Kingston - General Surgery

Queen’s UniversityKingston, OntarioCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 6 Aug 2026 · See the 2026 version

2027 match programs, from CaRMS as of 5 Oct 2026. Programs can still change until file review opens 26 November; we re-check every two weeks. Always confirm on CaRMS (opens in a new tab).

Positions (approx. quota): Not yet posted on CaRMS
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: General Surgery
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 35470

Bands are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS. They describe past cycles, not your odds.

Summary

Queen's General Surgery is a five-year residency based at Kingston Health Sciences Centre, organized around clinical teaching units in four-week blocks.
Residents rotate repeatedly through Lakeridge Health in Oshawa and complete a one-block trauma rotation at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
Call is a night float system, and research is an expected component with a weekly half-day available for research.

Training

Setting

Academic / tertiary hospital
Urban community

Sites

4 teaching sites

Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Intensive Care Unit at KHSC Kingston General Hospital site
Lakeridge Health (Oshawa General Hospital)

Show all 4

St. Michael's Hospital

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure

Optional rural rotation

Focus areas

Early independence

Research

Required · research project · protected time

Call

In-house call · night float

Highlights

Clinical Investigator Program lets residents earn a Masters or PhD; 25% of current residents pursue graduate degrees.
Dedicated endoscopy rotation starting in PGY1 combining simulation and clinical training.
PGY5 residents run senior clinics and ORs independently with minimal staff intervention.

By year

PGY-3

general surgeryKingston12 blocks
gastroenterologyone block

PGY-4

electivethree or four elective blocks
general surgeryKingstonseven general surgery blocks
trauma rotationSt. Michael’s hospital in Torontoone block

PGY-5

CTU services on general surgery

From the program's rotation list.

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

surgical foundations bootcamp (Transition to Discipline (PGY1, 3 months) · first two weeks)
General Surgery CTU Teams (Transition to Discipline (PGY1, 3 months) · first 3 months)
vascular surgery (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · two blocks)
ICU (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · two blocks)
endoscopy (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · two blocks)
thoracics (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · two blocks)
ER (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · one block)
plastic surgery (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · one block)
anesthesia (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · split bock)
radiology (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · split bock)
General Surgery (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · remaining blocks)
General Surgery (Surgical Foundations (PGY 1 to PGY 2-3, 18-24 months) · two blocks · Oshawa Lakeridge health site)
community surgical experience (PGY 3 or PGY 4 · Napanee)

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)

Not stated on CaRMS page

Mode

Virtual

Format

Traditional (one on one/two on one)
MMI or rotating station

Programs can change interview dates. Confirm on carms.ca.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$73,367 / year
PGY-2	$79,670 / year
PGY-3	$85,564 / year
PGY-4	$92,701 / year
PGY-5	$98,567 / year

One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 nights in 28 in-house

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (Kingston)
Intensive Care Unit at KHSC Kingston General Hospital site (Kingston)
Lakeridge Health (Oshawa General Hospital) (Oshawa · rural or distributed site)
St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto)

Hospital facts

Hospital size and activity: Ontario 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

cynthia.macintosh@kingstonhsc.ca

Cynthia MacIntosh · Postgraduate Program Coordinator

613-549-6666 ext. 6590

Program director

Dr. Peter Szasz
Program Director
Faculty profile of Dr. Peter Szasz(opens in a new tab)
Source: surgery.queensu.ca · checked Oct 2026

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

Kingston, Ontario

About the city

Public statistics for the place named by this program’s location label, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not the program, and are not a ranking. Check each source before you rely on it.

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average: −7.0 °C Kingston, 5.5 km away
July average: 20.8 °C Kingston, 5.5 km away
Snowfall: 158.0 cm a year Centreville, 33.8 km away
Days below −20 °C: 13.2 days a year Centreville, 33.8 km away

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Kingston, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Population: 132,485 people up 7.0% from 2016
Official languages: English only 85.8% · French only 0.2% · English and French 13.4% · neither 0.6% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 13.6% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 2.0% · non-permanent residents: 2.5%
Indigenous identity: 4.2% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 81.5% · public transit 6.2% · walking or cycling 10.0% · other 2.3% Average commute: 17.6 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income: $79,000 before tax $70,500 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural and remote

This describes the place named by the program’s location label. Programs can train in several towns, so it is not every site.

Population centre: Kingston, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 127,943 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.216 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

Housing, cost and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area.

Rental vacancy rate: 2.4% October 2025 survey, Kingston, Ontario (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $54,744 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Ontario, population 100,000 to 499,999, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.
Unemployment rate: 5.6% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Kingston, Ontario (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.7 points. A survey estimate.

Job outlook

Employment and Social Development Canada’s rating for the occupation in the economic region. It is not a count of jobs, and says nothing about CaRMS positions or your match.

Outlook, 2025–2027: Good The employment outlook will be Good for specialists in surgery (NOC 31101) in the Kingston - Pembroke region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in surgery, 2024–2033. Recent conditions, 2021–2023: Strong signs of Shortage.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0130-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS), 2024 to 2033 projections).
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 3-Year Employment Outlooks).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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 residency.fyi 6 Oct 2026.