Swift Current - Family Medicine

University of SaskatchewanSwift Current, SaskatchewanCompetitive stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 8 Sep 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 2 years
Stream: Competitive
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 601+
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29434

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

Summary

The Swift Current Family Medicine residency program is a well-established rural program in Southwest Saskatchewan that has graduated over 56 residents since 2010. The program provides comprehensive training in generalist rural medicine with state-of-the-art simulation and committed faculty, preparing confident rural family doctors.

Training

Research

Not stated on CaRMS page

Training setting

Located in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, a regional center with a population of 17,000 and a catchment area of 44,000. Offers full range of medical services including acute care, emergency, obstetrics, and specialist clinics.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education focused on producing caring, compassionate family physicians ready to provide comprehensive care in rural, remote, and underserved communities.

Setting types

Regional hospital
Community hospital
Rural medical center

Focus areas

Rural Medicine
Generalist Family Medicine
Comprehensive Primary Care
Rural and Remote Healthcare

Patient populations

Rural populations
Remote communities
Underserved populations
Acute care patients
Pediatric patients
Obstetric patients
Long-term care patients
Palliative care patients

Highlights

State-of-the-art simulation program
One-on-one teaching
Learner-focused hospital environment
Flexible scheduling
Longitudinal experiences in Palliative Care, Long term care, Urology and Emergency Medicine

Strengths

Comprehensive rural medical training
High clinical confidence development
Diverse clinical exposure
Strong community integration
Excellent generalist skills training

Enhanced skills

Palliative Care
Long term care
Urology
Emergency Medicine

By year

PGY-1

Family Medicine17 weeks
Obstetrics / Women's Health6 weeks
Emergency Medicine4 weeks
Surgery4 weeks
Internal Medicine4 weeks
Pediatrics4 weeks
Electives4 weeks
Psychiatry4 weeks
Anesthesia3 weeks
Orientation2 weeks
Consolidation Week1 week

PGY-2

Family Medicine23 weeks
Electives10 weeks
Rural Family Medicine8 weeks
Obstetrics4 weeks
Internal Medicine4 weeks
Consolidation Week1 week
Exam Week1 week

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

Casper test
FMProC assessment
MCCQE Part I
NAC examination
Medical Student Performance Record
Reference letters
Personal letter
CV/Electives
Leadership skills

Applications per year

601+

Applicants offered interviews

26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 21, 22, 23 and 24 Jan 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Saskatchewan
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$68,329 / year
PGY-2	$74,518 / year

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

Benefits

Benefits as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024; check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Annual vacation: 4 weeks
CMPA dues paid: 100%
Dental plan: 100%
Educational leave: Minimum 7 days with pay, 12 Maximum
Employee Assistance Program: Two programs available through SMA and University of Saskatchewan
Extended health insurance: Blue Cross family coverage, if registered with a Provincial Health Plan
Frequency of call: 1:4 in-house (if in excess of 1:4 paid $196/period from 1700-0800 weekdays and $249 from 0800-0800 weekends)*;1:3 out-of-house
Life insurance: Paid premium, >$100,000 coverage
Long-term disability insurance: Paid premium cost for Disability Insurance
Maternity leave/ Paternity: In conformity with Sask. Labour Standards Act – 17 weeks max maternity leave and up to 35 weeks parental leave.5 paid days paternity (can split the 35 weeks parental leave with mother as desired.)
Meal allowance: n/a
On-Call Stipends: Home Light: per duty period: $72 weekday; $83 weekendIn House: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekendICU/CCU: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekend
Provincial dues (% of salary): 1 %
Provincial health insurance: Yes, if registered with Sask. Health
Sick leave: 1.25 days per month to maximum 75 days
Statutory and floating holidays: 1.5 times pay or 1/2 pay & day off for stats, plus 6 extra paid days off at Christmas
Supplemental Maternity Leave Benefits: 15 weeks topped to 90% pay when eligible for Employment Insurance

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 in 4 in-house, averaged over a rotation

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

RDoS agreement, 1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2025. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Cypress Regional Hospital
Swift Current Family Medicine Residency Program

Hospital facts

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

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

Swift Current, Saskatchewan

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: −10.8 °C Swift Current, 5.2 km away
July average: 18.3 °C Swift Current, 5.2 km away
Snowfall: 88.0 cm a year Swift Current, 5.2 km away
Days below −20 °C: 30.4 days a year Swift Current, 5.2 km away

People

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

Population: 16,750 people up 0.9% from 2016
Official languages: English only 95.2% · French only 0.0% · English and French 4.5% · neither 0.3% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 13.0% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 4.4% · non-permanent residents: 1.5%
Indigenous identity: 5.0% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 94.8% · public transit 0.5% · walking or cycling 3.9% · other 0.9% Average commute: 12.2 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: $78,000 before tax $68,500 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: Swift Current, a small population centre (1,000 to 29,999 people) 16,304 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.403 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)

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: 5.5% October 2025 survey, Swift Current, Saskatchewan (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $51,502 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Saskatchewan, population under 30,000, 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 Swift Current - Moose Jaw 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.
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0132-01. 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.
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 residency.fyi 5 Oct 2026.