Resident Doctors of BC

About the Resident Doctors of BC collective agreement

The Resident Doctors of BC (formerly known as Professional Association of Residents of BC or PAR-BC) bargains on behalf of approximately 1,600 resident physicians working for publicly funded health care employers in British Columbia.

This Collective Agreement covers employees that are distinguished from other health sector employees in that they are essentially both students and workers. They are medical graduates who participate in a graduate educational program leading to qualification for independent practice as a family physician or a specialist physician.

Residents provide direct and in-hospital care. Residents have earned a medical degree (MD) and must complete an additional two or more years of training in a hospital or clinic before they are able to practice without the supervision of fully licensed physician.

Status

HEABC members and the Resident Doctors of BC (RDBC) have ratified a four-year collective agreement for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2029. HEABC and RDBC entered into formal negotiations July 9, 2025 and reached a tentative agreement on March 16, 2026. The tentative agreement is based on the province’s Balanced Measures Mandate for 2025 public sector bargaining. Negotiations under the Balanced Measures Mandate support government’s key priorities to protect and strengthen critical services in BC’s public sector, maintain labour stability in a complex round of bargaining and support the province’s efforts to find operational efficiencies that preserve front-line services.