North Nova - Family Medicine

Dalhousie UniversityNorth Nova, Nova ScotiaNova Scotian IMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 17 Nov 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 2 years
Stream: Nova Scotian IMG
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 601+
Applicants offered interviews: 0–25%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29146

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

Summary

The North Nova site offers an integrated longitudinal Family Medicine residency program focused on comprehensive, competency-based training. Residents work primarily with family physicians in a variety of settings, developing strong clinical skills and patient relationships through a unique, patient-centered approach.

Training

Research

Residents are required to complete a scholarly project with protected research time, focusing on finding answers to primary care questions through critical literature review.

Training setting

Rural and small community settings across North Nova Scotia, including areas from Antigonish to New Glasgow, Truro, Amherst, and Tatamagouche. Training occurs in diverse clinical environments including family practice offices, hospitals, nursing homes, and emergency departments.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education focused on continuity of care, self-directed learning, and progressive skill development. Emphasizes achieving competencies rather than fixed training duration.

Setting types

Rural community clinics
Family medicine practices
Community hospitals
Emergency departments

Focus areas

Rural Family Medicine
Comprehensive Family Practice
Community-Based Medical Training
Longitudinal Patient Care

Patient populations

Rural community patients
Comprehensive family medicine patient panels
Patients across different clinical settings
Diverse age groups

Highlights

Integrated competency-based curriculum
Longitudinal patient panel experience
One-on-one mentorship with family physician preceptors
Simulation lab training
Problem-based learning groups
Evidence-based medicine tutorials

Strengths

Highly personalized training experience
Strong focus on rural and community medicine
Comprehensive clinical exposure
Emphasis on longitudinal patient relationships

Enhanced skills

Emergency Medicine
Palliative Care
Care of the Elderly

By year

PGY-1

Family MedicineVarious North Nova sitesLongitudinal
Emergency MedicineCommunity hospitalsIntegrated
Internal MedicineVarious sitesIntegrated

PGY-2

Family MedicineVarious North Nova sitesLongitudinal
PediatricsCommunity hospitalsIntegrated
Obstetrics & GynecologyVarious sitesIntegrated

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CaRMS application
Personal letter
Reference letters
Multi-Mini Interview (MMI)
Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
Structured Reference Letter (SRL)

Applications per year

601+

Applicants offered interviews

0–25%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 13 and 24 Nov 2025; 10 and 23 Jan 2026; 6 Feb 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 24 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Annual salary by PGY level, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$78,578 / year
PGY-2	$83,904 / year

One provincial scale for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, 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)

Annual vacation: 4 weeks
Call stipend: Yes
CMPA dues paid: Yes
Dental coverage: Yes
Educational leave: Yes
Extended health insurance: Yes
Frequency of call: l in 4 in-hospital and for homecall
Life insurance: $100,000 of insurance
Long-term disabilityinsurance: 66.7% of salary
Maternity leave top up after one year’s service: eligible for up to a maximum of 17 weeks top-up allowance for maternity/pregnancy leave
Provincial dues (% of salary): 1.30%
Provincial health insurance: Yes
Sick leave: Yes
Statutory and floating holidays: paid

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 night in 4 in-house

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

MarDocs agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027.

Teaching sites

Colchester East Hants Health Centre
Aberdeen Hospital
Cumberland Regional Hospital
St. Martha's Hospital

Hospital facts

Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program, and are not a ranking. We match names to the province’s lists by name, so check each source before you rely on it.

Colchester East Hants Health Centre

Matched to Colchester East Hants Health Centre (Truro) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type: Regional As the province lists it. The list has no volumes or beds.

Aberdeen Hospital

Matched to Aberdeen Hospital (New Glasgow) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type: Regional As the province lists it. The list has no volumes or beds.

St. Martha's Hospital

Matched to St. Martha’s Regional Hospital (Antigonish) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type: Regional As the province lists it. The list has no volumes or beds.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia.

Unfilled positions in past years

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

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

North Nova, Nova Scotia

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.