Sudbury - Public Health and Preventive Medicine including Family Medicine

NOSM UniversitySudbury, OntarioCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 9 Sep 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Public Health and Preventive Medicine including Family Medicine
Applications per year: 0–50
Applicants offered interviews: 76–100%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29985

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

Summary

NOSM University's Public Health and Preventive Medicine (PHPM) program offers comprehensive training focused on health equity and social accountability. The five-year program prepares physicians to practice public health in northern, rural, remote, and global contexts through innovative, distributed training across Northern Ontario.

Training

Research

Minimum of two graduate study semesters, typically a Master of Public Health, with opportunities for scholarly projects and international research experiences.

Training setting

Training occurs across Northern Ontario sites including Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie, with rotations at various local, provincial, national, and international locations.

Teaching approach

Competency-based medical education following Royal College Specialty Training Requirements, emphasizing progressive independence and social accountability through distributed, hands-on training.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospital
Public health agency
Rural clinic

Focus areas

Northern health
Rural medicine
Remote health
Indigenous health
Global health
Population health
Health equity

Patient populations

Northern Ontario populations
Rural communities
Remote populations
Indigenous communities
Francophone populations

Highlights

Resident wellness support
Case-based learning
Media training
Simulation training
Annual academic funding
International partnerships
Graduate studies integration
Scholarly project requirement
International elective opportunities

Strengths

Social accountability mandate
Comprehensive PHPM training
Distributed learning model
Strong international partnerships
Flexible training pathways
Emphasis on health equity

Enhanced skills

Leadership and management
Health policy
Communicable disease control
Environmental health
Health promotion

By year

PGY-1

Public HealthSudbury/Sault Ste. Marie4 blocks
Family MedicineSudbury/Sault Ste. Marie4 blocks

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

Academic performance
Elective experiences
Examination scores
Extra-curricular activities
Leadership skills
Reference letters
Personal letter
Interview performance

Applications per year

0–50

Applicants offered interviews

76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 21 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
PGY-3	$85,564 / year
PGY-4	$92,701 / year
PGY-5	$98,567 / year

One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 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

Health Sciences North
Sudbury-based clinics
Public Health Sudbury & Districts
Sault Area Hospital
Algoma Public Health

Hospital facts

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

Unfilled positions in past years

Open after round 1 in 4 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: Sudbury.

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	1 position open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2024	1 position 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	1 position open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	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

Sudbury, 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: −12.7 °C Sudbury, 19.4 km away
July average: 19.1 °C Sudbury, 19.4 km away
Snowfall: 263.4 cm a year Sudbury, 19.4 km away
Days below −20 °C: 27.9 days a year Sudbury, 19.4 km away

People

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

Population: 166,004 people up 2.8% from 2016
Official languages: English only 62.3% · French only 0.9% · English and French 36.6% · neither 0.2% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 6.0% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 1.0% · non-permanent residents: 2.2%
Indigenous identity: 11.0% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 89.9% · public transit 4.1% · walking or cycling 3.8% · other 2.1% Average commute: 20.6 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: $84,000 before tax $74,000 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: Sudbury, a medium population centre (30,000 to 99,999 people) 92,093 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.271 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: 1.1% October 2025 survey, Greater Sudbury, Ontario (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $54,744 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Ontario, population 100,000 to 499,999, 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.
Unemployment rate: 6.0% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Greater Sudbury, Ontario (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.6 points. A survey estimate.

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 34-10-0130-01. 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 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. 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 5 Oct 2026.