Coastal - Family Medicine

University of British ColumbiaCoastal, British Columbia

Approx. quota: CMG stream5 positions
IMG stream4 positions
Length: 2 years
Applications per year: CMG stream601+
IMG stream201–400
Offered interviews: CMG stream76–100%
IMG stream51–75%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

IMG stream · open to international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

IMG requirement: Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program details under How they choose

Q&A

details

Sat 14 Nov 2026,9:00–10:00 am PSTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

8 dates, 16–26 Jan 2027virtual

Coastal, CMG stream: 9 teaching sites · IMG stream: 8 teaching sites · 16 rural weeks

After residency in British Columbia: hours-based model open to new graduates

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What stands out about this program

Four-month (16-week) rural placement in a Coastal community, longer than UBC's standard 2-month rural rotation.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Rural sites include small remote, largely Indigenous central coast communities of Bella Bella and Bella Coola.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page

The Coastal site is a two-year UBC family medicine residency based on the North Shore at Lions Gate Hospital.
Second year includes a four-month rotation in a rural Coastal community and 10 weeks of electives.
Residents complete a first-year quality improvement project and a scholar project presented at Scholarship Day.

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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In second year, Residents spend part of the year on the North Shore, 10 weeks in electives, and four months in a rural community

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting: Urban community
Rural / remote
Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural exposure: Required rural rotation (16 weeks)
Focus areas: Rural / remote
Research: Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
Enhanced skills: Emergency Medicine
Care of the Elderly
Anesthesia
Palliative Care
Sport and Exercise Medicine
Clinician Scholar / Research

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

Family Practice (41 weeks)
Emergency (8 weeks)
Obstetrics/Gynecology (6 weeks)
Pediatrics (10 weeks)
Internal Medicine + Hospitalist (12 weeks)
Surgery (6 weeks)
Mental Health/Psychiatry (5 weeks)
Palliative Care (4 weeks)
Electives (12 weeks)

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

Where you train

Coastal, British Columbia: CMG stream: 9 teaching sites · IMG stream: 8 teaching sites; 16 rural weeks.

Lions Gate Hospital (North Vancouver)
BCCH (Vancouver)
Health Connection
Pemberton Health Care Centre (Pemberton · rural or distributed site)
Squamish General Hospital (Squamish · rural or distributed site)
St. Mary’s Hospital (Sechelt · rural or distributed site)
Powell River General Hospital (Powell River · rural or distributed site)
Bella Bella (Bella Bella · rural or distributed site)
Bella Coola (Bella Coola · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Lions Gate Hospital (North Vancouver)
BCCH (Vancouver)
Pemberton Health Care Centre (Pemberton · rural or distributed site)
Squamish General Hospital (Squamish · rural or distributed site)
St. Mary’s Hospital (Sechelt · rural or distributed site)
Powell River General Hospital (Powell River · rural or distributed site)
Bella Bella (Bella Bella · rural or distributed site)
Bella Coola (Bella Coola · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 1 of 9, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 3; no published record for 5.

Hospital facts

4 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.

Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Apr 2018 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Lions Gate Hospital, Squamish General Hospital.

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.

Lions Gate Hospital

Matched to Lions Gate Hospital (North Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 10,660
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,762

BCCH

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

Squamish General Hospital

Matched to Squamish General Hospital (Squamish) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 1,238
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 316

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St. Mary’s Hospital

Clinical record: Epic (Connect Care), fully electronic record since Nov 2024 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.

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them.

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, CMG stream: Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Return of service, IMG stream: Required
IMG requirements, IMG stream: Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program

Application file components as each stream’s CaRMS page describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25 and 26 Jan 2027
Format: Virtual
MMI or rotating station

Info sessions

Sat 14 Nov 2026
9:00–10:00 am PST
Q&A · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 20 Oct 2026; a row tagged CANPREPP is on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026), alone or as well. Dates and times are as the program wrote them; “your time” is worked out in your browser when your time zone differs. Programs add and change sessions.

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 the 2 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, British Columbia
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$71,390 / year
PGY-2	$79,571 / 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

After residency

Family doctors in British Columbia can bill fee-for-service or join a model that pays for hours worked, visits and enrolled patients: the Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model. The New-to-Practice (NTP) contract is primarily focused on new graduates, for up to two years; the LFP Payment Model is also available to new physicians building a panel. To join: at least 250 empanelled patients within four months of enrolling. Compare provinces

Official pages read 31 Oct 2026.

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews	What changed
CMG stream	5	2 years	8 dates, 16–26 Jan 2027Virtual	Nothing noted
IMG stream	4	2 years	8 dates, 16–26 Jan 2027Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	5	2 years	17 Jan – 8 Feb 2026, listed as a range
IMG stream	4	2 years	17 Jan – 8 Feb 2026, listed as a range

The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description

The UBC Family Medicine Coastal site offers a comprehensive two-year residency program focused on developing exceptional clinical skills for rural, remote, and urban environments.
Residents gain extensive experience across diverse clinical settings, with a strong emphasis on leadership, clinical skills, and understanding social determinants of health.

Research: Residents complete a scholar project and present at annual Scholarship Day, with opportunities for quality improvement research.
Training setting: Training occurs across multiple sites including North Shore, Pemberton, Squamish, Gibsons, Sechelt, Powell River, and remote coastal communities, providing diverse urban and rural clinical experiences.
Teaching approach: Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing evidence-based medicine, interactive learning, and comprehensive clinical skill development.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: File review (20%)
MMI interview (75%)
FMProC score (5%)

Positions, length and interviews as each match’s CaRMS pages stated them; what changed from our comparison of the two matches and our readings of the 2027 pages.

Contacts and links

Program directors: Dr. Sarah McCorquodale
Dr. Flora Wong
CaRMS lists no email for the directors.
Program office: Program and Learning Development Manager, Education Coordinator
Write to the officeresidency@familymed.ubc.ca

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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Family Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Coastal

Vancouver - St. Paul's - Family MedicineUniversity of British Columbia
Vancouver - St. Paul's · 5 km
26 positions · CMG, IMG
City
Indigenous - Mainland Vancouver - Family MedicineUniversity of British Columbia
Indigenous - Mainland Vancouver · 5 km
3 positions · CMG
City
Vancouver Fraser - Family MedicineUniversity of British Columbia
Vancouver Fraser · 17 km
18 positions · CMG, IMG

In these collections:

Programs with a required rural rotation

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 1 Oct 2026 · The IMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 1 Oct 2026 · 2027 match · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program IDs 35883 (CMG stream), 35411 (IMG stream) · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

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 24 Oct 2026.

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