Residence Requirements > New Brunswick

Admissions preference is given to Canadian Citizens or Canadian Permanent Residents who New Brunswick/PEI determines are residence of their province at the time of application.

The following criteria outlined by New Brunswick/PEI will be used to determine residence status.  However, the residence information on all applicants with New Brunswick/PEI connections will be forwarded to New Brunswick/PEI for clarification.

A resident of the Province is an individual lawfully entitled to be or remain in Canada, who resides continually in New Brunswick/PEI  for twelve consecutive months prior to the student’s request for admission including a student living out of Province for the purpose of furthering his or her education, but not including a tourist, transient or visitor to the Province.  Resides continually, means having lived in New Brunswick/PEI without interruption of more than thirty (30) consecutive days, excluding time spent as a full-time student at a post-secondary institution and time spent at a summer job.  Post-secondary institution means an institution authorized by law or by a legitimate public entity to confer post-secondary diplomas, certificates or degrees.

Independent Students

A student is considered a resident of New Brunswick/PEI by living in the Province for twelve consecutive months prior to the student’s request for admission, excluding time spent as a full-time student at a post-secondary institution.

Dependent Students

A student is considered a resident of New Brunswick/PEI whose parents, guardian or sponsors resided in the Province for twelve consecutive months prior to the student’s request for admission: If one of the parents works in another province, the student is a resident of New Brunswick/PEI if the family home was in the Province for twelve consecutive months prior to the student’s request for admission;

• If the parents are separated or divorced, the province of residence is the province where resides the parent with whom the student normally lives or receives principal support for twelve consecutive months prior to the student’s request for admission.  If there is no custody agreement, the province of residence is that of the parent with whom the student has normally resided for twelve consecutive months prior to the student’s request for admission, or if the student lives with neither parent, the province of residence is that of the parent who has been the student’s principal support for twelve consecutive months prior to the student’s request for admission;
• If the parents leave New Brunswick/PEI after having resided there for twelve consecutive months prior to the student’s request for admission but the student remains in New Brunswick/PEI to begin or continue post-secondary studies, New Brunswick/PEI will continue to be the province of residence;
• If the parents reside outside Canada, the province of residence for the purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning a Cooperation and Exchange Program in the Field of Advanced Education between the provinces of New Brunswick/PEI and Quebec will be that where the parents last resided during the twelve consecutive months prior to the student’s request for admission prior to their departure from Canada.

Your residence status must be indicated at the time of application and you will be notified if the decision differs.  Please note that these rules are constantly under review and may change from year to year.

All applicants are expected to claim the same place of residence on all applications to medical schools.