Updated May 15, 2025

2026 R-1 Main Residency Match — second iteration

Reference documents are an essential part of an application, so the applicants who’ve asked you to provide one are counting on you to submit it on time so it can be processed into their account before it’s time for programs to review references.

Submit references electronically through your CaRMS Online referee account.

The 2026 match timeline will be posted shortly

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January 2026

6 January 2026 at 12:00 (noon) ET

CaRMS Online opens for applicants

Applicants may begin the application process, including sending reference requests through CaRMS Online.

March 2026

16 March 2026 at 21:00 ET

DEADLINE: Reference submission

References must be submitted by this date to give applicants enough time to assign them 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 on March 17 at 12:00 ET.

If applicants would like their references to be translated by the CaRMS-facilitated translation service, they must be submitted before the translation request deadline of February 20 at 17:00 ET.

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