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Chatham-Kent - Family Medicine

Western UniversityChatham-Kent, Ontario

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
2 positions
1 position
Length
2 years
Applications per year
601+
Offered interviews
76–100%
0–25%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

IMG stream · open to international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

IMG requirements: Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program; Observerships don’t count as clinical experience details under How they choose

Info session

all 3 info sessions of this program

Wed 4 Nov 2026,6:30–8:30 pm ESTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

3 dates, 20–24 Jan 2027virtual

1 date, 15 Jan 2027virtual

Chatham-Kent, teaching sites not stated on CaRMS page

After residency in Ontario: capitation model, entry capped

Program website(opens in a new tab)X(opens in a new tab)Facebook(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

  • PGY2 is a horizontal year in which residents look after their own practice and do longitudinal electives.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • This is a 2-year Western University family medicine program based in Chatham-Kent, where residents are expected to live during PGY1 and PGY2.
  • Preceptors are community family physicians who provide inpatient, obstetric and emergency care at a 300-bed community hospital.
  • The curriculum is rotation-based in PGY1 and horizontal in PGY2, when residents care for their own practice and do longitudinal electives.

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

    Residents are expected to live in Chatham-Kent in their PGY1 & PGY2 year.

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Regional community
Rural exposure
Not stated on CaRMS page
Focus areas
  • Longitudinal / integrated

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

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

Where you train

Chatham-Kent, Ontario: teaching sites not stated on the CaRMS page.

Distributed across a region

About Chatham-Kent

  • People

    103,988residents, 2021 Census

    Municipality of Chatham-Kent

  • Housing

    4.4%rental vacancy rate

    October 2025 survey, Chatham-Kent, Ontario (census agglomeration)

  • Winter and summer

    −4.5 °CJanuary mean21.4 °CJuly mean

    1991–2020 normals, Ridgetown, 26.3 km away

  • Job outlook

    Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Chatham-Kent (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
Return of service
Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Return of service
Required
IMG requirements
  • Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
  • Observerships don’t count as clinical experience

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

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
20, 23 and 24 Jan 2027
Interview dates (2027 match)
15 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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 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 4 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: Chatham-Kent.

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
202200
202300
20241 position open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
20251 position open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
202600

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 stream22 years3 dates, 20–24 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted
IMG stream12 years1 date, 15 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream22 years3 dates, 21–25 Jan 2026
IMG stream12 years1 date, 16 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The Chatham-Kent Family Medicine residency program is designed by community Family Physicians to train comprehensive Family Medicine practitioners.
  • The program offers a unique hybrid curriculum combining rotation-based training in PGY1 and a horizontal curriculum in PGY2, allowing residents to experience comprehensive patient care while tailoring their education to their interests and needs.
Research
Not stated on CaRMS page
Training setting
A community-based training program located in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, focusing on comprehensive care in a 300-bed Community Hospital with diverse clinical settings including medicine, rehabilitation, obstetrics, and emergency departments.
Teaching approach
Competency-based medical education with a focus on progressive independence, allowing residents to comprehensively care for their own practice while continuing to develop through enrichment experiences.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Personal letter
  • Reference letters
  • Interview
  • Family Medicine Professional Choices Assessment (FMProC)

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. Daniel Grushka

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

Postgraduate Program Coordinator

Write to the officejberge33@uwo.ca

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

Program websiteWebsiteXFacebookCANPREPPCANPREPPThe Centre for Studies in Family Medicine(opens in a new tab)Family Medicine Residents of Western(opens in a new tab)The College of Family Physicians of Canada(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Discussed on Reddit

Public Reddit posts and comments where someone describes this program. Each one links to Reddit.

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Family Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Chatham-Kent

  • Rural Petrolia - Family MedicineWestern University

    Rural Petrolia · 53 km

    3 positions · CMG, IMG

    Rural
  • Sarnia - Family MedicineWestern University

    Sarnia · 66 km

    2 positions · CMG, IMG

  • Windsor - Family MedicineWestern University

    Windsor · 70 km

    10 positions · CMG, IMG

    City
In these collections:

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 8 Sep 2026 · The IMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 8 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 36483 (CMG stream), 35928 (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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