Sponsorship helps support community-based health care.
Before an international medical graduate (IMG) who doesn’t qualify for the Approved Jurisdiction Route can enter the workforce, they must first apply for a sponsored position.
If there is a position within your practice or community for an IMG to fill, you must submit an application with CPSA to become a sponsor of that position.
Sponsorship information
Sponsorship FAQs
All FAQsCan approved sponsors sponsor more than one position?
Yes, approved sponsors can sponsor multiple physician positions. Approved sponsors must submit separate sponsor applications for each clinic location but can request multiple physician positions with each application.
Do approved sponsors need to pay the sponsor application fee for each sponsor application form submitted?
Approved sponsors will only need to pay the sponsor application fee for the first sponsor application form.
What are the responsibilities of a sponsor?
CPSA has the same basic expectations of all sponsor applicants.
Learn more about the commitments and expectations of sponsors here.
What is the process to apply to be a sponsor?
Interested in becoming a sponsor?
Apply to CPSA with details about the sponsored position, the patient population served by the position and more. CPSA reviews all applications to make sure sponsors meet their responsibilities to their community and to the physician who will fill the sponsored position.
Who may become a sponsor?
Examples of who may apply to sponsor a physician position include:
- Individuals
- Nonprofit or not-for-profit organizations
- For-profit corporations
- Municipalities, counties or other legally recognized entities under the Municipal Government Act
- Federal or other authorities, such as a First Nation, Métis Nation of Alberta, or a Métis Settlement
CPSA reviews all applications to make sure sponsors can meet their responsibilities to their community and to the physician who will fill the sponsored position.
Sponsorship news & events
All News & EventsJune 9, 2025
Sponsorship application fee reduction
March 13, 2025
Medical Matters: Updates from the Registration department
December 12, 2024
Medical Matters: Sponsorship numbers, model expansion and renewal updates
November 18, 2024
CPSA expanded sponsorship model supports 370 new family medicine positions; specialist applications now open
Questions about sponsorship?
Phone: 780-969-4924
Toll-free: 1-800-320-8624 (in Canada)