Sault Ste. Marie - Pediatrics

NOSM UniversitySault Ste. Marie, OntarioCMG stream

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

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

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Pediatrics
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 30989

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

Summary

The NOSM University Pediatrics program offers a unique four-year residency that provides extensive training in northern urban centers and world-class subspecialty care at CHEO. Residents develop comprehensive pediatric skills through a distributed learning model that emphasizes hands-on experience, social accountability, and generalist pediatric practice.

Training

Research

Residents are expected to complete a scholarly project with support from NOSM University and Ottawa research resources.

Training setting

Training occurs across multiple northern Ontario sites (Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, Sudbury) and at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa, providing diverse urban and rural clinical experiences.

Teaching approach

Learner-centered, competency-based medical education emphasizing progressive independence, hands-on learning, and adaptability across different clinical settings.

Setting types

Regional referral center
Community hospital
Tertiary care center
Rural clinic

Focus areas

Northern Pediatrics
Social Pediatrics
General Pediatric Consulting
Rural Medicine
Pediatric Subspecialties

Patient populations

Pediatric patients in northern Ontario
Rural and remote community patients
Indigenous community patients
Tertiary care pediatric patients
Neonatal patients

Highlights

Competence By Design (CBD) curriculum
Distributed training across multiple northern sites
Financial support for travel and housing
Research opportunities
Advocacy project requirement
Virtual learning platforms
Simulation training
Professional development funding

Strengths

Unique distributed learning model
Strong generalist pediatric training
Comprehensive exposure to diverse clinical settings
Commitment to social accountability
Supportive learning environment

Enhanced skills

Social Pediatrics
Health Advocacy
Rural Medicine

By year

PGY-1

Northern Consulting PediatricsNorthern sites7 blocks
CHEO SubspecialtyOttawa1 block
Pediatrics Wards JROttawa1 block
PerinatesOttawa1 block
Pediatric Emergency Medicine JROttawa1 block
Pediatric General SurgeryOttawa1 block
ElectiveFlexible1 block

PGY-2

Northern Consulting PediatricsNorthern sites6 blocks
CHEO SubspecialtyOttawa3 blocks
Social PediatricsSioux Lookout1 block
PICUOttawa1 block
PerinatesOttawa1 block
Surgical Subspecialty Outpatient/ResearchOttawa1 block
Night FloatOttawa1 block
ElectiveFlexible1 block

PGY-3

Northern Consulting PediatricsNorthern sites6 blocks
Child MaltreatmentNorthern sites1 block
CHEO SubspecialtyOttawa1 block
PICUOttawa1 block
NICUOttawa1 block
Pediatrics Wards SROttawa1 block
Pediatric Emergency Medicine SROttawa1 block
ResearchOttawa1 block
Night FloatOttawa1 block
ElectiveFlexible1 block

PGY-4

Northern Consulting PediatricsNorthern sites6 blocks
ElectiveFlexible4 blocks
CHEO SubspecialtyOttawa1 block
Night Float SROttawa1 block
PICUOttawa1 block
NICUOttawa1 block

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CV/Academic background
Electives
Extra-curricular activities
Leadership skills
Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
Personal letter
Reference documents
Interview performance

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 19, 20 and 21 Jan 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
Level	Annual 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

One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 nights in 28 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.

PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Sault Area Hospital
Health Sciences North
North Bay Regional Health Centre
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

Hospital facts

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

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.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: West (Thunder Bay & Sault Ste. Marie).

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

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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: −9.8 °C Sault Ste Marie, 14.6 km away
July average: 17.9 °C Sault Ste Marie, 14.6 km away
Snowfall: 324.9 cm a year Sault Ste Marie, 14.6 km away
Days below −20 °C: 20.5 days a year Sault Ste Marie, 14.6 km away

People

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

Population: 72,051 people down 1.8% from 2016
Official languages: English only 90.3% · French only 0.0% · English and French 9.3% · neither 0.4% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 8.5% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 0.8% · non-permanent residents: 1.3%
Indigenous identity: 11.9% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 90.7% · public transit 2.9% · walking or cycling 5.1% · other 1.4% Average commute: 13.2 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: $73,000 before tax $65,500 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: Sault Ste. Marie, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 64,923 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.321 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: 2.5% October 2025 survey, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $51,047 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Ontario, population 30,000 to 99,999, 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: Good The employment outlook will be Good for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the Northeast region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine, 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.

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