The 2025 FM/ES match timeline is currently under review and will be posted shortly.
Updated January 16, 2024
2025 Family Medicine/Enhanced Skills Match
Please refer back to this timetable regularly, as dates are subject to change.
June 2024
26 June 2024 at 12:00 (noon) ET
If you were a PGME, program administrator or director for a previous CaRMS match, you can log into CaRMS Online using your existing username and password. If you have forgotten your username or password, click on the ‘Forgot your username or password option’ on the CaRMS Online login page.
If you are a new program director or administrator for this match and have not received an email, please contact your PGME office.
26 June 2024 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Program directors and administrators may log into CaRMS Online and start updating their program descriptions. Program descriptions must be finalized and submitted to the PGME office for review by the “Program descriptions sent to PGME office for approval” deadline.
July 2024
16 July 2024 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Program directors and administrators must submit their program descriptions to their postgraduate offices for review and approval by 12:00 ET on this date.
30 July 2024 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Applicants may begin the application process.
Applicants who participated in a previous match can log into their CaRMS Online account using their existing username and password to participate in the match. Anyone who has forgotten their username or password can click on the ‘Forgot your username or password’ option on the CaRMS Online login page.
30 July 2024 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Program descriptions for all programs participating in the match should be approved and available on carms.ca for applicants to review. Once program descriptions are approved, they are immediately available on carms.ca for applicants to consult.
August 2024
28 August 2024 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Applicants can start selecting the programs to which they wish to apply and assigning requested documents.
September 2024
3 September 2024 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Program directors and administrators can add or remove file reviewers for their program(s) and create filters in preparation for file review.
Once file reviewers have been added, they will receive an email from CaRMS with instructions on how to create an account in CaRMS Online.
Applications will be available for review when file review opens.
10 September 2024 at 12:05 ET
Programs now have access to all submitted applications and documents.
October 2024
3 October 2024
Programs are to complete all initial interview offer status updates in CaRMS Online by end of day.
4 October 2024
All invitations to interviews are sent by programs by this date.
8 October 2024 at 08:00 ET
Applicant photos are now available to view. Photos are not available prior to this date.
11 October 2024 - 29 November 2024
Interviews are conducted during this period. Programs are responsible for scheduling interviews with applicants directly.
November 2024
7 November 2024 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Applicants and programs may begin creating their rank order lists in CaRMS Online.
Once a program rank order list has been submitted, postgraduate offices can begin approving them in CaRMS Online. Postgraduate offices can also begin approving quota and submitting reversion instructions starting today.
7 November 2024 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Discussions regarding reversion options should begin now to ensure final reversion instructions are submitted by the PGME approval deadline for ranking, quota and reversions.
Draft reversions should be sent to CaRMS two days prior to the PGME approval deadline to ensure final reversion instructions are reviewed and understood by CaRMS.
29 November 2024 at 14:00 ET
Programs must submit their rank order lists through CaRMS Online by 14:00 ET. If programs do not submit by today, postgraduate offices can submit on their behalf.
December 2024
3 December 2024 at 15:00 ET
Postgraduate offices must approve rank order lists and quota, as well as upload finalized reversion instructions in CaRMS Online by this deadline.
January 2025
15 January 2025 at 15:00 ET
This is the last day to access information in your CaRMS Online account for this match.
Applicants will no longer have access to the information in their application after this date.
Programs should download and save any match-related files before this date. Matched applicant files can only be retrieved from postgraduate offices once CaRMS Online closes.
