Canada · 2026–2027 admissions cycle
Does Canadian Resident Matching Service require Casper?
Yes
Acuity Insights lists Canadian Resident Matching Service as requiring Casper for the 2026–2027 admissions cycle.
Source: Acuity Insights, Test date & school information. Checked October 7, 2026. Requirements change, so confirm on the school's admissions page before you book a test.
What Acuity lists for Canadian Resident Matching Service
| Program | Cycle | Casper | Duet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Resident Matching Service | 2026–2027 | Required | Not required |
| Canadian Resident Matching Service | 2025–2026 | Required | Not required |
Acuity's note for applicants
Results for all PGME applicants will be sent to CaRMS one week before the application deadline, and who will make your results available for you to assign to your application 4 days before the match closes.
Which Casper test to book
Acuity groups programs into test types, and you sit the one your programs belong to. Canadian Resident Matching Service is listed under “ENGLISH: Postgraduate Medical Education” for Canada. A Casper score counts for one admissions cycle and one test type, and you cannot sit the same test type twice in a cycle.
What the Casper test is like
- Scenarios
- 11 in total: 4 video-response scenarios first, then 7 typed-response.
- Questions
- 2 for each scenario.
- Video answers
- A 10-second countdown, then 1 minute recorded for each answer.
- Typed answers
- 3.5 minutes to type both answers for a scenario.
- Breaks
- Optional breaks during the test.
- Scoring
- Raters score each response on a 1–9 scale. You only receive a quartile.
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More on Casper
- Casper typing speed
How many words fit in the 3.5-minute typed section.
- Casper test dates and registration
How to book, what it costs and which test dates are still open.
- How Casper is scored
Raters, quartiles and what programs see, from Acuity's own pages.
- Casper video responses
The 1-minute format, timing rules and how to prepare.
Practice Casper on the real timers
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