Halifax - General Surgery
Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova ScotiaCMG stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 5
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Wed 4 Nov 2026,7:30 pm ASTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
1 date, 3 Feb 2027
Halifax, teaching sites not stated on CaRMS page
What stands out about this program
All colonoscopy training staff hold CSI certification, and resident endoscopy proficiency is tracked.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Surgical Skills Center open 24 hours, with 6-8 cadaver/simulation wet labs a year.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- Dalhousie's five-year General Surgery residency trains residents mostly in Halifax.
- Required community rotations in PGY1-3 take place in Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton, New Brunswick, with furnished apartments.
- PGY5 is a chief year in Halifax, and residents must present at least two abstracts at Research Day.
Based on what the program says about itself.
- You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
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What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Required · research project · protected time
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
By year
- PGY-1
- General Surgery28 weeks
- Medical Specialties8 weeks
- Surgical Specialties8 weeks
- Emergency Medicine4 weeks
- PGY-2
- GI Endoscopy8 weeks
- Vascular8 weeks
- Trauma and Acute Care Surgery8 weeks
- Transplant8 weeks
- Thoracic8 weeks
- Critical Care8 weeks
- PGY-5
- Senior Residency Chief year in General Surgery
Other rotations
- General Surgery (PGY 3-4 · 12 months · Halifax)
- General Surgery (PGY 3-4 · 3 to 6 months · Moncton)
- electives (PGY 3-4 · up to 6 months)
Where you train
Halifax, Nova Scotia: teaching sites not stated on the CaRMS page.
Distributed across a region
About Halifax
People
439,819residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.6%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−4.1 °CJanuary mean18.5 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027
How they choose
- Application file components
- CV
- Electives
- Examinations
- Extra-curricular
- Leadership skills
- MSPRs
- Personal letters
- Reference documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 3 Feb 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- MMI or rotating station
Info sessions
Wed 4 Nov 2026
7:30 pm AST
Town hall · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $78,578 / year |
| PGY-2 | $83,904 / year |
| PGY-3 | $89,462 / year |
| PGY-4 | $95,485 / year |
| PGY-5 | $101,926 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 night in 4 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No work required once handover is completed
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- Handover begins by the 24th consecutive hour on duty
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks
- Call stipend
- Yes
- CMPA dues paid
- Yes
- Dental coverage
- Yes
- Educational leave
- Yes
- Extended health insurance
- Yes
- Life insurance
- $100,000 of insurance
- Long-term disabilityinsurance
- 66.7% of salary
- Maternity leave top up after one year’s service
- eligible for up to a maximum of 17 weeks top-up allowance for maternity/pregnancy leave
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- 1.30%
- Provincial health insurance
- Yes
- Sick leave
- Yes
- Statutory and floating holidays
- paid
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 2 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 position open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
What this means
- A position can go unfilled because of where the site is, because it is open to IMGs only or to another restricted stream, or because the quota changed late.
- It says nothing about the quality of the training or how heavy the workload is.
- A site’s numbers are shown when it had positions open after round 1 in at least 2 of 8 years or at least 3 in one year.
Year by year
2027 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 5 | 5 years | 1 date, 3 Feb 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 5 | 5 years | 1 date, 3 Feb 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- Dalhousie University's General Surgery residency program offers comprehensive training in Maritime-based general surgery.
- Over five years, residents gain extensive exposure to multi-organ transplant, minimally invasive surgery, surgical oncology, and acute care surgery, preparing them for community or subspecialty practice.
- Research
- Residents are expected to present at least two research abstracts during their five-year program, with options to join the Clinical Investigator Program for a funded Masters Degree.
- Training setting
- Training primarily occurs in Halifax, with significant community rotations in New Brunswick hospitals including Saint John, Fredericton, and Moncton. Residents experience both urban academic and community surgical settings.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing clinical skills, research, and comprehensive surgical training across multiple subspecialties.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CV and publications
- Clinical evaluations
- Extra-curricular activities
- Leadership skills
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Reference letters
- Research interest
- Academic transcripts
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Christopher Kenyon
Faculty profile of Dr. Christopher Kenyon(opens in a new tab)
Dr. Kenyon’s primary interest is clinical, including the surgical care of patients with colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, and proctological conditions.
Dr. Chris Kenyon
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Videos and podcasts
From the program
Public podcast episodes and videos where the program presents itself. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.
General Surgery elsewhere
Nearest to Halifax
- Bilingual
- Bilingual
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