Halifax - Urology

Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova ScotiaCMG stream

Approx. quota: 2 positions
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 0–50
Offered interviews: 51–75%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Interviews

Not stated on CaRMS page

Halifax, 11 teaching sites

Program website CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Faculty-to-resident ratio usually close to 1:1.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
About 6-8 skills labs per year, including cadaver-based open and laparoscopic surgical training.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

Dalhousie Urology is a five-year residency based at the QEII Health Sciences Centre and IWK Health Centre in Halifax.
Residents typically complete a 3-month community urology rotation in PGY-3, with community sites in New Brunswick, and housing is arranged by the PGME office.
Clinical research is required, with a one-month research block in PGY-2.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

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: urology8 months
off-service general surgery
pediatric general surgery
emergency medicine
PGY-2: general surgery2 months
surgical intensive care unit2 months
inpatient and ambulatory urologysix month
vascular surgeryone month
researchone month
PGY-3: community urology rotation3-month
pediatric urology
PGY-4: elective in Urologytwo or three month
urologic oncology rotationone month
PGY-5: pediatric urology
transplantation

✓ = the CaRMS page states it; – = not stated. From the program description and its rotation list.

Where you train

Halifax, Nova Scotia: 11 teaching sites.

QEII Health Sciences Centre
Victoria General Hospital
Halifax Infirmary
IWK Health Centre
Cobequid Community Health Centre
Dartmouth General Hospital (Dartmouth)
Hants Community Hospital
Bayers Lake Outpatient Care Centre
Saint John Regional Hospital (Saint John · rural or distributed site)
Fredericton Hospital (Fredericton · rural or distributed site)
Moncton Hospital (Moncton · rural or distributed site)

Record systems at the listed sites: Oracle Health (Cerner) at 5 of 11; no published record for 6.

Hospital facts

10 sites · public figures and clinical record systems where they are published

Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program. We match names to the sources by name, so check each source before you rely on it.

Clinical record: One Person One Record, fully electronic record since May 2026 As of 31 Oct 2026. At QEII Health Sciences Centre, Victoria General Hospital, Halifax Infirmary, Dartmouth General Hospital.

How to read the figures

Hospital type. As the province lists it. The list has no volumes or beds.
Inpatient beds. As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

QEII Health Sciences Centre

This name covers 2 hospitals in the province’s lists. Each is shown on its own, A to Z, and the numbers are never added together.

QEII - Halifax Infirmary Site (Halifax)

Hospital type: Tertiary

QEII - Victoria General (VG) Site (Halifax)

Hospital type: Tertiary

Victoria General Hospital

Matched to QEII - Victoria General (VG) Site (Halifax) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type: Tertiary

Halifax Infirmary

Matched to QEII - Halifax Infirmary Site (Halifax) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type: Tertiary

Show facts for 7 more sites

IWK Health Centre

Clinical record: Oracle Health (One Person One Record), fully electronic record since Dec 2025 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to IWK Health Centre (Halifax) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type: Tertiary

Cobequid Community Health Centre

Matched to Cobequid Community Health Centre (Sackville) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type: Community Health Centre

Dartmouth General Hospital

Matched to Dartmouth General Hospital (Dartmouth) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type: Regional

Hants Community Hospital

Matched to Hants Community Hospital (Windsor) in the province’s hospital list.

Hospital type: Community

Saint John Regional Hospital

Matched to Saint John Regional Hospital / Hôpital Régional de Saint John (Saint John) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 445

Fredericton Hospital

Matched to Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital / Hôpital régional Dr Everett Chalmers (Fredericton) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 314

Moncton Hospital

Matched to The Moncton Hospital / L’Hôpital de Moncton (Moncton) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 381

Nova Scotia's One Person One Record is live at IWK Health and at Nova Scotia Health's Central Zone. The other zones follow, provincewide by the end of 2026 (the province's date). As of 31 Oct 2026

Verify with the official source: each source button opens the publisher’s own page.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – New Brunswick.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia.

About Halifax

People
439,819residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Halifax
Housing
2.6%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Halifax, Nova Scotia (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
−4.1 °CJanuary mean18.5 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Shearwater, 11.0 km away
Job outlook
Very goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Halifax (its page: housing, getting around, weather, things to do, and every program that names it)

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them. City figures are public statistics for the place named by the location; they describe the place, not the program.

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.

Application file components as the program describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): Not stated on CaRMS page
Format: Virtual
Panel

Info sessions

None listed on the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) (read 20 Oct 2026) or on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026). Programs add sessions through the fall.

2 Urology info sessions at other programs All info sessions

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 24 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). One provincial scale for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
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

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (as the program states it): frequency “1-in-4”
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

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. MarDocs agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Benefits

13 lines as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024: Annual vacation, Call stipend, CMPA dues paid, and more

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

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

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.

Source: CaRMS’s lists of positions open after round 1 and after round 2, as read in October 2026 (latest: 2026 round 1 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab), 2026 round 2 (CaRMS PDF, opens in a new tab)).

Year by year

2027 match

The 2027 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews	What changed
CMG stream	2	5 years	Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	2	5 years	Interviews not stated

The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description

Dalhousie University's Urology Residency Program is one of the oldest in Canada, offering a comprehensive five-year training experience that prepares residents to become competent urologists.
The program provides robust clinical training across multiple sites in the Maritime provinces, with a strong emphasis on academic excellence, research, and patient care.

Research: Residents have dedicated research time, are encouraged to submit abstracts, and receive faculty mentorship for research projects.
Training setting: Urban and community training sites across Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, including academic medical centers, community hospitals, and pediatric facilities.
Teaching approach: A competency-based approach focusing on progressive skill development, with emphasis on clinical judgment, surgical skills, and comprehensive urological care across different practice settings.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Academic achievements
Reference letters
Personal letter
Elective experiences
Interview performance
Research contributions

Positions, length and interviews as each match’s CaRMS pages stated them; what changed from our comparison of the two matches and our readings of the 2027 pages.

Contacts and links

Program director: Dr. Andrea Lantz Powers
aglantz@dal.ca
Program office: Education Coordinator
Email on the CaRMS page(opens in a new tab)

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.

Program websiteWebsiteCANPREPPCANPREPPdescribes academic half-dayFrom the programThis program on CaRMS

Urology elsewhere

Nearest to Halifax

Montreal - UrologyMcGill University
Montreal, QC · 790 km
3 positions · Regular, Regular RoS
Bilingual
Ottawa - UrologyUniversity of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON · 955 km
4 positions · CMG, IMG
Kingston - UrologyQueen’s University
Kingston, ON · 1,025 km
1 position · CMG

All 19 Urology programs across Canada2027 match

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 11 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35506 · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

The Applications per year and Offered interviews figures are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS: past cycles, not your odds.

Independent. Not affiliated with CaRMS or the program. Programs edit their descriptions during the match; confirm on carms.ca (opens in a new tab) before you apply. Data last updated on CdnMD 24 Oct 2026.

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