Applicants
Registering and joining a match
- What is the difference between a Canadian medical graduate (CMG) and an international medical graduate (IMG)?
- How do I tell if my international medical school is recognized in Canada?
- How do I withdraw from the match?
- Why does it say I'm not eligible to participate to a match?
- What do I enter during registration if I only have one name?
- How do I register for a CaRMS Online account? See all 21 articles
Filling out your information
- What third-party organizations has CaRMS partnered with to automate the verification of citizenship/legal status of applicants?
- My date of graduation is incorrect under the Medical Education section, but I can’t change it. What do I do?
- What is a clerkship?
- Under Licensure, what does “provincial postgraduate educational license” refer to?
- What is the difference between the Scholarly Activities and Research, and Presentations/Publications sections?
- How do I fix my MCC Candidate Code? See all 42 articles
Transferring documents from physiciansapply.ca
- I am a Canadian Medical Graduate. How do I obtain my Identity Validity Period (IVP)?
- How do I transfer my Medical Council of Canada (MCC) examinations in my CaRMS Online account?
- How do I transfer my Identity Validity Period (IVP) from the MCC?
- I’m a current year Canadian Medical Graduate (CMG) and have transferred my future MCCQE1 exam information from physiciansapply.ca but I am receiving an error, what do I do?
- Nova Scotia requires that CMG's have registered and challenged the Medical Council of Canada Qualifying Exam Part 1 (MCCQE 1) by July 1, 2025 do I need to provide proof?
- How do I fix my MCC Candidate Code entered in my CaRMS account? See all 12 articles
Situational Judgement Tests
- I am a Canadian medical graduate, which programs require the Casper for the 2025 R-1 match?
- What do I do in Examinations - Situational Judgement Tests
- How do I assign my Casper and FMPRoC scores to the programs requesting it?
- My Casper result has been transferred to my account, but I cannot view the score, why?
- How long is my FMProC test valid?
- Do I need to upload my FMProC result document to my CaRMS Online account? See all 25 articles
My Documents
- ★ Will my documents still be available when/if I participate in a future match?
- What is the latest date I can take the NAC Examination and MCCQE Part I to be eligible for the 2025 R-1 match?
- What do I need to do when a program requests the score of an examination only, versus the score and document(s) of an examination?
- How do I add additional documents to a PDF?
- As an applicant, how should I upload documents requested by programs?
- What is acceptable proof of the LMCC? See all 49 articles
Document Tracking
- I have requested a translation of my MSPR. When will I receive it?
- What are the different document statuses in my document tracking section?
- What is the status of my document?
- What do I do in the Document Tracking section?
- Do programs have access to my document tracking section?
- Is there a limit to the amount of documents that I can have in the document tracking? See all 12 articles
Reference materials
- ★ Can my referee send a reference letter before a match opens?
- Will my previous references be accepted by programs in the 2025 R-1 match?
- How do I request a Structured Reference Letter?
- Will my previous Orthopedic Surgery Structured Reference Letters from the 2023 and 2024 R-1 match be accepted by programs during the 2025 R-1 match?
- Can I assign reference documents to programs even if the referee has not yet submitted it?
- What is a structured reference letter? See all 26 articles
Translations
- Is there approved terminology for the translations requested through CaRMS?
- What are the translation request deadlines for the 2025 R-1 Match?
- I have requested a translation of reference document(s). When will I receive them?
- Can I assign a translated document to my selected programs even if the document hasn’t been uploaded into my account?
- How do I submit a document for translation?
- What are the translation fees? See all 16 articles
Applying to programs
- What are all the different application streams in the subspecialty matches?
- How do I assign any examination scores and documents to my applications?
- Why is the Document Assignment check column under the My Applications to Programs page blank?
- I am not eligible to apply to Québec programs in the regular stream of the R-1 match because I have a fellowship, what do I do?
- How do application and document updates affect my submitted program application?
- When does my “Date updated” column get updated? See all 30 articles
Interviews
- When a program doesn’t select me for an interview, will they inform me as to why?
- As an applicant, where can I find the interview schedule?
- I have been waitlisted by a program, when will I know whether or not I will be selected for an interview?
- How long will it take for the programs to contact me after I have been selected for interview?
- When can I begin checking my account for updates on my interview offer status?
- Are programs obligated to enter an interview offer status for all applicants that have applied to their program? See all 15 articles
Ranking your programs
- Does the interview offer status influence what programs I can rank?
- How does ranking work?
- Should I submit a rank order list if I didn't get invited for any interviews?
- How do I submit a rank order list as an individual?
- Should I rank a program if I’m not sure I want to train there?
- What is couples ranking? See all 14 articles
Match Results
- ★ What happens after the match?
- ★ How does the matching process work?
- ★ How do I access my match results?
- Where can I find a list of unfilled positions?
- Can CaRMS provide a letter confirming that I meet the eligibility requirements for the Cumming School of Medicine’s (University of Calgary) extension program?
- Can I receive my match results early? See all 9 articles
Second iteration and post-match process
- ★ What is the post-match process?
- ★ Can an applicant that participated in the first iteration but not the second iteration of the match apply for the post match process?
- What happens to unfilled positions from the first iteration of the R-1 Match?
- Are there any interviews in the second iteration of a match?
- In the R-1 main residency match, will any unused program credits from the first iteration be carried over to the second iteration?
- In the R-1 main residency match, what fees are involved for the second iteration? See all 13 articles