Montreal - Ophthalmology

McGill UniversityMontreal, QuebecRegular stream

Approx. quota: 5 positions+2 from 3 in the 2026 match
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 51–200
Offered interviews: 26–50%

Regular stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Interviews

1 date, 27 Jan 2027virtual

Montreal, 5 teaching sites

Program website Department Instagram CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Surgical simulation program launched September 2024, with a simulation curriculum spanning all five years.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Monthly visiting professors program bringing outside lecturers to McGill.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

McGill Ophthalmology is a five-year program with a first year of general medical and surgical disciplines followed by four years of core ophthalmology.
Training takes place at five McGill teaching sites in Montreal, including the Jewish General Hospital and Montreal Children's Hospital.
PGY-4 is mainly a surgical year, and research rotations are offered in PGY1 and PGY3.

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

What training looks like

Setting: Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural exposure: Not stated on CaRMS page
Research: Required · research project · protected time
Training language: English and French

By year

PGY-1: research rotation1 month
ophthalmology rotationsThree and a half
internal medicine
neurology
emergency medicine
neuroradiology
plastic surgery
dermatology
endocrinology
ENT
Toronto Ophthalmology Resident Introductory Course
PGY-2: comprehensive adult ophthalmologymost of the year
pediatric ophthalmologytwo to three periods
PGY-3: pediatrics
oculoplastics
cornea
glaucoma
neuro-ophthalmology & adult strabismus
retina
research rotation
PGY-4: surgical ophthalmology

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

Where you train

Montreal, Quebec: 5 teaching sites.

Jewish General Hospital
Montreal Children's Hospital
Montreal General Hospital
McGill Academic Eye Center
Saint Mary's Hospital

Record systems at the listed sites: TELUS at 2 of 5; no published record for 3.

Hospital facts

4 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: TELUS (Oacis), since 2006, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026. At Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal General Hospital.

How to read the figures

Emergency visits. Cumulative from 1 April to the end of period 5 of 13 (about 20 weeks) of each fiscal year. Not a yearly total: compare only the same period.
Licensed beds. Capacity on the facility’s permit (au permis), by bed type, as of the 1 Oct 2026 extraction. Not staffed or open beds, and not added up across bed types.

Jewish General Hospital

Matched to Hôpital Général Juif (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 37,934 · 2026–2027: 39,472
Licensed beds: physical health 516 · psychiatry 52 · geriatrics 28 · neonatology 34

Montreal Children's Hospital

Matched to L'Hôpital de Montréal pour Enfants (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 25,738 · 2026–2027: 26,552

Montreal General Hospital

Matched to Hôpital Général de Montréal (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 14,039 · 2026–2027: 14,682
Licensed beds: physical health 236 · psychiatry 46

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Saint Mary's Hospital

Matched to Centre Hospitalier de St. Mary (Montréal) in the province’s hospital list.

Emergency visits: 2025–2026: 13,990 · 2026–2027: 14,053
Licensed beds: physical health 224 · psychiatry 29 · geriatrics 24

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

Sources and licences

Contient de l'information fournie par le ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec et visée par CC BY 4.0. Données modifiées. (Contains information provided by the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec under CC BY 4.0. Data modified.)

About Montréal

People
1,762,949residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Montréal
Housing
2.9%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Montréal, Quebec (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
−9.2 °CJanuary mean21.7 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 11.2 km away
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Montréal (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): 27 Jan 2027
Format: Virtual
Panel
MMI or rotating station

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.

10 Ophthalmology info sessions at other programs All info sessions

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). One provincial scale for Quebec, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Quebec
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$58,728 / year
PGY-2	$64,809 / year
PGY-3	$70,890 / year
PGY-4	$76,969 / year
PGY-5	$83,050 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (provincial max): 6 calls in an establishment per 28 days
Post-call rule (provincial): 8 hours of mandatory rest after a work period
Max continuous duty (provincial): 16 hours in an establishment in any 24-hour period

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. FMRQ agreement, 1 Apr 2021 to 31 Mar 2028. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Benefits

28 lines as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024: Adoption leave, Annual vacation, Assistant Resident Coordinator, and more

Adoption leave: 29 to 38 weeks55 to 75 % of salary
Annual vacation: 20 days/year
Assistant Resident Coordinator: $425/month
Call Premium: $607/28 days
Conference leave: 7 days pd/year
Dental Plan: Yes, available for a fee
Exam leave: Day (s) of the exam
Extended Health Insurance: Yes
Leave for death in family: From 1 to 5 days depending on the family member
Leave of absence without pay (exceptional measure): 12 months maximum
Life insurance: Yes
Long-Term disability insurance: Yes
Maternity leaveProvincial Program (RQAP*) and FMRQ **: 21 weeks95 % of salary
Meals: Reduced feeFree during on-call duty
Pager: Provided by the establishment
Parental leave (time sharing between parents): 19 to 29 weeks55 to 75 % of salary
Parking: ½ of doctors’ feeFree during on-call duty
Paternity leaveProvincial Program (RQAP) and FMRQ: 1 week, 100% of salary3 to 5 weeks, 100% of salary(two options)
Professional Liability Insurance****(CPMA not applicable): Yes (free)
Quebec Health Insurance Program / RAMQ***: Yes
Resident Coordinator: $583/month
Resuscitation courses and examination leave: Day of the course and of the exam, course paid
Sick leave: 9.6 days pd / yearAnd reimbursement of days not taken
Statutory and floating holidays: 13/year
Study leave: 10 days pd/year
Superior Financial Programs: Yes
Teaching Premium: $240/28 days
Wedding leave: 7 days paid + 7 days without pay

Past matches

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

Positions at this site, all streams.

Quebec: different match process, not directly comparable.

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
Regular stream	5	5 years	1 date, 27 Jan 2027Virtual	Positions 3 → 5 from the 2026 match

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
Regular stream	3	5 years	1 date, 23 Jan 2026

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

McGill University offers a comprehensive 5-year Ophthalmology residency program that provides extensive clinical and surgical training across multiple subspecialties.
The program emphasizes academic excellence, research opportunities, and multilingual patient care in a diverse, multicultural environment.

Research: Research opportunities available throughout residency, including formal research rotations in PGY-1 and PGY-3, with opportunities to present research at annual McGill Day conference.
Training setting: Training occurs across five McGill University teaching sites in Montreal, including urban academic medical centers and hospitals serving a diverse, multicultural population.
Teaching approach: Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing graduated responsibility for patient care and surgical skills throughout the residency.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
Reference letters
Personal letter
Elective evaluations
Interview performance
Research/scholarly activities

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. Daniel Peretz
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Residency Program Coordinator
Write to the officeophrpc.med@mcgill.ca

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

Program websiteWebsite Department InstagramDepartment Instagram McGill Post Graduate Medical Education This program on CaRMS

Ophthalmology elsewhere

Nearest to Montreal

Montreal - Ophthalmology, MontréalUniversité de Montréal
Montreal · 0 km
5 positions · Regular
French
Sherbrooke - OphthalmologyUniversité de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke · 131 km
2 positions · Regular
French
Ottawa - OphthalmologyUniversity of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON · 166 km
3 positions · CMG, IMG

In these collections:

Programs taught in French or bilingually

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 9 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36078 · 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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