Saint John - Community - Family Medicine integrated Emergency Medicine

Dalhousie UniversitySaint John, New BrunswickCMG 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): 2 positions
Length: 3 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Family Medicine integrated Emergency Medicine
Applications per year: 401–600
Applicants offered interviews: 76–100%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 35454

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

Summary

This three-year program integrates the two-year Family Medicine program with the one-year Enhanced Skills in Emergency Medicine program.
Residents are based in Saint John, New Brunswick, with rural community rotations in the Upper River Valley, 2.5 hours away.
Residents spend 6 months over three years in the Saint John Regional Hospital Emergency Department and become independent POCUS practitioners in second year.
A scholarly project is required, with protected time.

Training

Setting

Mixed settings
Academic / tertiary hospital
Regional community
Rural / remote

Sites

8 teaching sites

Saint John Regional Hospital
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Upper River Valley Hospital

Show all 8

Miramichi Regional Hospital
IWK Health Centre
Sussex Health Centre
Charlotte County Hospital
St. Joseph’s Urgent Care Centre

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure

Required rural rotation (20 weeks)

Focus areas

Rural / remote
POCUS curriculum
Longitudinal / integrated

Research

Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time

Enhanced skills

Emergency Medicine
Palliative Care
Care of the Elderly

Getting around

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

Highlights

Program developed in 2010 as the first integrated family medicine–emergency medicine program in Canada.
Includes exam preparation for both the CCFP and CCFP (EM) certification exams.
Weekly emergency department shift during core family medicine, continued across all three years.

By year

PGY-1

Community Family MedicineMiramichi10 weeks
Core Family MedicineSaint John8 weeks
Intro to Family Medicine4 weeks
Intro to Emergency MedicineSaint John Regional Hospital (SJRH) Emergency Department4 weeks
General MedicineSaint John Regional Hospital4 weeks
Obstetrics/GynecologySaint John Regional Hospital4 weeks
Geriatric MedicineSaint John Regional Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital4 weeks
Palliative CareSaint John Regional Hospital4 weeks
OrthopedicsSaint John Regional Hospital4 weeks
PediatricsSaint John Regional Hospital4 weeks
Vacation4 weeks
AnesthesiaFrederiction2 weeks

PGY-2

Core Family MedicineSaint John16 weeks
Community Family MedicineUpper River Valley12 weeks
Reproductive Health4 weeks
General MedicineSaint John Regional Hospital4 weeks
Surgical Skills4 weeks
Pediatric Emergency MedicineIWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia4 weeks
Emergency MedicineSaint John Regional Hospital (SJRH) Emergency Department4 weeks
Elective(s)4 weeks
Vacation4 weeks

PGY-3

Emergency MedicineSaint John Regional Hospital (SJRH) Emergency Department16 weeks
Core Family MedicineSaint John8 weeks
Critical Care Selective8 weeks
Community Family MedicineUpper River Valley8 weeks
Intensive Care UnitSaint John Regional Hospital4 weeks
Trauma SelectiveSt. Mike’s or Sunnybrook in Toronto (location TBD)4 weeks
Elective(s)4 weeks
Vacation4 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

Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.

Applications per year

401–600

Applicants offered interviews

76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)

25 Jan 2027

Mode

Virtual

Format

Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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
PGY-3	$89,462 / 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 3 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

Saint John Regional Hospital (Saint John)
St. Joseph’s Hospital (Saint John)
Upper River Valley Hospital (rural or distributed site)
Miramichi Regional Hospital (Miramichi · rural or distributed site)
IWK Health Centre (Halifax)
Sussex Health Centre (Sussex)
Charlotte County Hospital
St. Joseph’s Urgent Care Centre (Saint John)

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.

Saint John Regional Hospital

Matched to Saint John Regional Hospital / Hôpital Régional de Saint John (Saint John) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 445 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

St. Joseph’s Hospital

Matched to St. Joseph's Hospital / Hôpital St. Joseph (Saint John) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 103 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

Upper River Valley Hospital

Matched to Upper River Valley Hospital / Hôpital du Haut de la Vallée (Carleton County) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 52 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

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Miramichi Regional Hospital

Matched to Miramichi Regional Hospital / Hôpital Régional de Miramichi (Miramichi) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 150 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

IWK Health Centre

Matched to IWK Health Centre (Halifax) in the province’s hospital list.

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

Sussex Health Centre

Matched to Sussex Health Centre / Centre de Santé de Sussex (Sussex) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 25 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

Charlotte County Hospital

Matched to Charlotte County Hospital / Hôpital du Comté de Charlotte (St. Stephen) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 44 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

St. Joseph’s Urgent Care Centre

Matched to St. Joseph's Hospital / Hôpital St. Joseph (Saint John) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 103 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – New Brunswick.
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

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

FMEM Saint John / Community

Dr. Robin Clouston
Site Director
robin.clouston@dal.ca
(506) 649-2582
Andrea Leclair
Site Administrator
fmresidency.saintjohn@dal.ca
(506) 649-2582

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

Location

Saint John, New Brunswick

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: −7.9 °C Saint John, 15.5 km away
July average: 17.3 °C Saint John, 15.5 km away
Snowfall: 214.8 cm a year Saint John, 15.5 km away
Days below −20 °C: 13.1 days a year Saint John, 15.5 km away

People

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

Population: 69,895 people up 3.4% from 2016
Official languages: English only 85.6% · French only 0.2% · English and French 13.6% · neither 0.6% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 8.1% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 3.7% · non-permanent residents: 2.4%
Indigenous identity: 2.8% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 85.6% · public transit 4.8% · walking or cycling 7.4% · other 2.3% Average commute: 15.3 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: $62,800 before tax $56,000 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: Saint John, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 63,447 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.278 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: 2.1% October 2025 survey, Saint John, New Brunswick (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $51,631 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Saint John, New Brunswick, 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.
Unemployment rate: 5.6% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Saint John, New Brunswick (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.8 points. A survey estimate.