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Rural Community - Family Medicine

University of OttawaRural Community, OntarioCMG stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
4 positions+1 from 3 in the 2026 match
Length
2 years
Applications per year
601+
Offered interviews
51–75%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Interviews

4 dates, 13–28 Jan 2027Traditional (one on one/two on one)

Rural Community, 4 teaching sites · based in a rural community

A car is recommended

After residency in Ontario: capitation model, entry capped

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

What stands out about this program

  • Residents are based with rural community preceptors in Renfrew or Perth, with an annual travel stipend.

    From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page

  • This two-year uOttawa family medicine stream places residents at rural community teaching practices in Renfrew and Perth, about an hour from Ottawa.
  • Off-service rotations are completed at the Ottawa Hospital Civic or General Campus, and residents receive an annual travel stipend.
  • Training includes at least ten months of family medicine and two months in rural family practice settings.

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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    Learners are clinically based in one of community teaching sites and are academically to a community practice for all core educational activities

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Rural / remote
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural exposure
Based in a rural community
Focus areas
  • Rural / remote
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project
Enhanced skills
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Anesthesia
  • Palliative Care
  • Care of the Elderly
  • Addiction Medicine
  • Sport and Exercise Medicine
  • Women's Health
  • Maternity and Newborn Care
  • Other
  • Indigenous Health
Getting around
  • A car is recommended
  • Travel is reimbursed

By year

PGY-1
  • Rural Family Medicine4 Weeks
  • Electives4 Weeks
  • Core Family Medicine6+Continuity Clinic
  • Internal Med.
  • Peds ER
  • Psych
  • Obstetrics
  • EM
PGY-2
  • Core Family Medicine4 Blocks + continuity Clinic
  • Electives8 Weeks
  • Rural Family Medicine4 Weeks
  • Internal Med.
  • FM/Peds
  • Geriatrics
  • Palliative
  • FM

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

Where you train

Rural Community, Ontario: 4 teaching sites; based in a rural community. A car is recommended.

Also trains in: Perth, Ottawa Hospital (Civic / General Campus)

  • Renfrew (Renfrew · rural or distributed site)
  • Perth (Perth · rural or distributed site)
  • Civic Campus (Ottawa)
  • General Campus (Ottawa)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 1 of 4, Lumeo at 1; no published record for 2.

Hospital facts

2 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.

Perth

Clinical record
Lumeo regional health information system, fully electronic record since Dec 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026

Civic Campus

Clinical record
Epic (Atlas Alliance shared system), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

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

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

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
Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
13, 26, 27 and 28 Jan 2027
Format
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)

Info sessions

The 1 session listed for 2027 has passed.

59 Family Medicine info sessions at other programsAll 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. Programs add and change sessions.

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). Contract expired, may change. One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$73,367 / year
PGY-2
$79,670 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (provincial max)
7 nights in 28 in-house
Post-call rule (provincial)
No new patient responsibilities after 24 hours in-hospital, except what clinical handover needs
Max continuous duty (provincial)
24 hours in-hospital, then relieved after handover (up to 2 hours)

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

After residency

Family doctors in Ontario can join a model that pays for enrolled patients, hours worked and visits: the Family Health Organization (FHO), FHO+ since 1 April 2026. A new graduate is a physician who joins a patient enrolment model within three years of completing a family medicine residency; the status runs for 12 months from joining. Entry is capped: 40 physicians a month for FHO, 60 a month for FHO+ in the first year of the 2024-2028 agreement; later years to be determined. Compare provinces

Official pages read 31 Oct 2026.

Past matches

Open after round 1 in 2 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: Rural Community.

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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
202000
202100
202200
202300
202400
20254 positions 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 stream42 years4 dates, 13–28 Jan 2027Traditional (one on one/two on one)
  • Positions 3 → 4 from the 2026 match

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream32 years3 dates, 27–29 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The University of Ottawa Family Medicine Rural Community stream offers a comprehensive two-year residency program located in rural Ottawa.
  • Residents are clinically based in community teaching sites and academically connected to community practices, providing diverse training opportunities with a focus on comprehensive, patient-centered care.
Research
Residents engage in quality improvement projects, research, and advocacy projects throughout their training.
Training setting
Rural community teaching practices located approximately 1 hour from Ottawa, with affiliated hospital sites including Ottawa General and Civic Campuses. Residents are placed with rural community preceptors and complete off-service rotations in urban hospital settings.
Teaching approach
Learner-centered culture emphasizing competency-based medical education, progressive independence, and holistic physician development. Residents participate actively in shaping the academic direction of the program.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • FMProC (Situational Judgement Test)
  • CV review
  • Personal letter
  • Reference letters
  • 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. Sohil Rangwala

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.

Program websiteWebsiteMarketing CaRMS video(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Videos and podcasts

From the program

Public podcast episodes and videos where the program presents itself. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.

These are public recordings, reviewed by hand and linked here, not endorsed. They may be out of date. Confirm with the program.

All videos, podcasts and discussions →

Family Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Rural Community

  • Rural Pembroke - Family MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

    Rural Pembroke · 52 km

    6 positions · CMG, IMG

    Rural
  • Nunavut - Family MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

    Nunavut, NU · 77 km

    4 positions · Non-MOH CMG

  • Ottawa - Unit based - Family MedicineUniversity of Ottawa

    Ottawa - Unit based · 77 km

    46 positions · CMG, IMG

    City
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Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 9 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35595 · 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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