2024 CaRMS Match Results
2024 CaRMS Match
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First Iteration
National Snapshot
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Total Number of Family Medicine Positions (all streams) 1,700
+711,629
+601,569
+61,563
-101,573
+211,552
+241,528
-31,531
+101,521
+91,512
+251,487 Total Filled 1,449 1361 1,344 1,356 1,403 1,414 1,370 1,375 1,390 1,400 1,387 Total Unfilled 253 268 225 207 170 138 158 156 131 112 100 Fill Percentage 85.2% 83.5% 85.7% 86.7% 89.2% 91.1% 89.6% 89.8% 91.4% 92.6% 93.3% Unfilled by Province
Unfilled by Province % of Total Unfilled Positions Newfoundland and Labrador 17 6.7% Nova Scotia 9 3.6% Quebec 91 36.1% Ontario 108 42.9% Manitoba 9 3.6% Alberta 12 4.8% British Columbia 6 2.4% TOTAL 252 100.0%
Family medicine is welcoming more medical students into the profession than ever before: 1,449 positions were filled, or 85 per cent. The results also show an increase in the total number of positions offered, reflecting a growth of four per cent over last year.
In an effort to increase match results, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) has implemented various initiatives to promote the value of family medicine and that being a family doctor is a meaningful and fulfilling career. This includes the Choose Family Medicine campaign, which ran from February to March 2024. This campaign was directed at medical students, emphasizing the benefits of being a family physician. In addition to the campaign, the CFPC’s advocacy work—including the Prescription for Primary Care and Equitable and Fair Remuneration for Family Physicians—calls on governments to invest in and support fair remuneration, reduce paperwork, and champion team-based care models like the CFPC’s Patient’s Medical Home vision.
Making sure that medical students, both present and future, choose to pursue family medicine and can do so in a supportive practice environment requires ongoing dedication and effort. The CFPC will continue to hold governments accountable, routinely advocate on behalf of family physicians, and promote the value of the profession. -
Second Iteration
1st Iteration 2nd Iteration Total Match Percentage % Filled Available Filled Unfilled % Filled Available Filled Unfilled 2024 85.2% 1,702 1,450 252 70.2% 252 177 75 95.6% 2023 83.5% 1,629 1,361 268 63.6% 264 168 96 93.9% 2022 85.7% 1,569 1,344 225 56.0% 225 126 99 93.7% 2021 86.7% 1,561 1,354 207 57.4% 209 120 89 94.4% 2020 89.2% 1,573 1,403 170 71.2% 170 121 49 96.9% 2019 91.1% 1,552 1,414 138 76.1% 138 105 33 97.9% 2018 89.7% 1,532 1,374 158 58.9% 158 93 65 95.8% 2017 89.7% 1,535 1,377 158 64.6% 158 102 56 96.4% 2016 92.2% 1,518 1,399 119 65.5% 119 78 41 97.3% 2015 93.4% 1,509 1,409 100 55.6% 99 55 44 97% 2014 94.1% 1,485 1,397 88 69.3% 88 61 27 98.2% 2013 91.5% 1,422 1,301 121 63.2% 117 74 43 96.7% In total, 177 out of 252 positions remaining after the first iteration were filled, with a 70 per cent fill rate. There is a 96 per cent fill rate with the first and second iteration combined.
Given that Quebec has one of the largest cohorts of family medicine residents, 70 of the 75 unfilled positions were in this province. Although the number of unfilled positions is higher than last year, there is an overall slight increase in the number of filled positions.
As for the remaining unfilled positions, four are in Alberta and Ontario, representing military-based residency positions, and one is in British Columbia.
The recent CaRMS results underscore a historic milestone for family medicine, marking the highest number of positions offered to date and the largest influx of students welcomed into the field. -
Summary Analysis
CaRMS summary analysis will be made available in late May.
Please reach out if you have any questions or comments you would like to share with the CFPC and our Academic Family Medicine team ([email protected]).
