Vancouver Fraser - Family Medicine

University of British ColumbiaVancouver Fraser, British Columbia

Approx. quota: CMG stream14 positions+1 from 13 in the 2026 match
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

Thu 5 Nov 2026,5:00–6:00 pm PSTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

8 dates, 16–26 Jan 2027virtual

Vancouver Fraser, CMG stream: 13 teaching sites · IMG stream: 12 teaching sites · 8 rural weeks

A car is recommended

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

Program website Instagram Department Instagram X Facebook CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Compulsory alternate-week full-day call-backs to the family practice preceptor's office during all Lower Mainland rotations.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Second year can be tailored to individual learning needs, planned by residents during first year.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

The Vancouver-Fraser site of UBC Family Medicine is a 2-year program training residents in tertiary hospitals and community practices across the Lower Mainland.
First-year Family Practice takes place at the UBC Primary Care Teaching Clinic or a Lower Mainland community clinic.
Second year includes a mandatory 2-month rural rotation and 10-12 weeks of elective time.
Residents complete a quality improvement project in first year and a scholar project presented at Scholarship Day.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

What training looks like

Setting: Mixed settings
Academic / tertiary hospital
Urban community
Rural / remote
Rural exposure: Required rural rotation (8 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
Getting around: A car is recommended

By year

PGY-1: Family PracticeIn 1 st year you will be at the UBC Primary Care Teaching Clinic or a Lower Mainland community clinic, with long-term care experiences integrated within16 weeks
PediatricsB.C. Children's Hospital, Royal Columbian Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital and community pediatricians' offices6-8 weeks
ObstetricsRoyal Columbian Hospital, Peace Arch Hospital, BC Women's Hospital, and/or Burnaby maternity clinics8 weeks
Internal Medicine4 weeks CTU at Royal Columbian Hospital; 4 weeks preceptor-based IM at Burnaby or Mt. St. Joseph's Hospital8 weeks
Emergency2 weeks Royal Columbian Hospital and 2 weeks at Eagle Ridge Hospital, 4 weeks at Burnaby Hospital or Richmond Hospital4 weeks
SurgeryRoyal Columbian Hospital or Burnaby Hospital4 weeks
PGY-2: Family PracticeA community Family Practice officeMinimum 12 weeks
RuralApproved rural sites in B.C.8 weeks
HospitalistRoyal Columbian Hospital, Burnaby Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital, Surrey Memorial or Richmond Hospital4 weeks
PsychiatryRoyal Columbian Hospital, Burnaby Hospital or Peach Arch Hospital4 weeks
Sports MedicineVarious Sports Medicine clinics in the Lower Mainland4 weeks
Palliative CareRoyal Columbian Hospital, Richmond Hospital, Burnaby Palliative Care Unit, Ridge Meadows Hospital, Vancouver General Hospital, Surrey Memorial and Eagle Ridge Hospital4 weeks
GeriatricsRoyal Columbian Hospital, STAT Unit - Vancouver General Hospital/UBC Hospital, Mount St. Joseph’s Hospital4 weeks
AddictionsRoyal Columbian Hospital2 weeks
PediatricsIntermediate Care Nursery (ICN)/NICU at BC Children's Hospital, St. Paul's Hospital and Royal Columbian Hospital2 weeks

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

Where you train

Vancouver Fraser, British Columbia: CMG stream: 13 teaching sites · IMG stream: 12 teaching sites; 8 rural weeks. A car is recommended.

Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
Burnaby Hospital (Burnaby)
B.C. Children's Hospital (Vancouver)
Mount St. Joseph's Hospital (Vancouver)
Peace Arch Hospital (White Rock)
Richmond Hospital (Richmond)
St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)
Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
B.C. Women's Hospital (Vancouver)
Eagle Ridge Hospital (Port Moody)
Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
UBC Primary Care Teaching Clinic

Show all 13 sites

Approved rural sites in B.C. (rural or distributed site)

Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
Burnaby Hospital (Burnaby)
B.C. Children's Hospital (Vancouver)
Mount St. Joseph's Hospital (Vancouver)
Peace Arch Hospital (White Rock)
Richmond Hospital (Richmond)
St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver)
Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
B.C. Women's Hospital (Vancouver)
Eagle Ridge Hospital (Port Moody)
Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
UBC Primary Care Teaching Clinic

Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 2 of 13, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 6; no published record for 5.

Hospital facts

11 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: MEDITECH: Fraser Health electronic health record (Advance), fully electronic record since Sep 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Royal Columbian Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital.
Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Feb 2022 As of 31 Oct 2026. At B.C. Children's Hospital, B.C. Women's Hospital.
Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2019 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Mount St. Joseph's Hospital, St. Paul's 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.

Royal Columbian Hospital

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

Burnaby Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 8,388
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,058

B.C. Children's Hospital

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

Show facts for 8 more sites

Mount St. Joseph's Hospital

Matched to Mount Saint Joseph Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 15,711
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 4,233

Peace Arch Hospital

Matched to Peace Arch Hospital (White Rock) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 8,039
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,036

Richmond Hospital

Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Jun 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 6,446
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,680

St. Paul's Hospital

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

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

B.C. Women's Hospital

Matched to BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 5,033
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,348

Eagle Ridge Hospital

Matched to Eagle Ridge Hospital (Port Moody) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 6,014
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,496

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

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

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 Vancouver

People
662,248residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Vancouver
Housing
3.7%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Vancouver, British Columbia (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
5.3 °CJanuary mean19.0 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Vancouver (Harbour), 5.7 km away
Job outlook
Moderatefor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Vancouver (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, 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

Thu 5 Nov 2026
5:00–6:00 pm 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	14	2 years	8 dates, 16–26 Jan 2027Virtual	Positions 13 → 14 from the 2026 match
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	13	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 Vancouver-Fraser Site offers a comprehensive two-year family physician training experience combining urban tertiary hospital and community practice settings.
Residents learn from diverse family physicians and specialists, with the unique ability to tailor their second year to specific learning needs.

Research: Residents complete a quality improvement project in first year and a scholarly project to be presented at annual Scholarship Day.
Training setting: Distributed training across multiple urban and community sites in the Lower Mainland, including tertiary hospitals, community clinics, and rural settings in British Columbia.
Teaching approach: Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing evidence-based practice, scholarly activities, 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 Vancouver Fraser

Surrey-South Fraser - Family MedicineUniversity of British Columbia
Surrey-South Fraser · 5 km
19 positions · CMG, IMG
City
Fraser South - Family MedicineSimon Fraser University
Fraser South · 5 km
12 positions · CMG, IMG
City
Indigenous - Mainland Vancouver - Family MedicineUniversity of British Columbia
Indigenous - Mainland Vancouver · 17 km
3 positions · CMG
City

In these collections:

Programs with a required rural rotation

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 15 Sep 2026 · The IMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 15 Sep 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 35765 (CMG stream), 36202 (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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