Calgary - Psychiatry
University of CalgaryCalgary, AlbertaCMG stream
- 10 positions
- 5 years
- CMG
- Psychiatry
- 51–200
- 26–50%
- Accredited
- 35703
Summary
- The University of Calgary Psychiatry program is a five-year Royal College accredited residency with Foothills Medical Centre as its primary teaching hospital.
- Residents rotate through five Calgary hospitals and community sites, and PGY5 is a flexible Transition to Practice year with electives.
- All residents complete a scholarly project, and psychotherapy is taught through a longitudinal curriculum.
Training
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Sites
11 teaching sites
- Foothills Medical Centre (FMC)
- Peter Lougheed Hospital (PLC) / Sunridge Galleria
- Rockyview General Hospital (RGH)
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- South Health Campus (SHC)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH)
- Glenmore Rehabilitation Centre
- Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre
- Sheldon Chumir Health Centre (SCHC)
- Summit Centre for Youth Resilience
- Alex Youth Health Centre
- Claresholm Care Centre
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project
- Highlights
- Training at Peter Lougheed Hospital, site of Canada's first Med-Psych Unit.
- Longitudinal Art and Science of the Interview curriculum in PGY2-3, plus six months of STACER preparation in PGY4.
- Simulation-based psychiatry training for both junior and senior residents.
By year
- PGY-1
- Transition to Disciplinetwo blocks
- Internal Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
- Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Addiction Medicine
- Medical Psychiatry
- Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
- Emergency Psychiatry
Other rotations
- Adult Inpatient Psychiatry (PGY2-PGY4 · 2 x 3-month blocks)
- Outpatient Psychiatry (PGY2-PGY4 · 6 months)
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (PGY2-PGY4 · 2 x 3-month blocks)
- Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (PGY2-PGY4 · 3 months)
- Geriatric Psychiatry (PGY2-PGY4 · 6 months)
- Rehabilitative Psychiatry and Longitudinal Chronic Care (PGY2-PGY4 · 2 x 3-month blocks)
- Addictions Psychiatry & Shared care (PGY2-PGY4 · 3 months)
Selection
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Applicants offered interviews
- 26–50%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 Jan 2027
- Mode
- Virtual
- Format
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
| PGY-3 | $80,058 / year |
| PGY-4 | $86,281 / year |
| PGY-5 | $92,698 / year |
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks/yr
- Call Stipends
- weekday in-house – $118.02weekend in-house / holiday – $178.72weekday home call – $59.01weekend home call / holiday – $89.35
- CMPA dues paid
- $1,500
- Dental plan
- 75% premium paid
- Educational leave
- 14 days paid leave
- Extended health insurance
- 75% premium paid$1000 per year Flexible Spending Account*
- Frequency of calls
- In-house call: 7/28. 2/4 weekend call.Home call: 9/28. 2/4 weekend call**A Resident scheduled on Home call but who is required to work more than four hours in hospital during the call period, of which more than one full hour is past 12:00 a.m. and before 6:00 a.m., or more than six (6) hours in hospital during the call period, shall be remunerated at the rate for In-House call.$100 per day for each scheduled weekend day of patient rounds when not on-call
- Life insurance
- 100% towards $150,000 coverage
- Life Support Course Costs (Program Approved
- 100% paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- 100% paid for 75% gross income
- Maternity Leave
- 18 weeks total (17 weeks paid to match 90% of salary when combined with EI)
- Parental Leave
- 2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits;52 weeks (inclusive of Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leaves) – unpaid leave
- Practice Stipend
- $1,500
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- .95%
- Sick leave
- Up to 3 months or to end contract paid leave, whichever occurs first
- Statutory holidays
- Paid days. Additional days off are given if resident works the day before and part of a named holiday.
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
Teaching sites
- Foothills Medical Centre (FMC) (Calgary)
- Peter Lougheed Hospital (PLC) / Sunridge Galleria (Calgary)
- Rockyview General Hospital (RGH) (Calgary)
- South Health Campus (SHC) (Calgary)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (ACH) (Calgary)
- Glenmore Rehabilitation Centre
- Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre (Calgary)
- Sheldon Chumir Health Centre (SCHC) (Calgary)
- Summit Centre for Youth Resilience (Calgary)
- Alex Youth Health Centre (Calgary)
- Claresholm Care Centre (Claresholm · rural or distributed site)
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
Contacts
Grouped by the titles CaRMS lists. The program office (administrators and coordinators) usually answers questions about the program and applying; the director leads the training.
Program officeadministrators and coordinators
CalgaryPsychiatryResidency@recoveryalberta.ca
Shared by Bekah Bootsveld · Program Coordinator and Jaime Roloson · Assistant Program Coordinator
Program director
Dr. Rory Sellmer
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Location
Calgary, Alberta
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About the city
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Climate
- January average
- −7.6 °C
- July average
- 16.9 °C
- Snowfall
- 138.7 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 21.6 days a year
People
- Population
- 1,306,784 people
- Official languages
- English only 90.8% · French only 0.1% · English and French 6.6% · neither 2.5%
- Immigrants
- 33.3% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 3.2% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 83.2% · public transit 8.8% · walking or cycling 5.1% · other 2.9%
- Median household income
- $98,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- Calgary, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.106
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 4.9%
- Basic cost of living
- $59,153 a year
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3%
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Good
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage