Regional North - Family Medicine

Western UniversityRegional North, OntarioIMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 8 Oct 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 2 positions
Length: 2 years
Stream: IMG
Discipline: Family Medicine
Applications per year: 601+
Applicants offered interviews: 0–25%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29994

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

Summary

The Western University Family Medicine Regional North (Ilderton) program is a two-year residency designed to prepare residents for comprehensive family practice in a rural setting. The curriculum focuses on developing solid foundations in medicine and surgery while providing extensive family medicine experience, with the second year emphasizing continuity of care and patient-centered practice.

Training

Research

Opportunities for scholarly activities and research through the Centre for Studies in Family Medicine

Training setting

Rural training site in Ilderton, Ontario, focusing on comprehensive family medicine in a community-based setting with an emphasis on rural healthcare delivery.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, focusing on developing patient-centered, comprehensive family physicians through mentorship and diverse clinical experiences.

Setting types

Rural community clinic
Academic medical center

Focus areas

Rural Family Medicine
Comprehensive Family Practice
Patient-Centered Care

Patient populations

Rural community patients
Comprehensive primary care patients
Marginalized groups

Highlights

Innovative academic program
Academic half-day sessions
Enhanced Skills Programs available
Emphasis on leadership development

Strengths

Strong rural medicine training
Comprehensive clinical experience
Leadership development opportunities
Scholarly activity emphasis

Enhanced skills

Enhanced Skills Programs available

By year

PGY-1

Foundation rotations in medicine and surgeryVarious clinical sitesFull year

PGY-2

Family PracticeIlderton training siteMajority of year
Elective BlocksVariesSupplementary blocks

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

FMProC Assessment
NAC Examination
MCCQE Part I
Structured Reference Letters
Personal Letter
CV/Electives
Interview Performance

Applications per year

601+

Applicants offered interviews

0–25%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 16 Jan 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$73,367 / year
PGY-2	$79,670 / year

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

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 nights in 28 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.

PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Regional North Training Site in Ilderton

Hospital facts

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

Unfilled positions in past years

Open after round 1 in 1 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: Regional North.

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	0	0
2023	0	0
2024	0	0
2025	5 positions 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

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

Regional North, Ontario

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.