Winnipeg - Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine
University of ManitobaWinnipeg, ManitobaCompetitive stream
Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match
Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 7
- Length
- 1
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 0–25%
Competitive stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates
Interviews
2 dates, 14–15 Oct 2026
Winnipeg, 11 teaching sites · 4 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
HALO (High-Acuity-Low-Occurrence) procedure preparedness curriculum in a simulation lab.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Rural EM rotation options include remote Thompson, about 750 km north of Winnipeg.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
Academic full day partially shared with the FRCPC emergency medicine program.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This 1-year CCFP-EM program prepares family physicians for the CCFP-EM Certification in Emergency Medicine.
- Residents complete a 4-week rural emergency rotation in Brandon, Thompson, Portage la Prairie, or Selkirk, and a required small scholarly project.
- Ultrasound training is embedded into academic days to meet the CAEP national standard.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (4 weeks)
- Focus areas
- POCUS curriculum
- Procedural emphasis
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
- Getting around
- A car is recommended
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Emergency Medicine (Tertiary) (16 weeks · Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface General Hospital)
- Emergency Medicine (Community) (4 weeks · Grace Hospital)
- Urgent Care (4 weeks · Seven Oaks Hospital or Victoria Hospital or Concordia Hospital)
- Emergency Medicine (Rural) (4 weeks · Brandon, Thompson, Portage la Prairie, or Selkirk)
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine (4 weeks · The Children’s Hospital of Winnipeg)
- Medical ICU (4 weeks · HSC or St. Boniface General Hospital)
- Surgical ICU or M/SICU (4 weeks · HSC or St. Boniface General Hospital)
- Gold Surgery (Trauma) (4 weeks · HSC)
- Cardiology (4 weeks · St Boniface General Hospital)
- Anesthesia (Adult) (4 weeks · Tertiary, Community, or Rural Hospital)
- Neurology (Additional (Opt-In) Exposures · 1 week · HSC Stroke 25 Service)
- Ophthalmology (Additional (Opt-In) Exposures · 2 Days)
- EMS Ride Along (Additional (Opt-In) Exposures · 2 Days)
- Family Medicine Clinics (Optional) (Additional (Opt-In) Exposures · RAAM Day Clinic)
Where you train
Winnipeg, Manitoba: 11 teaching sites; 4 rural weeks. A car is recommended.
- Health Sciences Centre
- St Boniface General Hospital
- Children's Emergency
- Grace Hospital
- Victoria Hospital
- Concordia Hospital
- Seven Oaks General Hospital
- Selkirk Regional Health Centre (Selkirk · rural or distributed site)
- Portage District General Hospital (Portage la Prairie · rural or distributed site)
- Brandon Regional Health Centre (Brandon · rural or distributed site)
- Thompson General Hospital (Thompson · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: Altera at 8 of 11; no published record for 3.
Moving to a new system: Health Sciences Centre; St Boniface General Hospital; Grace Hospital; Victoria Hospital; Concordia Hospital; Seven Oaks General Hospital; Portage District General Hospital; Thompson General Hospital (scheduled 31 Mar 2027 across the province).
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.
- Clinical record
- Altera Digital Health (EPR), moving to a new system in every hospital by 31 Mar 2027; this hospital’s own date is not published by the province yet
Manitoba's electronic patient record is going into every hospital by the end of March 2027, a hospital at a time (6 of 57 complete as of June 2026). Order entry is not included at this stage.
Hospital size and activity: Manitoba doesn't publish this as open data.
About Winnipeg
People
749,607residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.8%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−16.3 °CJanuary mean19.5 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
not published for this specialty
How they choose
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (FM/ES 2027 match)
- 14 and 15 Oct 2026
- Format
- Virtual
- Panel
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-3 | $83,372 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 7 calls per 4-week block, in-house and home call combined
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No duty hours before 06:00 the next calendar day, after in-hospital call
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 26 consecutive hours (24, plus 2 for handover)
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Robert Gourlay
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
CCFP-EM Program Administrator, FRCPC-EM Program Administrator, Enhanced Skills Program Administrator
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.
Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Winnipeg
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