<p>Canadian university pre-med programs are accredited by the same accrediting body as US pre med programs. Taking pre-reqs in Canada shouldn’t present a problem.</p>
<p>Five is likely to be too few. It’s usually recommended that applicants apply to 15-20 schools in order to increase the odds of getting interviews. Applicants who have dings on their record may need to apply even more widely.</p>
<p>Interviewing is all part of the process. Many applicants arrange their classes so they only have class meetings 3 days week (M-Tu-W pt W-Th-F) or take fewer courses during their senior year to accommodate interviews.</p>
<p>We live in region that is far away from many more populous cities and the airline connections are not terrific. You aren’t the individual who will end up missing [lots of] classes to attend interviews.</p>
<p>It’s quite unlikely you’ll be allowed to Skype an interview and very few (none?) schools offer weekend interviews. A couple schools do offer interviews to locations other than their campus. (IIRC SLU and Drexel did when D1 was applying, but neither of those schools held interviews in Canada. Interviews were in San Francisco/LA, IIRC.)</p>