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Northern Thompson - Flin Flon - Family Medicine

University of ManitobaNorthern Thompson, Manitoba

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
3 positions+1 from 2 in the 2026 match
1 position−1 from 2 in the 2026 match
Length
2 years
Applications per year
601+
Offered interviews
0–25%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

IMG stream · open to international medical graduates

Return of service: Required · IMGs only

IMG requirement: Recent clinical experience (within 10 years) details under How they choose

Info session

all 4 info sessions of this program

Thu 5 Nov 2026,7:00–8:30 pm CST

Interviews

3 dates, 19–21 Jan 2027Panel

Northern Thompson, 20 teaching sites21 teaching sites · required rural rotation

A car is required

After residency in Manitoba: fee-for-service plus enrolled-patient payments

Program website(opens in a new tab)CANPREPP profile(opens in a new tab)CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Training in fly-in First Nations communities in Northern Manitoba, with mandatory air travel.

    From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page

  • Distributed rural sites range from communities under 1,000 people to Thompson (about 13,000).

    From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page

  • This two-year family medicine program trains residents primarily in Thompson, Manitoba, with an optional home base in Flin Flon.
  • Part of family medicine time is spent at distributed northern sites, including fly-in First Nations communities.
  • Some off-service rotations, such as neonatology, ICU and trauma surgery, take place in Winnipeg.
  • Residents need a driver's licence and a vehicle, air travel is mandatory, and the program covers travel and accommodation at remote sites.

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.
    Show the quote

    Portions of Family Medicine time in PGY1 and PGY2 are spent in distributed sites in the region to develop a broad skill set to work in various practice settings.

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Regional community
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Rural / remote
Rural exposure
Required rural rotation
Focus areas
  • Northern
  • Rural / remote
  • Indigenous health
  • POCUS curriculum
  • Procedural emphasis
Research
Offered
Enhanced skills
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Anesthesia
  • Other
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Obstetrical Surgical Skills
  • Palliative Care
  • Sport and Exercise Medicine
Getting around
  • A car is required
  • Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
  • Travel is reimbursed

By year

PGY-2
  • PALLIATIVE MEDICINEWinnipeg

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Children's Emergency (one rotation · Children's Hospital in Winnipeg)
  • outpatient and inpatient pediatrics
  • AIRWAY (2 weeks · Thompson or The Pas)
  • OBSTETRICS (8 weeks · Thompson General Hospital or The Pas)
  • NEONATOLOGY (2-week · Winnipeg)
  • Acute Trauma Surgery Unit (one rotation · Health Sciences Centre)
  • Addiction medicine rotation
  • ICU (Winnipeg)
PGY-2
  • PALLIATIVE MEDICINEWinnipeg

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Children's Emergency (one rotation · Children's Hospital in Winnipeg)
  • outpatient and inpatient pediatrics
  • AIRWAY (2 weeks · Thompson or The Pas)
  • OBSTETRICS (8 weeks · Thompson General Hospital or The Pas)
  • NEONATOLOGY (2-week · Winnipeg)
  • SURGERY (one rotation · Acute Trauma Surgery Unit at the Health Sciences Centre)
  • Addiction medicine rotation
  • ICU (Winnipeg)

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

Where you train

Northern Thompson, Manitoba: 20 teaching sites21 teaching sites; required rural rotation. A car is required.

  • Thompson Clinic (Thompson)
  • Thompson General Hospital (Thompson)
  • Flin Flon Community Clinic (Flin Flon)
  • Flin Flon Clinic (Flin Flon)
  • Flin Flon General Hospital (Flin Flon)
  • St Anthonys Hospital (The Pas)
  • Primary Health Care Centre (Flin Flon)
  • Children's Hospital (Winnipeg)
  • Health Sciences Centre (Winnipeg)
  • Opaskwayak Cree Nation (rural or distributed site)
  • Lynn Lake (Lynn Lake · rural or distributed site)
  • Gillam (Gillam · rural or distributed site)
Show all 20 sites
  • Snow Lake (Snow Lake · rural or distributed site)
  • Leaf Rapids (Leaf Rapids · rural or distributed site)
  • Wabowden (Wabowden · rural or distributed site)
  • Thicket Portage (Thicket Portage · rural or distributed site)
  • Ilford (Ilford · rural or distributed site)
  • Pikwitonei (Pikwitonei · rural or distributed site)
  • Shamattawa (Shamattawa · rural or distributed site)
  • Oxford House (Oxford House · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

  • Thompson Clinic (Thompson)
  • Thompson General Hospital (Thompson)
  • Flin Flon Community Clinic (Flin Flon)
  • Flin Flon Clinic (Flin Flon)
  • Flin Flon General Hospital (Flin Flon)
  • Northern Consultation Clinic (Thompson)
  • Primary Health Care Centre (Flin Flon)
  • St Anthonys Hospital (The Pas · rural or distributed site)
  • Children's Hospital (Winnipeg)
  • Health Sciences Centre (Winnipeg)
  • Opaskwayak Cree Nation (rural or distributed site)
  • Lynn Lake (Lynn Lake · rural or distributed site)
Show all 21 sites
  • Gillam (Gillam · rural or distributed site)
  • Snow Lake (Snow Lake · rural or distributed site)
  • Leaf Rapids (Leaf Rapids · rural or distributed site)
  • Wabowden (Wabowden · rural or distributed site)
  • Thicket Portage (Thicket Portage · rural or distributed site)
  • Ilford (Ilford · rural or distributed site)
  • Pikwitonei (Pikwitonei · rural or distributed site)
  • Shamattawa (Shamattawa · rural or distributed site)
  • Oxford House (Oxford House · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites, all streams: Altera at 10 of 21; no published record for 11.

Moving to a new system: Thompson General Hospital; Flin Flon General Hospital; Children's Hospital; Health Sciences Centre; Lynn Lake; Gillam; Snow Lake; Leaf Rapids; Thicket Portage; Shamattawa (scheduled 31 Mar 2027 across the province).

Hospital facts

10 sites · clinical record systems where an official source states them

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 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Thompson General Hospital, Flin Flon General Hospital, Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre, Lynn Lake, Gillam, Snow Lake, Leaf Rapids, Thicket Portage, Shamattawa.

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. As of 31 Oct 2026

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

Hospital size and activity: Manitoba doesn't publish this as open data.

About Thompson

  • People

    13,035residents, 2021 Census

    Municipality of Thompson

  • Housing

    6.0%rental vacancy rate

    October 2025 survey, Thompson, Manitoba (census agglomeration)

  • Winter and summer

    −23.4 °CJanuary mean16.2 °CJuly mean

    1991–2020 normals, Thompson, 6.4 km away

  • Job outlook

    Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Thompson (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. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Return of service
Required · IMGs only
IMG requirements
  • Recent clinical experience (within 10 years)

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

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
19, 20 and 21 Jan 2027
Format
  • Panel

Info sessions

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 22 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). One provincial scale for Manitoba, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Manitoba
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$72,171 / year
PGY-2
$77,416 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

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)

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. PARIM agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

After residency

Family doctors in Manitoba can bill fee-for-service or join a model that pays for visits and enrolled patients: the Family Medicine Plus (FM+) tariffs. No separate new-graduate rule on the official pages we read. To join: a registered Home Clinic, enrolled patients, Most Responsible Provider. Compare provinces

Official pages read 31 Oct 2026.

Past matches

Open after round 1 in 6 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: Northern Thompson.

Show the table, with round 2
Positions at this site, all streams, still open after round 1 and after round 2, by year. Each count above zero links to the CaRMS list page it comes from.
YearOpen after round 1Open after round 2
2018not available0
201900
20202 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
20212 positions open after round 1 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
20221 position open after round 1 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
20232 positions open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
202400
20251 position open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
20261 position open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0

CaRMS’s first-round list for 2018 was not found, so round 1 is counted over 8 years and round 2 over 9.

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.

Source: CaRMS’s lists of positions open after round 1 and after round 2, as read in October 2026 (latest: 2026 round 1 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab), 2026 round 2 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab)).

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
CMG stream32 years3 dates, 19–21 Jan 2027Panel
  • Positions 2 → 3 from the 2026 match
IMG stream12 years3 dates, 19–21 Jan 2027Panel
  • Positions 2 → 1 from the 2026 match

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG streamNorthern Thompson - Family Medicine22 years3 dates, 20–22 Jan 2026
IMG streamNorthern Thompson - Family Medicine22 years3 dates, 20–22 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The University of Manitoba's Northern Thompson Family Medicine stream offers comprehensive training in northern Manitoba, focusing on developing well-rounded family physicians capable of practicing in diverse rural and urban settings.
  • Residents will gain extensive experience across multiple clinical environments, with a strong emphasis on interprofessional care and serving diverse patient populations.
Research
The Department of Family Medicine supports research skill development and provides workshops for all Family Medicine residents.
Training setting
Training primarily occurs in Thompson, Manitoba, with clinical experiences at Thompson General Hospital and Thompson Clinic, supplemented by rotations in various northern Manitoba communities ranging from small (population <1000) to larger urban centers.
Teaching approach
Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing comprehensive skills development, interprofessional collaboration, and adaptability to diverse practice environments.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • FMProC score
  • Personal letter
  • Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
  • Reference letters
  • CV/Resume
  • Interview performance

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 director

  • Dr. Leah PetersPostgraduate Program Director

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

Postgraduate Program Coordinator

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.

Program websiteWebsiteCANPREPPCANPREPPProvincial Criteria for Manitoba(opens in a new tab)Video on YouTube(opens in a new tab)Video on YouTube(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Family Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Northern Thompson - Flin Flon

  • Northern Remote - Family MedicineUniversity of Manitoba

    Northern Remote · 107 km

    12 positions · CMG, IMG

  • La Ronge - Northern-Rural - Family MedicineUniversity of Saskatchewan

    La Ronge - Northern-Rural, SK · 474 km

    4 positions · Competitive

    Rural
  • North East (Nipawin) Rural - Family MedicineUniversity of Saskatchewan

    North East (Nipawin) Rural, SK · 477 km

    2 positions · Competitive

    Rural
In these collections: · All collections

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 4 Sep 2026 · The IMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 4 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 35510 (CMG stream), 36240 (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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