Regina - Emergency Medicine

University of SaskatchewanRegina, SaskatchewanCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 8 Sep 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 2 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Emergency Medicine
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 30262

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

Summary

The University of Saskatchewan Royal College Emergency Medicine Residency Program is a comprehensive 5-year training program with sites in Saskatoon and Regina. The program aims to train skilled Emergency Medicine specialists who can manage acute illness, function effectively in team environments, and contribute to healthcare across Saskatchewan.

Training

Research

Residents complete a scholarly project with monthly research rounds, annual Research Day, and mentorship across clinical research, education scholarship, and quality improvement streams.

Training setting

Training occurs in urban emergency departments in Saskatoon and Regina, with rotations through multiple hospitals including Royal University Hospital, Regina General Hospital, Pasqua Hospital, and regional centers.

Teaching approach

A coaching-rich, competency-based approach emphasizing progressive autonomy, self-regulated learning, and holistic professional development across the CanMEDS domains.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Urban hospital
Tertiary care center
Regional hospital

Focus areas

Emergency Medicine
Trauma Care
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Rural and Regional Medicine
Prehospital and Transport Medicine

Patient populations

Urban emergency patients
Rural and regional patients
Pediatric patients
Trauma patients
Inner-city populations
Marginalized communities

Highlights

Competency by Design (CBD) educational model
Distributed learning across multiple sites
Comprehensive simulation curriculum
Robust assessment and coaching framework
Longitudinal mentorship program
Ultrasound curriculum
EMS rounds and medical advisory role
Wellness and resilience programming

Strengths

Unique dual-site training experience
Strong focus on equity and inclusion
Comprehensive academic and clinical curriculum
Extensive funding and educational support
Flexible elective opportunities
Robust research and scholarly activity support

Enhanced skills

Toxicology
Prehospital care
Ultrasound
Education
Quality improvement

By year

PGY-1

PGY2
PGY 3
PGY 4
PGY 5

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

Custom CV
Personal letter
Letters of reference
Casper test
Interview performance
Academic potential
Leadership skills
Health advocacy

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 19 Dec 2025; 20 Jan 2026; Friday December 19, 2025

Programs can change interview dates. Confirm on carms.ca.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Saskatchewan
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$68,329 / year
PGY-2	$74,518 / year
PGY-3	$80,700 / year
PGY-4	$86,858 / year
PGY-5	$92,968 / year

One provincial scale for Saskatchewan, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 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
CMPA dues paid: 100%
Dental plan: 100%
Educational leave: Minimum 7 days with pay, 12 Maximum
Employee Assistance Program: Two programs available through SMA and University of Saskatchewan
Extended health insurance: Blue Cross family coverage, if registered with a Provincial Health Plan
Frequency of call: 1:4 in-house (if in excess of 1:4 paid $196/period from 1700-0800 weekdays and $249 from 0800-0800 weekends)*;1:3 out-of-house
Life insurance: Paid premium, >$100,000 coverage
Long-term disability insurance: Paid premium cost for Disability Insurance
Maternity leave/ Paternity: In conformity with Sask. Labour Standards Act – 17 weeks max maternity leave and up to 35 weeks parental leave.5 paid days paternity (can split the 35 weeks parental leave with mother as desired.)
Meal allowance: n/a
On-Call Stipends: Home Light: per duty period: $72 weekday; $83 weekendIn House: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekendICU/CCU: per duty period: $166 weekday; $191 weekend
Provincial dues (% of salary): 1 %
Provincial health insurance: Yes, if registered with Sask. Health
Sick leave: 1.25 days per month to maximum 75 days
Statutory and floating holidays: 1.5 times pay or 1/2 pay & day off for stats, plus 6 extra paid days off at Christmas
Supplemental Maternity Leave Benefits: 15 weeks topped to 90% pay when eligible for Employment Insurance

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 in 4 in-house, averaged over a rotation

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

RDoS agreement, 1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2025. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Royal University Hospital
Regina General Hospital
Pasqua Hospital
St. Paul's Hospital
Saskatoon City Hospital
Jim Pattison Children's Hospital

Hospital facts

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

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

Regina, Saskatchewan

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: −14.7 °C Regina (Airport), 4.8 km away
July average: 18.6 °C Regina (Airport), 4.8 km away
Snowfall: 104.6 cm a year Regina (Airport), 4.8 km away
Days below −20 °C: 44.7 days a year Regina (Airport), 4.8 km away

People

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

Population: 226,404 people up 5.3% from 2016
Official languages: English only 92.6% · French only 0.1% · English and French 6.1% · neither 1.3% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 20.3% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 6.7% · non-permanent residents: 2.7%
Indigenous identity: 10.4% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 90.2% · public transit 3.6% · walking or cycling 4.2% · other 2.0% Average commute: 16.4 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: $88,000 before tax $76,500 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: Regina, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 224,996 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.228 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: 2.6% October 2025 survey, Regina, Saskatchewan (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $55,765 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Regina, Saskatchewan, 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: 6.4% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Regina, Saskatchewan (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.6 points. A survey estimate.

Job outlook

Employment and Social Development Canada’s rating for the occupation in the economic region. It is not a count of jobs, and says nothing about CaRMS positions or your match.

Outlook, 2025–2027: Good The employment outlook will be Good for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the Regina - Moose Mountain region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine, 2024–2033. Recent conditions, 2021–2023: Strong signs of Shortage.

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.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS), 2024 to 2033 projections).
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 3-Year Employment Outlooks).
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.

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