The 2026 MSM match timeline is currently under review and will be posted shortly.
Updated January 22, 2025
2026 Medicine Subspecialty Match — second iteration
If you have not previously participated in a CaRMS match, you can register here starting October 22, 2025 at 12:00 (noon) ET.
You will notice that there are milestones and deadlines listed in this timetable. Milestones are simply recommended dates designed to help you keep your application on track during each phase of the application process. These milestones are not deadlines.
Please refer back to this timeline regularly, as dates are subject to change.
October 2025
22 October 2025 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Unmatched applicants from the first iteration may log into CaRMS Online and participate in the second iteration.
22 October 2025 at 17:00 ET
Applicants who would like their MSPR or references to be translated using the CaRMS-facilitated translation service should make the request through CaRMS Online by today.
Every effort will be made to complete translations submitted by this date prior to the opening of file review, but due to the compressed second iteration timeline we cannot guarantee translations will be in applicant accounts and ready to assign to programs before file review.
23 October 2025 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.
23 October 2025 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Applicants can start selecting the programs to which they wish to apply and assigning requested documents.
27 October 2025 at 21:00 ET
Referees must submit references through the CaRMS Online referee portal by this date to give applicants enough time to assign reference materials to programs before the opening of file review.
Referees can submit references after this date and time; however, this may impact the time available for applicants to submit complete applications to programs prior to the opening of file review.
If applicants would like their references to be translated by the CaRMS-facilitated translation service, they must be submitted before the translation request deadline.
28 October 2025 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Applications and all required documents must be submitted and assigned to programs by 12:00 (noon) ET today to be considered on time.
Any applications and documents submitted or assigned after 12:00 (noon) ET today will be time-stamped as late.
Some programs will not review late applications or documents. Consult program descriptions to ensure programs will review your application if it is submitted after file review has begun.
28 October 2025 at 12:05 ET
Programs now have access to all submitted applications and documents.
31 October 2025 at 12:00 (noon) ET
Applicants and programs may begin creating their rank order lists in CaRMS Online.
November 2025
12 November 2025 at 15:00 ET
Applicants must submit their rank order list through CaRMS Online by 15:00 ET. This deadline is firm – no rank order lists can be submitted after this time.
January 2026
14 January 2026 at 15:00 ET
This is the last day to access information in your CaRMS Online account for this match. You will no longer have access to the information in your application after this date.
