Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board

Canadian Program Fees

Year 1 Program Fees

Single-site programs – $3,250
1 training site with greater than 60 residency training days

Multi-site programs – $3,800
2 plus training sites with greater than 60 residency training days

University Based Clinical Masters Program (Québec programs) – $6,500
Includes programs that deliver training to 20-50 residents at 8-20 sites with greater than 60 residency training days. These programs do not participate in the Pharmacy Residency Application Matching Service (PRAMS).

Multi-site programs of considerable size – $8,650
Includes programs with residency positions spread across a large geographic area (e.g. Alberta Health Services) and/or programs with greater than 20 residents trained annually in sites with greater than 60 residency training days (e.g. Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services).

Subsequent programs
In an organization where a residency program exists, the program fee for each additional program is $2,700.

Year 2 Program Fees

Single Year 2 Program without Year 1 Program - $3,250

Subsequent programs
In an organization where a residency program exists, the program fee for each additional program is $2,700.

How are Annual Program Fees used?
Annual Program Fees are a source of revenue for covering CPRB’s operational costs, including the following:

• Annual CPRB Meeting
• CPRB personnel
• CPRB’s portion of CSHP overhead
• Translation
• Pharmacy Residency Application Matching Service (PRAMS)
• Continuing professional development and the ongoing development of tools and techniques to support residencies
• Continuing education for residency program stakeholders
• Annual Student and Resident Networking Event
• Creation and maintenance of standards
• Accreditation survey visits 

International Program Fees

Contact the CPRB Coordinator Debi Allen for information regarding fees for international programs.