Prince Edward Island - Family Medicine

Dalhousie UniversityPrince Edward Island, Nova ScotiaIMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 11 Sep 2026 · See the 2026 version

2027 match programs, from CaRMS as of 5 Oct 2026. Programs can still change until file review opens 26 November; we re-check every two weeks. Always confirm on CaRMS (opens in a new tab).

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 2 years
Stream: IMG
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 601+
Applicants offered interviews: 0–25%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 36335

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

Summary

This is a 2-year Dalhousie family medicine program on Prince Edward Island, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown and the Prince County Hospital in Summerside.
Residents complete a 4-week rural family medicine rotation and a 12-week community family medicine rotation in the PEI region.
A scholarly project is required, with protected time, and the stream carries a return of service obligation.

Training

Setting

Regional community
Rural / remote

Sites

2 teaching sites

Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Prince County Hospital

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure

Required rural rotation (4 weeks)

Focus areas

Rural / remote

Research

Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time

Enhanced skills

Emergency Medicine
Palliative Care
Care of the Elderly
Other

Getting around

A car is required
Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
Travel is reimbursed

Highlights

Residents follow a group of patients from their first rotation throughout residency.

By year

PGY-1

Core Family MedicineCharlottetown / Summerside12 weeks
Obstetrics and GynecologyCharlottetown / Summerside8 weeks
PediatricsCharlottetown / Summerside8 weeks
General SurgeryCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
Rural Family MedicinePrince Edward Island Region4 weeks
Internal MedicineCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
SelectivesTo be completed within Prince Edward Island4 weeks
Emergency MedicineCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
Hospitalist MedicineCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
VacationScheduled at resident's request4 weeks

PGY-2

Core Family MedicineCharlottetown16 weeks
Community Family MedicinePrince Edward Island Region12 weeks
ElectiveDalhousie sites in consultation with Site Director (max. of 4 weeks total outside Maritime provinces)8 weeks
PsychiatryCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
GeriatricsCharlottetown / Summerside4 weeks
VacationScheduled at resident's request4 weeks
CCU / ICUCharlottetown2 weeks
OrthopaedicsCharlottetown2 weeks
Palliative CareCharlottetown2 weeks
OncologyCharlottetown2 weeks

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

Application file components

CV
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular
Leadership skills
MSPRs
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Transcripts

Return of service

Required · this stream

IMG requirements

Not stated on CaRMS page

Applications per year

601+

Applicants offered interviews

0–25%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)

22 Jan 2027

Mode

Virtual

Format

MMI or rotating station

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

Info sessions

Thu 5 Nov 20267:00–9:00 pm AST
Info session · Virtual · Listed under interviews on CaRMS
Link for Dalhousie University, Thu 5 Nov 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Wed 2 Dec 20267:00–9:00 pm AST
Info session · Virtual · Listed under interviews on CaRMS
Link for Dalhousie University, Wed 2 Dec 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Sat 9 Jan 202712:00–2:00 pm AST
Social · Listed under interviews on CaRMS
Link for Dalhousie University, Sat 9 Jan 2027 (opens in a new tab)

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 1 Oct 2026. Dates and times are as the program wrote them, not converted to your time zone. Programs add and change sessions: confirm with the program.

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

Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Charlottetown)
Prince County Hospital (Summerside)

Unfilled positions in past years

Open after round 1 in 3 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: Prince Edward Island.

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	0	0
2021	0	0
2022	1 position open after round 1 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2023	0	0
2024	2 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2025	1 position open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2026	0	0

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

Grouped by the titles CaRMS lists. The program office (administrators and coordinators) usually answers questions about the program and applying; the director leads the training.

Program officeadministrators and coordinators

Program Information

fmresidency@dal.ca

James Logan · Accreditation and CaRMS Administrator

902-487-2012

Program director

Dr. Sasha Sealy

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Site staffdirectors and coordinators at the teaching sites

PEI Site

Dr. Padraig Casey
Site Director
padraig.casey@dal.ca
(902) 894-2536
Verna McInnis
Site Administrator
fmresidency.pei@dal.ca
(902) 894-2536

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

Location

Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia

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: −7.3 °C Charlottetown (Airport), 4.2 km away
July average: 19.0 °C Charlottetown (Airport), 4.2 km away
Snowfall: 284.8 cm a year Charlottetown (Airport), 4.2 km away
Days below −20 °C: 5.8 days a year Charlottetown (Airport), 4.2 km away

People

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

Population: 38,809 people up 7.5% from 2016
Official languages: English only 85.5% · French only 0.1% · English and French 13.1% · neither 1.3% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 14.0% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 7.2% · non-permanent residents: 8.7%
Indigenous identity: 2.0% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 84.4% · public transit 4.0% · walking or cycling 10.0% · other 1.7% Average commute: 13.9 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: $66,000 before tax $58,000 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: Charlottetown, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 52,390 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.313 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

Housing, cost and work

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

Rental vacancy rate: 1.7% October 2025 survey, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $54,975 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 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 Prince Edward Island 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.
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0131-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
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.
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 6 Oct 2026.