Grande Prairie - Family Medicine
University of AlbertaGrande Prairie, Alberta
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 51
- Length
- 2
- Applications per year
- 401–600201–400
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%0–25%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Info session
details info sessions of this programMon 23 Nov 2026,6:00–7:00 pm MDTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
2 dates, 17–18 Jan 2027
3 dates, 22–24 Jan 2027
Grande Prairie, CMG stream: 4 teaching sites · IMG stream: 5 teaching sites · 36 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Residents earn independent practitioner certification from the Canadian Point of Care Ultrasound Society.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Optional six-month integrated Indigenous health pilot at Maskwacis, open to at most two residents.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
Residents matching to Grande Prairie get preferential access to rotations in Yellowknife and Whitehorse.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This two-year family medicine program is based in Grande Prairie, with hospital rotations at Grande Prairie Regional Hospital and continuity clinics at the Family Medicine Associates clinic.
- Residents complete a 12-week rural block in first year and 24 weeks of family medicine in two rural or remote communities in second year.
- The program arranges and funds accommodation for rotations away from Grande Prairie, and residents must have a vehicle.
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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What training looks like
- Setting
- Regional community
- Rural / remote
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (36 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- POCUS curriculum
- Procedural emphasis
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
- Getting around
- A car is required
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
- PGY-1
- Family Medicine12 weeks
- Family Medicine8 weeks
- Anesthesia4 weeks
- FM Obstetrics4 weeks
- General Surgery4 weeks
- Obstetrics & Gynecology4 weeks
- Orthopedics4 weeks
- Pediatrics4 weeks
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine4 weeks
- Electives2 weeks
- Geriatrics Selective2 weeks
- PGY-2
- Family Medicine16 weeks
- Emergency Medicine8 weeks
- Electivestwo 4 week blocks
- Internal Medicine/ICU4 weeks General Internal Medicine and 4 weeks of ICU
- Psychiatry4 weeks
- Integrated Palliative Care1 week
Other rotations
- Family medicine (Indigenous Pilot at Maskwacis · 16 weeks · Maskwacis)
- Psych (Indigenous Pilot at Maskwacis · 4 weeks · Maskwacis)
- Peds (Indigenous Pilot at Maskwacis · 2 weeks · Maskwacis)
- Addictions (Indigenous Pilot at Maskwacis · 2 weeks · Maskwacis)
- PGY-1
- Family Medicine12 weeks
- Family Medicine8 weeks
- Anesthesia4 weeks
- FM Obstetrics4 weeks
- General Surgery4 weeks
- Obstetrics & Gynecology4 weeks
- Orthopedics4 weeks
- Pediatrics4 weeks
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine4 weeks
- Electives2 weeks
- Geriatrics Selective2 weeks
- PGY-2
- Family Medicine16 weeks
- Emergency Medicine8 weeks
- Electivestwo 4 week blocks
- Internal Medicine/ICU4 weeks General Internal Medicine and 4 weeks of ICU
- Psychiatry4 weeks
- Integrated Palliative Care1 week
Where you train
Grande Prairie, Alberta: CMG stream: 4 teaching sites · IMG stream: 5 teaching sites; 36 rural weeks. A car is required.
- Grande Prairie Regional Hospital
- Family Medicine Associates Clinic
- Stollery Children’s Hospital (Edmonton)
- Maskwacis (Maskwacis · rural or distributed site)
Distributed across a region
- Grande Prairie Regional Hospital
- Family Medicine Associates Clinic
- Stollery Children’s Hospital (Edmonton)
- Maskwacis (Maskwacis · rural or distributed site)
- Yellowknife training site (Yellowknife · rural or distributed site)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites, all streams: Epic at 1 of 5; no published record for 4.
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.
Stollery Children’s Hospital
- Clinical record
- Epic (Connect Care), fully electronic record since Nov 2024
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
About Grande Prairie
People
64,141residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.3%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−13.9 °CJanuary mean16.3 °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 required · all residents
- Return of service, IMG stream
- Not required · all residents
- IMG requirements, IMG stream
- Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match), CMG stream
- 17 and 18 Jan 2027
- Interview dates (2027 match), IMG stream
- 22, 23 and 24 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
Mon 23 Nov 2026
6:00–7:00 pm MDT
Info session · Virtual · For IMG applicantsCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No new responsibilities after the 24th hour of duty, apart from handover
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 24 consecutive hours, plus 2 hours for handover
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks/yr
- Call Stipends
- weekday in-house – $118.02weekend in-house / holiday – $178.72weekday home call – $59.01weekend home call / holiday – $89.35
- CMPA dues paid
- $1,500
- Dental plan
- 75% premium paid
- Educational leave
- 14 days paid leave
- Extended health insurance
- 75% premium paid$1000 per year Flexible Spending Account*
- Life insurance
- 100% towards $150,000 coverage
- Life Support Course Costs (Program Approved
- 100% paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- 100% paid for 75% gross income
- Maternity Leave
- 18 weeks total (17 weeks paid to match 90% of salary when combined with EI)
- Parental Leave
- 2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits;52 weeks (inclusive of Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leaves) – unpaid leave
- Practice Stipend
- $1,500
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- .95%
- Sick leave
- Up to 3 months or to end contract paid leave, whichever occurs first
- Statutory holidays
- Paid days. Additional days off are given if resident works the day before and part of a named holiday.
After residency
Family doctors in Alberta can bill fee-for-service or join a model that pays for visits, hours worked and enrolled patients: the Primary Care Physician Compensation Model (PCPCM). A new-to-practice physician with fewer than 500 patients can join within 6 months of graduation. To join: 400 hours of direct and indirect care over 40 or more weeks a year. Compare provinces
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 4 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 2 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 2 positions open after round 2 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2024 | 4 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 positions open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 4 positions open after round 2 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 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 | 5 | 2 years | 2 dates, 17–18 Jan 2027 |
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| IMG stream | 1 | 2 years | 3 dates, 22–24 Jan 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 3 | 2 years | 4 dates, 16 Dec 2025 – 19 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 3 | 2 years | 5 dates, 16 Dec 2025 – 25 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Alberta Family Medicine Grande Prairie program offers a comprehensive two-year rural family medicine residency focused on producing competent, caring full-service family physicians passionate about serving rural and remote communities.
- Residents receive extensive hands-on training, flexible learning opportunities, and strong support in a close-knit, learner-centered environment.
- Research
- Residents complete four small research projects, a Practice Quality Improvement (PQI) project, and receive support from the Alberta Primary Care Research Unit.
- Training setting
- Training occurs in Grande Prairie, a vibrant city of 70,000 people, with primary training at the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital and Family Medicine Associates Clinic, supplemented by extensive rural site rotations across Alberta.
- Teaching approach
- A learner-centered approach prioritizing hands-on experience, progressive independence, competency-based medical education, and comprehensive rural training with a strong emphasis on community engagement and continuous learning.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic performance
- Clinical performance
- Family Medicine experience
- References
- Rural interest/experience
- FMProC assessment
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Michelle Morros
Dr. Brad MartinStream Co-Director
Dr. Valentin DutaStream Co-Director
CaRMS lists no email for the directors.
- Program office
Stream Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Videos and podcasts
From residents
Public podcast episodes and videos where residents describe this program. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.
Family Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Grande Prairie
- Rural
- Rural
- Regional
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