Sault Ste. Marie - Family Medicine - Family Practice Anesthesia

NOSM UniversitySault Ste. Marie, OntarioCompetitive stream

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").

Contacts and 1 more link

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CaRMS program description, FM/ES 2027 match, last approved 1 Sep 2026

Positions (approx. quota): 2 positions
Length: 1 year
Stream: Competitive
Discipline: Family Medicine - Family Practice Anesthesia
Applications per year: 0–50
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 34601

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

Summary

This one-year family practice anesthesia program prepares family physicians to provide anesthesia services in rural communities.
Two residents are based at Sault Area Hospital in Sault Ste. Marie.
Rotations away from the base include adult critical care in Sudbury, six weeks of pediatric anesthesia at CHEO in Ottawa, community anesthesia, and rural comprehensive family medicine.
Travel and housing support are provided for rotations away from the primary site.

Training

Setting

Regional community
Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural / remote

Sites

14 teaching sites

Sault Area Hospital (SAH)
Health Sciences North (HSN)
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Show all 14

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC)
North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC)
Dryden District Health Centre
Lake of the Woods District Hospital
Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare
Riverside Healthcare Facilities Inc.
St. Joseph’s Care Group
Temiskaming Hospital
Timmins and District Hospital
Notre Dame Hospital

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure

Required rural rotation (4 weeks)

Focus areas

Northern
Rural / remote

Getting around

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

Highlights

Hosts a 5-day simulation-based Anesthesia Boot Camp attended by trainees from across Canada.
Six consecutive weeks of pediatric anesthesia at CHEO in Ottawa.
Optional participation in a Virtual Critical Care program supporting over 28 Northern Ontario hospitals.

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

Core Anesthesia (34 weeks · Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie)
Consolidative Family Practice (4 weeks · Huntsville, Bracebridge, Kenora, Dryden)
Community Anesthesia (4 weeks · North Bay, Timmins, Sioux Lookout, Parry Sound)
ICU (4 weeks · Sudbury)
Pediatrics (6 weeks · Ottawa (CHEO))

Selection

Application file components

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

Return of service

Required · IMGs only

Applications per year

0–50

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

Interviews

Dates (FM/ES 2027 match): 10 Nov 2026
Mode: Virtual

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-3	$85,564 / year

One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing PGY-3, the level FM/ES residents usually start at. Yours depends on your training so far.

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

Sault Area Hospital (SAH) (Sault Ste. Marie)
Health Sciences North (HSN) (Sudbury)
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Ottawa)
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) (Thunder Bay)
North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) (North Bay · rural or distributed site)
Dryden District Health Centre (Dryden · rural or distributed site)
Lake of the Woods District Hospital (Kenora · rural or distributed site)
Meno-Ya-Win Health Centre (Sioux Lookout · rural or distributed site)
Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (rural or distributed site)
Riverside Healthcare Facilities Inc. (Fort Frances · rural or distributed site)
St. Joseph’s Care Group (rural or distributed site)
Temiskaming Hospital (rural or distributed site)
Timmins and District Hospital (Timmins · rural or distributed site)
Notre Dame Hospital (Hearst · rural or distributed site)

Hospital facts

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

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

scover@nosm.ca

Sara S Cover · Program Coordinator

7056627135

Program director

Dr. Sarah McIsaac

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

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

Location

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

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: −9.8 °C Sault Ste Marie, 14.6 km away
July average: 17.9 °C Sault Ste Marie, 14.6 km away
Snowfall: 324.9 cm a year Sault Ste Marie, 14.6 km away
Days below −20 °C: 20.5 days a year Sault Ste Marie, 14.6 km away

People

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

Population: 72,051 people down 1.8% from 2016
Official languages: English only 90.3% · French only 0.0% · English and French 9.3% · neither 0.4% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 8.5% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 0.8% · non-permanent residents: 1.3%
Indigenous identity: 11.9% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 90.7% · public transit 2.9% · walking or cycling 5.1% · other 1.4% Average commute: 13.2 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: $73,000 before tax $65,500 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: Sault Ste. Marie, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 64,923 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.321 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: 2.5% October 2025 survey, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (census agglomeration). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $51,047 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Ontario, population 30,000 to 99,999, 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.

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.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
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 8 Oct 2026.