The National Assessment Collaboration (NAC) Examination is a half-day exam offered in limited exam centres twice a year, in the spring and fall (typically in May and September).
Results will be available about 8 weeks after your exam date. Results are accepted by residency programs directors regardless of where you take the exam. As such, you do not have to take the examination in the province where you will apply for residency.
Alberta
Edmonton
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Ontario
Hamilton
London
Ottawa (FR)
Toronto
The exam is offered in English at all exam centres. Exam centres also offering the exam in French will indicate (FR) beside them.
Centres to be announced
Dates and centres are subject to change.
Application opening date
The first day you can apply for the next NAC Examination session.
December 11, 2024
Application closing date
The last day you can apply for the next NAC Examination session.
January 7, 2025
at 11:59 p.m., ET
Test accommodation documentation deadline
All documentation to support a test accommodation request must be submitted to ensure requirements can be met during this exam session.
February 12, 2025
Withdrawal with partial refund deadline
January 23, 2025
at 11:59 p.m., ET
Centre choice change deadline
After this deadline you will not be able to change your centre preferences.
February 11, 2025
at 11:59 p.m., ET
Scheduling conflict request deadline
March 3, 2025
Centre assignment release
You will be notified in your physiciansapply.ca account of your centre assignment about six weeks before your exam date(s). It is not possible to request changes to your centre assignments.
End of March 2025
Result release
When you can expect to receive your results in physiciansapply.ca.
End of June 2025
Dates are subject to change.
During the application process, you will be asked to choose up to 3 exam centres in order of preference to take your NAC Examination. You can update your exam centre preferences in physiciansapply.ca until the centre choice change deadline.
The MCC will make every attempt to accommodate your centre preference(s) during the centre assignment process.
You will be asked in the application process whether you would accept being assigned to any other available centre if the MCC is not able to accommodate your preferences. You can change your answer to this question up to the centre change deadline.
If you agree to accept assignment to any other available centre outside of your choices, should the MCC not be able to accommodate your preferences, you may be assigned to any available centre across Canada.
If you do not accept assignment to any other available centre outside of your choices, and the MCC is not able to accommodate your centre selections, your application would be withdrawn. The application fee minus the examination withdrawal fee, would be returned to the credit card used at the time of payment, otherwise a credit will be applied to your account.
Once you have selected your centre choice preferences, you will be able to view and change your centre selections through your physiciansapply.ca account, until the centre change deadline.
To view and/or change your centre selections and/or “I agree/I do not agree” question:
If you have a significant scheduling conflict, submit the following information before the scheduling conflict request deadline (included in the important dates above):
Once submitted, allow up to 2 weeks for your request to be reviewed and a reply sent to you through your account.
If your request is approved, the NAC Examination pre-scheduling request fee will be applied to your account.
You will be notified of your exam centre, date, and start time through messages in your physiciansapply.ca account.
As space is limited at each centre, exam centre changes are not possible.
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