Goose Bay - Family Medicine

Memorial University of NewfoundlandGoose Bay, Newfoundland and LabradorIMG 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: IMG
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 201–400
Applicants offered interviews: 76–100%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29619

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 Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick. The program focuses on training physicians for urban, rural, and remote practice, using the unique medical and geographic characteristics of the region.

Training

Research

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

Training setting

Training occurs across multiple sites in Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick, including urban, rural, and remote communities like Goose Bay, with diverse clinical settings including emergency rooms, hospitals, community clinics, and indigenous health centers.

Teaching approach

Uses the Triple C Competency-based Curriculum, focusing on comprehensive care, continuity of care, and preparing residents to be competent family physicians ready to practice in any Canadian community.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospital
Rural clinic
Remote health center

Focus areas

Rural and Remote Medicine
Family Medicine
Indigenous Health
Community Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Obstetrics
Care of the Elderly

Patient populations

Urban patients
Rural patients
Remote community patients
Indigenous patients
First Nations patients
Inuit patients
Prenatal and obstetric patients
Emergency patients
Hospitalized patients
Long-term care patients

Highlights

Flight medicine in Goose Bay
Point of Care Ultrasound Training (PoCUS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
Advances in Labour and Risk Management (ALARM) training
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training
Simulation-based training
Annual winter camp experience
Medevac course
Enhanced Skills Programs

Strengths

Comprehensive rural and remote medicine training
Low learner to preceptor ratios
Diverse training opportunities
Strong focus on indigenous health
Immersive medical experiences
Supportive learning environment

Enhanced skills

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

By year

PGY-1

Family Medicine ClinicVaries by streamLongitudinal
Emergency MedicineVaries by streamBlocks
ObstetricsVaries by streamBlocks

PGY-2

Family Medicine ClinicVaries by streamLongitudinal
Internal MedicineVaries by streamBlocks
Specialty RotationsVaries by streamBlocks

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CV review
Elective experiences
NAC OSCE
MCCQE Part I
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

Labrador Health Centre
Memorial University Medical Facilities

Hospital facts

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

Unfilled positions in past years

Open after round 1 in 4 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 2 of 9 years.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: Goose Bay.

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.
Year	Open after round 1	Open after round 2
2018	not available	0
2019	0	0
2020	5 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2021	0	0
2022	0	0
2023	2 positions open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	1 position open after round 2 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2024	6 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2025	0	0
2026	3 positions open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	3 positions open after round 2 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)

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

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. Verify with the CaRMS lists. 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)). 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.

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

Goose Bay, 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: −17.0 °C Goose, 5.9 km away
July average: 15.8 °C Goose, 5.9 km away
Snowfall: 405.9 cm a year Goose, 5.9 km away
Days below −20 °C: 58.4 days a year Goose, 5.9 km away

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Population: 8,040 people down 0.9% from 2016
Official languages: English only 93.3% · French only 0.1% · English and French 6.5% · neither 0.1% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 6.6% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 3.1% · non-permanent residents: 1.5%
Indigenous identity: 49.3% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 87.0% · public transit 1.2% · walking or cycling 2.4% · other 9.3% Average commute: 12.9 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: $107,000 before tax $91,000 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: Happy Valley-Goose Bay, a small population centre (1,000 to 29,999 people) 6,996 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.475 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 West Coast - Northern Peninsula - Labrador region 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.

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 5 Oct 2026.