Rural Brandon - Family Medicine

University of ManitobaRural Brandon, ManitobaIMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 10 Nov 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 2 years
Stream: IMG
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 601+
Applicants offered interviews: 0–25%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29567

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

Summary

The University of Manitoba's Family Medicine Rural Brandon program is a two-year residency that provides comprehensive training in a small urban city and surrounding rural communities. Residents will gain full-spectrum Family Medicine experience with hands-on learning, focusing on generalist skills and continuity of care in a supportive, community-based environment.

Training

Research

The Department of Family Medicine supports research development and provides workshops for residents to enhance research skills.

Training setting

Brandon is a small city with a regional referral health centre serving approximately 200,000 people. Training occurs in various clinical settings including family medicine clinics, Brandon Regional Health Centre, and rural community sites.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing generalist skills, continuity of care, and hands-on clinical experience across diverse medical contexts.

Setting types

Regional referral center
Community hospital
Rural clinic

Focus areas

Rural Family Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Community-based Healthcare
Full-spectrum Family Practice

Patient populations

Urban patients
Rural patients
Pediatric patients
Geriatric patients
Emergency patients
Indigenous community patients

Highlights

Longitudinal training model
Integrated curriculum with emergency, psychiatry, and geriatrics
Point of Care ultrasound modules
Monthly academic days
Simulation lab training
Interprofessional learning
Integrative Medicine in Residency (IMR) program option

Strengths

Low preceptor to trainee ratios
Large clinical volumes
Diverse patient experiences
Strong procedural skills training
Comprehensive rural medicine exposure

Enhanced skills

Addictions
Family Medicine Anesthesia
Cancer Care
Care of the Elderly
Emergency Medicine
Obstetrical Surgical Skills
Palliative Care
Sports & Exercise Medicine

By year

PGY-1

Family Medicine Block TimeBrandon and rural clinics4-5 blocks
Internal Medicine/Hospital MedicineBrandon Regional Health Centre2 blocks
Obstetrics and GynecologyBrandon Single Room Maternal Child Unit2 blocks
PediatricsBrandon Regional Health Centre1 block
Pediatric EmergencyWinnipeg Children's Hospital1 block
SurgeryBrandon Regional Health Centre1 block
ICU/CCUBrandon Regional Health Centre1 block

PGY-2

Family Medicine Block TimeBrandon and rural clinics4-5 blocks
Palliative MedicineWinnipeg1 block
Longitudinal Emergency MedicineBrandon Regional Health CentreThroughout training

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CV comprehensiveness
Electives in Family Medicine
FMProC score
Extra-curricular activities
Leadership skills
Medical Student Performance Record
Personal letter
Reference letters
Research/Publications

Applications per year

601+

Applicants offered interviews

0–25%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 20, 21 and 22 Jan 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 22 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Annual salary by PGY level, Manitoba
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$72,171 / year
PGY-2	$77,416 / year

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

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 calls per 4-week block, in-house and home call combined

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

PARIM agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027.

Teaching sites

Brandon Regional Health Centre
Brandon University
Winnipeg Children's Hospital

Hospital facts

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

Unfilled positions in past years

Open after round 1 in 6 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: Rural Brandon.

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	3 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2021	1 position open after round 1 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2022	2 positions open after round 1 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2023	1 position open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2024	0	0
2025	1 position open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2026	4 positions open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	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

Rural Brandon, Manitoba

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: −16.7 °C Brandon, 7.4 km away
July average: 18.4 °C Brandon, 7.4 km away
Snowfall: 128.2 cm a year Brandon, 7.4 km away
Days below −20 °C: 53.3 days a year Brandon, 7.4 km away

People

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

Population: 51,313 people up 5.0% from 2016
Official languages: English only 92.9% · French only 0.0% · English and French 4.8% · neither 2.2% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 18.1% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 5.5% · non-permanent residents: 2.3%
Indigenous identity: 14.2% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 89.9% · public transit 3.5% · walking or cycling 5.6% · other 1.1% Average commute: 14.6 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: $76,000 before tax $66,000 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: Brandon, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 50,532 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.329 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.
Student loan forgiveness: Family medicine here may qualify for up to $60,000 of Canada Student Loan forgiveness. Eligibility depends on the postal code of where you work: check the official postal-code lookup. Postal-code lookup(opens in a new tab)Time-limited: this place meets only the previous community definition, which stays in place “until November 1, 2027 or the day that is 6 months after the day on which a census is published by Statistics Canada, whichever is later”.

Housing, cost and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area.

Basic cost of living: $53,331 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Brandon, Manitoba, 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 the Southwest 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.
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.
Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Student Loan Forgiveness (Canada.ca), page dated 2026-06-03.
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.