From the program description and its rotation list.

Where you train

NOSM Stream, Ontario: 9 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

Also trains in: Kingston, Ottawa

  • Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) (Thunder Bay)
  • St. Joseph’s Hospital (Thunder Bay)
  • Providence Care Hospital (Kingston)
  • Kingston General Hospital (Kingston)
  • Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston)
  • Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) (Ottawa)
  • The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre (Ottawa)
  • University of Ottawa Heart Institute (Ottawa)
  • Toronto Rumsey Centre (Toronto)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 3 of 9, Lumeo at 3, MEDITECH at 1, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 1; no published record for 1.

Hospital facts

8 sites · clinical record systems where an official source states them

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.

Clinical record
Lumeo regional health information system, fully electronic record since Dec 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Providence Care Hospital, Kingston General Hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC)

Clinical record
MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

St. Joseph’s Hospital

Clinical record
Cerner (OneChart), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

Clinical record
Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026
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The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre

Clinical record
Epic (Atlas Alliance shared system), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Clinical record
Epic (Atlas Alliance shared system), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

ONE HITS runs MEDITECH Expanse for northeastern Ontario hospitals in two waves: the three founding hospitals went live in October 2019; the 20 hospitals of Wave 2 (including Health Sciences North) are moving over, with no date on the page. As of 31 Oct 2026

Verify with the official source: each source button opens the publisher’s own page.

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

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them.

How they choose

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.

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
20 and 21 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 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$73,367 / year
PGY-2
$79,670 / year
PGY-3
$85,564 / year
PGY-4
$92,701 / year
PGY-5
$98,567 / 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.

Past matches

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

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)).

Contacts and links

Program director

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.

Program websiteWebsiteThis program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation elsewhere

Nearest to NOSM Stream

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 27 Aug 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36964 · How these pages are made ›

What changed, noticed 13 Oct: Quota published: 1. 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

    • Quota published: 1

      Approximate Quota: 1
      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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