Prince George - Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine

University of British ColumbiaPrince George, British ColumbiaCompetitive stream

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").

Approx. quota: 2 positions
Length: 1 year
Applications per year: 51–200
Offered interviews: 26–50%

Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

2 dates, 19–20 Nov 2026virtual

Prince George, 10 teaching sites · 4 rural weeks

CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Northern regional base; residents are the senior resident on all ED shifts at the University Hospital of Northern BC.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Required four-week combined anesthesia and rural ED rotation in Terrace.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Ultrasound boot camp aimed at CPoCUS Independent Practitioner certification.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

This one-year emergency medicine program is based in Prince George, in Northern BC.
Residents complete 21-22 weeks of emergency medicine plus ICU and anesthesia at the University Hospital of Northern BC.
Other rotations take place at sites across BC, including rural ED and anesthesia in Terrace, and residents should be prepared to relocate during the year.

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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Residents in this program should be prepared to relocate to different communities during the year for a unique experience of BC regional life and emergency healthcare delivery.

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting: Regional community
Academic / tertiary hospital
Urban community
Rural / remote
Rural exposure: Required rural rotation (4 weeks)
Focus areas: Northern
POCUS curriculum

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

emergency medicine (21-22 weeks · University Hospital of Northern BC)
pediatric emergency medicine (4 weeks · Surrey Memorial Hospital)
emergency medicine with a focus on orthopedics (4 weeks · Whistler Health Care Centre/ED)
trauma (4 weeks · Royal Columbian Hospital or Vancouver General Hospital)
ICU (6 weeks · University Hospital of Northern BC)
CCU (2-3 weeks · St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver or Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria)
adult anesthesia (2 weeks · University Hospital of Northern BC)
combined pediatric and adult anesthesia as well as rural ED (4 weeks · Ksyen Regional Hospital in Terrace)
Optional toxicology/emergency block

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

Where you train

Prince George, British Columbia: 10 teaching sites; 4 rural weeks.

University Hospital of Northern BC
St. Paul’s Hospital (Vancouver)
Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
Whistler Health Care Center (Whistler · rural or distributed site)
BC Children’s Hospital (Vancouver)
Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria)
Ksyen Regional Hospital (Terrace · rural or distributed site)
GR Baker Memorial Hospital (Quesnel · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 1 of 10, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 4, SaferCare at 1; no published record for 4.

Moving to a new system: Ksyen Regional Hospital (scheduled spring 2027).

Hospital facts

9 sites · public figures and clinical record systems where they are published

Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.

How to read the figures

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26. All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1. One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

University Hospital of Northern BC

Matched to University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (Prince George) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 4,520
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,127

St. Paul’s Hospital

Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2019 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 8,691
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,240

Royal Columbian Hospital

Clinical record: MEDITECH: Fraser Health electronic health record (Advance), fully electronic record since Sep 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 4,798
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,447

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Vancouver General Hospital

Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2022 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Vancouver General Hospital in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 13,790
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 3,855

BC Children’s Hospital

Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Feb 2022 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 7,396
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,910

Surrey Memorial Hospital

Matched to Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 11,911
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,849

Royal Jubilee Hospital

Clinical record: IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2021 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 14,532
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 3,973

Ksyen Regional Hospital

Clinical record: SaferCare clinical information system, moving to a new system, scheduled spring 2027 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Ksyen Regional Hospital (Terrace) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 2,698
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 796

GR Baker Memorial Hospital

Matched to G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital (Quesnel) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 1,452
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 414

Fraser Health's new electronic health record is live at 4 sites (Royal Columbian Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital, Fraser Canyon Hospital, Mission Memorial Hospital). Its other sites are still on its current clinical information system. As of 31 Oct 2026

Northern Health is rolling out SaferCare, its clinical information system, hospital by hospital (Fort St. James from 21 April 2026, Terrace in spring 2027). Electronic documentation and order entry at all its hospitals are still to come. As of 31 Oct 2026

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

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

About Prince George

People
76,708residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Prince George
Housing
4.3%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Prince George, British Columbia (census agglomeration)
Winter and summer
−7.8 °CJanuary mean15.9 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Prince George, 7.1 km away
Job outlook
not published for this specialty

More about Prince George (its page: housing, getting around, weather, things to do, and every program that names it)

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them. City figures are public statistics for the place named by the location; they describe the place, not the program.

How they choose

Application file components: CV
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular
Leadership skills
MSPRs
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Transcripts
Other file component(s)
Return of service: Not stated on CaRMS page

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (FM/ES 2027 match): 19 and 20 Nov 2026
Format: Virtual
MMI or rotating station

Interview dates and format are as the program wrote them.

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 2 Sep 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). Salaries from April 2027. One provincial scale for British Columbia, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing PGY-3, the level FM/ES residents usually start at. Yours depends on your training so far.

Annual salary by PGY level, British Columbia
Level	Annual salary
PGY-3	$86,655 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 in 4 in-house
Post-call rule (provincial): Relieved within 2 hours of the call ending, or by 10:00 if earlier, when a resident on a 24-hour or longer shift could not get 6 uninterrupted hours of rest

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. RDBC agreement, 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2029. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Benefits

13 lines as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024: Annual vacation, CMPA dues paid, Dental plan, and more

Annual vacation: 4 weeks
CMPA dues paid: Yes. Mandatory
Dental plan: 100% Premiums Paid
Educational leave: Yes
Extended health insurance: 100% Premiums Paid
Life insurance: 100% Premium Paid
Long-term disability insurance: Yes 100% Premiums Paid
Maternity leave: 17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
Meal allowance: No
Provincial dues (% of salary): 1.5%
Provincial health insurance: 100% Premiums Paid
Sick leave: Yes
Statutory holidays: 2 x pay plus extra day with pay

Contacts and links

Program director: Dr. Patrick Prendergast
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: EM Program Manager
Email on the CaRMS page(opens in a new tab)

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing. Site staff and other contacts are listed there too.

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Vancouver - Family Medicine - Emergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia
Vancouver · 516 km
7 positions · Competitive

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · FM/ES 2027 match · last approved 27 Aug 2026.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 34658 · How these pages are made ›

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 8 Oct 2026.

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