All 162 University of Saskatchewan medical residency seats filled

By Your Southwest Media Group

All 162 medical residency seats at the University of Saskatchewan have been filled through the 2026 Canadian Resident Matching Service.

The province said the final CaRMS results include 10 newly added residency seats, as part of Saskatchewan’s effort to recruit, train and retain more physicians.

Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill said creating opportunities for Saskatchewan students and graduates to train and work closer to home is a key part of the province’s Health Human Resources Action Plan.

“The success of the 2026 medical residency match for Saskatchewan, including filling 10 newly added residency seats, demonstrates our government’s commitment to putting patients first by expanding opportunities for doctors to train and build careers in our province,” Cockrill said.

Of the 162 seats offered by the U of S, 130 were filled in the first round of the two-round match process. The seats include family medicine and specialty programs, including spaces to support the launch of Saskatchewan’s plastic surgery residency program on July 1.

The province said residency seats in hard-to-recruit specialties, including anesthesia, emergency medicine and dermatology, were mostly filled in the first round.

Family medicine training opportunities have also expanded, with the College of Medicine offering 69 seats in the 2026 match. That represents an increase of 20 ministry-funded seats over the past five years and includes a recently announced expansion of family medicine training to northeast Saskatchewan.

This year, 58 U of S medical students matched into residency programs at their home institution.

The province said the results support ongoing work under its Health Human Resources Action Plan to recruit, train, incentivize and retain more health-care professionals in Saskatchewan.