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| Anesthesiology | 154154 spots for Canadian gradsFirst-round spots in the 2026 match set aside for grads of Canadian med schools. International grads have their own stream.Source: CaRMS | 0.730.73 spots per person who ranked it firstUnder 1.00: more people put it first than there were spots. It compares specialties. It isn’t anyone’s odds, because people rank several programs and programs rank people.Our math154 spots ÷ 0.73 = about 211 people ranked it first. That’s 1.4 people for every spot.Source: CaRMS | 6.8%6.8% ranked it first in 2026Share of Canadian grads who put it first on their rank list. 2022: 6.3%. 2026: 6.8%. Counts submitted rank lists, not everyone who was interested.Source: CaRMS | 45%45% of applications got an interviewIn the 2025 match, Canadian grads sent 2,696 applications to anesthesiology programs and 1,204 got an interview offer. Counts applications, not people: one person usually applies to several programs. 2026 is not published yet.Source: CaRMS | 11 spots still emptyEmpty after the first round: 1. Still empty after the second round: 1. Counts every stream, including international grads, so it is a bigger pool than the Canadian-grad spots.Source: CaRMS | $529,774$529,774 average billing, 2024-25Average gross clinical payments per physician across Canada, before expenses like staff, rent and insurance. Not take-home pay. Every physician counts once, full time or not.Source: CIHI | 13%13% overhead, 2017Average overhead doctors in this specialty reported for running their practice, in the CMA’s 2017 survey. Old, so we never subtract it from 2024-25 billing.Source: CMA | 5 years5-year residencyPlanned as a 5-year residency. Planned length; residents move through stages as they show competence.Source: Royal College |
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| Emergency medicine | 100100 spots for Canadian gradsFirst-round spots in the 2026 match set aside for grads of Canadian med schools. International grads have their own stream.Source: CaRMS | 0.760.76 spots per person who ranked it firstUnder 1.00: more people put it first than there were spots. It compares specialties. It isn’t anyone’s odds, because people rank several programs and programs rank people.Our math100 spots ÷ 0.76 = about 132 people ranked it first. That’s 1.3 people for every spot.Source: CaRMS | 4.3%4.3% ranked it first in 2026Share of Canadian grads who put it first on their rank list. 2022: 4.2%. 2026: 4.3%. Counts submitted rank lists, not everyone who was interested.Source: CaRMS | 51%51% of applications got an interviewIn the 2025 match, Canadian grads sent 1,885 applications to emergency medicine programs and 964 got an interview offer. Counts applications, not people: one person usually applies to several programs. 2026 is not published yet.Source: CaRMS | 11 spots still emptyEmpty after the first round: 1. Still empty after the second round: 1. Counts every stream, including international grads, so it is a bigger pool than the Canadian-grad spots.Source: CaRMS | $341,349Alberta, 2021-22$341,349: alberta, 2021-22CIHI has no Canadian average for this one on its own. Average gross fee-for-service payment to emergency medicine physicians in Alberta. Doctors paid through alternative plans are not included. Nationally, CIHI counts emergency doctors inside family medicine. Before expenses, not take-home pay.Source: Alberta Health | – | 5 years5-year residencyPlanned as a 5-year residency. Planned length; residents move through stages as they show competence.Source: Royal College |
| Obstetrics and gynecology | 100100 spots for Canadian gradsFirst-round spots in the 2026 match set aside for grads of Canadian med schools. International grads have their own stream.Source: CaRMS | 0.850.85 spots per person who ranked it firstUnder 1.00: more people put it first than there were spots. It compares specialties. It isn’t anyone’s odds, because people rank several programs and programs rank people.Our math100 spots ÷ 0.85 = about 118 people ranked it first. That’s 1.2 people for every spot.Source: CaRMS | 3.8%3.8% ranked it first in 2026Share of Canadian grads who put it first on their rank list. 2022: 3.8%. 2026: 3.8%. Counts submitted rank lists, not everyone who was interested.Source: CaRMS | 62%62% of applications got an interviewIn the 2025 match, Canadian grads sent 1,489 applications to obstetrics and gynecology programs and 922 got an interview offer. Counts applications, not people: one person usually applies to several programs. 2026 is not published yet.Source: CaRMS | 33 spots still emptyEmpty after the first round: 2. Still empty after the second round: 3. Counts every stream, including international grads, so it is a bigger pool than the Canadian-grad spots.Source: CaRMS | $491,071$491,071 average billing, 2024-25Average gross clinical payments per physician across Canada, before expenses like staff, rent and insurance. Not take-home pay. Every physician counts once, full time or not.Source: CIHI | 30%30% overhead, 2017Average overhead doctors in this specialty reported for running their practice, in the CMA’s 2017 survey. Old, so we never subtract it from 2024-25 billing.Source: CMA | 5 years5-year residencyPlanned as a 5-year residency. Planned length; residents move through stages as they show competence.Source: Royal College |
| Internal medicine | 516516 spots for Canadian gradsFirst-round spots in the 2026 match set aside for grads of Canadian med schools. International grads have their own stream.Source: CaRMS | 0.990.99 spots per person who ranked it firstUnder 1.00: more people put it first than there were spots. It compares specialties. It isn’t anyone’s odds, because people rank several programs and programs rank people.Our math516 spots ÷ 0.99 = about 521 people ranked it first. That’s 1.0 people for every spot.Source: CaRMS | 16.9%16.9% ranked it first in 2026Share of Canadian grads who put it first on their rank list. 2022: 16.2%. 2026: 16.9%. Counts submitted rank lists, not everyone who was interested.Source: CaRMS | 64%64% of applications got an interviewIn the 2025 match, Canadian grads sent 7,245 applications to internal medicine programs and 4,655 got an interview offer. Counts applications, not people: one person usually applies to several programs. 2026 is not published yet.Source: CaRMS | 22 spots still emptyEmpty after the first round: 14. Still empty after the second round: 2. Counts every stream, including international grads, so it is a bigger pool than the Canadian-grad spots.Source: CaRMS | $517,131$517,131 average billing, 2024-25Average gross clinical payments per physician across Canada, before expenses like staff, rent and insurance. Not take-home pay. Every physician counts once, full time or not. Includes cardiology and other subspecialties.Source: CIHI | 21%21% overhead, 2017Average overhead doctors in this specialty reported for running their practice, in the CMA’s 2017 survey. Old, so we never subtract it from 2024-25 billing.Source: CMA | 4 years4-year residencyPlanned as a 4-year residency. Planned length; residents move through stages as they show competence.Source: Royal College |
| Psychiatry | 211211 spots for Canadian gradsFirst-round spots in the 2026 match set aside for grads of Canadian med schools. International grads have their own stream.Source: CaRMS | 1.001.00 spots per person who ranked it first1.00 or more: at least one spot for every person who put it first. It compares specialties. It isn’t anyone’s odds, because people rank several programs and programs rank people.Our math211 spots ÷ 1.00 = about 211 people ranked it first.Source: CaRMS | 6.8%6.8% ranked it first in 2026Share of Canadian grads who put it first on their rank list. 2022: 6.3%. 2026: 6.8%. Counts submitted rank lists, not everyone who was interested.Source: CaRMS | 72%72% of applications got an interviewIn the 2025 match, Canadian grads sent 2,860 applications to psychiatry programs and 2,047 got an interview offer. Counts applications, not people: one person usually applies to several programs. 2026 is not published yet.Source: CaRMS | 1111 spots still emptyEmpty after the first round: 27. Still empty after the second round: 11. Counts every stream, including international grads, so it is a bigger pool than the Canadian-grad spots.Source: CaRMS | $362,204$362,204 average billing, 2024-25Average gross clinical payments per physician across Canada, before expenses like staff, rent and insurance. Not take-home pay. Every physician counts once, full time or not.Source: CIHI | 19%19% overhead, 2017Average overhead doctors in this specialty reported for running their practice, in the CMA’s 2017 survey. Old, so we never subtract it from 2024-25 billing.Source: CMA | 5 years5-year residencyPlanned as a 5-year residency. Planned length; residents move through stages as they show competence.Source: Royal College |
| Pediatrics | 153153 spots for Canadian gradsFirst-round spots in the 2026 match set aside for grads of Canadian med schools. International grads have their own stream.Source: CaRMS | 1.191.19 spots per person who ranked it first1.00 or more: at least one spot for every person who put it first. It compares specialties. It isn’t anyone’s odds, because people rank several programs and programs rank people.Our math153 spots ÷ 1.19 = about 129 people ranked it first.Source: CaRMS | 4.2%4.2% ranked it first in 2026Share of Canadian grads who put it first on their rank list. 2022: 5.7%. 2026: 4.2%. Counts submitted rank lists, not everyone who was interested.Source: CaRMS | 71%71% of applications got an interviewIn the 2025 match, Canadian grads sent 2,322 applications to pediatrics programs and 1,651 got an interview offer. Counts applications, not people: one person usually applies to several programs. 2026 is not published yet.Source: CaRMS | 11 spots still emptyEmpty after the first round: 21. Still empty after the second round: 1. Counts every stream, including international grads, so it is a bigger pool than the Canadian-grad spots.Source: CaRMS | $358,961$358,961 average billing, 2024-25Average gross clinical payments per physician across Canada, before expenses like staff, rent and insurance. Not take-home pay. Every physician counts once, full time or not.Source: CIHI | 24%24% overhead, 2017Average overhead doctors in this specialty reported for running their practice, in the CMA’s 2017 survey. Old, so we never subtract it from 2024-25 billing.Source: CMA | 4 years4-year residencyPlanned as a 4-year residency. Planned length; residents move through stages as they show competence.Source: Royal College |
| Family medicine | 1,5981,598 spots for Canadian gradsFirst-round spots in the 2026 match set aside for grads of Canadian med schools. International grads have their own stream.Source: CaRMS | 1.961.96 spots per person who ranked it first1.00 or more: at least one spot for every person who put it first. It compares specialties. It isn’t anyone’s odds, because people rank several programs and programs rank people.Our math1,598 spots ÷ 1.96 = about 815 people ranked it first.Source: CaRMS | 26.4%26.4% ranked it first in 2026Share of Canadian grads who put it first on their rank list. 2022: 30.7%. 2026: 26.4%. Counts submitted rank lists, not everyone who was interested.Source: CaRMS | 98%98% of applications got an interviewIn the 2025 match, Canadian grads sent 36,859 applications to family medicine programs and 36,265 got an interview offer. Counts applications, not people: one person usually applies to several programs. 2026 is not published yet.Source: CaRMS | 139139 spots still empty, 129 in Quebec129 of the 139 are in Quebec (20 of those in a particular stream), 9 in Eastern Canada, 1 in Ontario and 0 in Western Canada. Empty after the first round: 255. Still empty after the second round: 139. Counts every stream, including international grads, so it is a bigger pool than the Canadian-grad spots.Source: CaRMS | $359,577$359,577 average billing, 2024-25Average gross clinical payments per physician across Canada, before expenses like staff, rent and insurance. Not take-home pay. Every physician counts once, full time or not.Source: CIHI | 27%27% overhead, 2017Average overhead doctors in this specialty reported for running their practice, in the CMA’s 2017 survey. Old, so we never subtract it from 2024-25 billing.Source: CMA | 2 years2-year residencyMinimum residency length of 24 months. Planned length; residents move through stages as they show competence.Source: CFPC |
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Ranked it first
The share of Canadian grads who put that specialty first on their rank list. It counts submitted rankings, not everyone who was interested.
Billing
Average gross clinical payments per physician from CIHI, before expenses like staff, rent and insurance. Not take-home pay.
Overhead
The average overhead percentage doctors reported for running their practice. The CMA’s latest by-specialty numbers are from 2017.
Two different counts
Spots counts only the stream for Canadian grads in the first round. Empty after both rounds counts every stream, including international grads, so the two do not add up.