Eastern-Clarenville - Family Medicine

Memorial University of NewfoundlandEastern-Clarenville, Newfoundland and LabradorCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 12 Nov 2025

From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 2 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 201–400
Applicants offered interviews: 76–100%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 30929

Bands are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS. They describe past cycles, not your odds.

Summary

Memorial University's Family Medicine Residency Program offers comprehensive two-year training across urban, rural, and remote settings in Newfoundland and Labrador. The program uses the unique medical and geographic characteristics of the region to prepare competent family physicians who can practice in diverse environments.

Training

Research

Mandatory Quality Improvement scholarly project, with optional additional scholarly project opportunities in research, systematic review, policy, or knowledge translation.

Training setting

Training across multiple sites in Newfoundland and Labrador, including urban centers like St. John's, rural locations like Clarenville, and remote sites like Goose Bay, offering diverse clinical environments.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education using the Triple C curriculum, focusing on comprehensive care, continuity of care, and preparing residents to practice in any Canadian community.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospital
Rural clinic
Remote medical site

Focus areas

Rural Family Medicine
Remote Medicine
Urban Family Practice
Family Medicine Obstetrics
Care of Elderly
Emergency Medicine

Patient populations

Urban patients
Rural community patients
Remote area patients
Obstetric patients
Elderly patients
Emergency patients

Highlights

Triple C Competency-based Curriculum
Academic Half Day sessions
Core Content sessions
Mandatory Scholarly Project
Point of Care Ultrasound Training
Advanced certification opportunities (ACLS, ALARM, NRP, ATLS)
Flight medicine training in Goose Bay
Transfer medicine experiences

Strengths

Comprehensive training across diverse settings
Low learner to preceptor ratios
Strong focus on rural and remote medicine
Tailored teaching experiences
Excellent learning opportunities
Supportive preceptor environment

Enhanced skills

Family Medicine - Emergency Medicine
Care of the Elderly
Care of Underserved Populations

By year

PGY-1

Family MedicineSt. John's6 months
Care of ElderlyVariousIntegrated over 6 months
Obstetrics & GynecologyRural NL/New BrunswickVariable
SurgeryRural NL/New BrunswickVariable

PGY-2

Rural Family MedicineClarenville ClinicLongitudinal

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CV review
Elective experiences
FMProC Situational Judgement Test
Reference letters
Personal letter
Interview performance

Applications per year

201–400

Applicants offered interviews

76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 21 and 22 Jan 2026

Programs can change interview dates. Confirm on carms.ca.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Newfoundland and Labrador
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$69,175 / year
PGY-2	$74,779 / year

One provincial scale for Newfoundland and Labrador, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 2 levels this program covers.

Benefits

Benefits as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024; check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Additional optional benefits: 100% employee paid
Annual vacation: 4 weeks/year
CMPA dues: 100% reimbursement
Conference leave: 7 days/pd
Extended health insurance: Mandatory medical, basic life and AD&Dhttp://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/hrs/working_with_us/employee_benefits.html
Frequency of call: Excess in-hospital call > 7/28 weekday – $225, weekend – $360;Call stipend – $115 Home call > 7/21 – $75;Call stipend – $57.50
Maternity/Paternity leave: Up to One year
Meal allowance: $105 per month
Parking fees: $5/year
Provincial health insurance: Contact Medical Care Plan1-866-449-4459
Resident Student: Full-time status
Sick leave: 1 day per month
Statutory holidays: 1-1/2 x pay or paid day off

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 day in 4 in-house, on average

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

PARNL agreement, 10 Aug 2022 to 30 Jun 2024. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Memorial University Medical School
Clarenville Clinic
St. John's Health Facilities

Hospital facts

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

Contacts

Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.

The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).

Location

Eastern-Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

About the city

Public statistics for the place named by this program’s location label, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not the program, and are not a ranking. Check each source before you rely on it.

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average: −5.5 °C Lethbridge, 20.8 km away
July average: 16.9 °C Lethbridge, 20.8 km away
Snowfall: 229.0 cm a year Lethbridge, 20.8 km away
Days below −20 °C: 6.8 days a year Lethbridge, 20.8 km away

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Clarenville, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Population: 6,704 people up 6.6% from 2016
Official languages: English only 96.3% · French only not reported · English and French 3.6% · neither 0.2% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 2.6% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 0.9% · non-permanent residents: 0.9%
Indigenous identity: 2.8% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 91.8% · public transit 0.6% · walking or cycling 3.9% · other 3.5% Average commute: 14.7 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income: $72,000 before tax $63,200 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural and remote

This describes the place named by the program’s location label. Programs can train in several towns, so it is not every site.

Population centre: Clarenville-Shoal Harbour, a small population centre (1,000 to 29,999 people) 6,143 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.388 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.
Student loan forgiveness: Family medicine here may qualify for up to $60,000 of Canada Student Loan forgiveness. Eligibility depends on the postal code of where you work: check the official postal-code lookup. Postal-code lookup(opens in a new tab)

Housing, cost and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area.

Basic cost of living: $52,422 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Newfoundland and Labrador, population under 30,000, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.

Job outlook

Employment and Social Development Canada’s rating for the occupation in the economic region. It is not a count of jobs, and says nothing about CaRMS positions or your match.

Outlook, 2025–2027: Very good The employment outlook will be Very good for general practitioners and family physicians (NOC 31102) in the South Coast - Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame - Central Bonavista Bay regions for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for general practitioners and family physicians, 2024–2033. Recent conditions, 2021–2023: Strong signs of Shortage.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS), 2024 to 2033 projections).
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 3-Year Employment Outlooks).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Source: Employment and Social Development Canada, Canada Student Loan Forgiveness (Canada.ca), page dated 2026-06-03.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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