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Main Residency Match (R-1)

Application Process - R-1 Registration/ R4R


Current Year Canadian Graduates

If you are a current graduate of a participating Canadian medical school CaRMS will receive from your Undergraduate office, a list of graduate students' e-mail addresses. CaRMS will automatically send each graduating student a token to access the Applicant Webstation (AWS).

Prior Year Canadian Graduates

In order for you to register with CaRMS, you will be required to complete a Request for Registration. The information collected includes, your name, address, medical school of graduation, year of graduation.

Applicants Currently Enrolled in Postgraduate Training Programs in Canada

Please remember, once you have submitted a Rank Order List you are entering a legally binding contractual agreement. The results of the match, if you are matched to a position in the 2nd Iteration, take precedence over your current training program obligations. Furthermore, if you have signed a contract to renew with your current program, you should seek the advice of your postgraduate office regarding your liabilities if you plan to withdraw from it as there may be legal implications.

Current and Prior Year United States Medical Graduates

In order for you to register with CaRMS, you will be required to complete a Request for Registration. The information collected includes, your name, address, medical school of graduation, year of graduation, type of studies completed (allopath or osteopath). Some applicants may also be required to supply their Medical Council of Canada candidate number (found on your examination registration or results letter). You will be required to pay your verification fee at this time. Once your eligibility is confirmed and payment has been processed, CaRMS will send you a token to access the Applicant Webstation (AWS).

International Medical Graduates

In order for you to register with CaRMS, you will be required to complete a Request for Registration. The information collected includes, your name, address, medical school of graduation, year of graduation, and Medical Council of Canada candidate number (found on your examination registration or results letter). You will be required to pay your verification fee at this time. Once your eligibility is confirmed and payment has been processed, CaRMS will send you a token to access the Applicant Webstation (AWS).

Three Steps in the Request for Registration Process

This process must be completed by
  • prior year graduates from all Canadian medical schools
  • students and graduates from United States medical schools
  • international medical graduates
1. Complete the on-line Request for Registration.
To complete the on-line Request for Registration you will need to choose the iteration you would like to register for based on your eligibility.

International medical graduates and doctors of osteopathy should note the following:
  • You will require your Medical Council of Canada Candidate Code Number, found on the lower right corner of your Medical Council of Canada Statement of Results; or found on the top left corner of your Medical Council of Canada letter that accompanied your entrance card to an examination
  • You will be charged a fee of $92.50 plus applicable taxes for verification of credentials, payable on-line by VISA or MasterCard.
2. Get your Electronic Token
Once your Request for Registration has been reviewed and the fee for verification of credentials has been processed, you will be sent an electronic "token" by e-mail.
3. Sign On to the Applicant Webstation (AWS) and Accept the Electronic CaRMS Contract
You will not be fully registered until you have
  • used your token to sign on to the Applicant Webstation (AWS)
  • accepted your CaRMS Contract, and
  • paid the registration fee.

NOTE: You cannot sign on to AWS to have a look. Applicants must pay their fees and register when they use their token or they may be denied access to like system when they try to sign on later.

Payment is made on-line using VISA or MasterCard.

Once you have completed these three steps, you will be fully registered. However, you must still complete, save, and submit all of information required in the items under the Application tab, select and submit your program choices and assign documents to those programs in order to have "applied" to programs.

The On-line Request for Registration

R-1 Match, First Iteration   Request for Registration is closed.
 
R-1 Match, Second Iteration   Request for Registration is closed.
   

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