Thunder Bay - Pediatrics
NOSM UniversityThunder Bay, Ontario
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 1
- Length
- 4
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 51–75%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Interviews
3 dates, 25–27 Jan 2027
1 date, 25 Jan 2027
Thunder Bay, 8 teaching sites · required rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Most training happens at northern Ontario community sites with general consultant pediatricians, far from tertiary subspecialty support.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Required social pediatrics rotation in Sioux Lookout and a mandatory advocacy project.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Travel and housing are supported for core rotations away from the home base.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This four-year pediatrics residency trains residents at northern Ontario sites with general pediatric consultants, plus subspecialty and acute care rotations at CHEO in Ottawa.
- Northern sites are Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay and Sudbury, and a Sioux Lookout rotation is part of the core program.
- Residents must complete a scholarly project and an advocacy project, and must provide their own vehicles.
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
- Regional community
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Northern
- Early independence
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Getting around
- A car is required
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
By year
- PGY-1
- Northern Consulting Pediatrics plus one opposite site7 Blocks
- Elective1 Block
- Subspecialty (1)
- Pediatrics Wards JR
- Perinates
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine JR
- Pediatric General Surgery
- PGY-2
- Northern Consulting Pediatrics & Social Pediatrics (Sioux Lookout)6 Blocks
- Elective1 Block
- Subspecialty (3)
- PICU
- Perinates
- Surgical Subspecialty Outpatient/Research & Night Float
- PGY-3
- Northern Consulting Pediatrics, Child Maltreatment plus one opposite site7 Blocks
- Elective1 Block
- Subspecialty
- PICU
- NICU
- Pediatrics Wards SR
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine SR
- Research & Night Float
- PGY-4
- Northern Consulting Pediatrics6 Blocks
- Elective4 Blocks
- Subspecialty
- Night Float SR
- PICU
- NICU
- PGY-1
- Northern Consulting Pediatrics plus one opposite site7 Blocks
- Elective1 Block
- Subspecialty (1)
- Pediatrics Wards JR
- Perinates
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine JR
- Pediatric General Surgery
- PGY-2
- Elective1 Block
- Northern Consulting Pediatrics
- Social Pediatrics
- Subspecialty (3)
- PICU
- Perinates
- Surgical Subspecialty Outpatient/Research
- Night Float
- PGY-3
- Elective1 Block
- Northern Consulting Pediatrics
- Child Maltreatment
- Subspecialty
- PICU
- NICU
- Pediatrics Wards SR
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine SR
- Research
- Night Float
- PGY-4
- Northern Consulting Pediatrics6 Blocks
- Elective4 Blocks
- Subspecialty
- Night Float SR
- PICU
- NICU
Where you train
Thunder Bay, Ontario: 8 teaching sites; required rural rotation. A car is required.
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC)
- Health Sciences North (HSN) (Sudbury · rural or distributed site)
- North Bay Regional Health Centre (North Bay · rural or distributed site)
- One Kids Place (North Bay · rural or distributed site)
- Sault Area Hospital (Sault Ste. Marie · rural or distributed site)
- Group Health Centre (Sault Ste. Marie · rural or distributed site)
- Sioux Lookout (Sioux Lookout · rural or distributed site)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) (Ottawa)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 1 of 8, MEDITECH at 5; no published record for 2.
Moving to a new system: Health Sciences North (HSN); Sioux Lookout.
Hospital facts
What official sources say for hospitals named above, each with its source and the date we read it. 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
- MEDITECH Expanse (ONE HIS), fully electronic record since Oct 2019
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC)
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Health Sciences North (HSN)
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse (ONE HIS), moving to a new system
Sioux Lookout
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse, moving to a new system
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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
- Clinical record
- Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
ONE HITS runs MEDITECH Expanse for northeastern Ontario hospitals in two waves: the three founding hospitals went live in October 2019; the 20 hospitals of Wave 2 (including Health Sciences North) are moving over, with no date on the page.
Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.
About Thunder Bay
People
108,843residents, 2021 Census
Housing
3.9%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−13.4 °CJanuary mean18.0 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
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
- Other file component(s)
- Return of service, CMG stream
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
- Return of service, IMG stream
- Required
- IMG requirements, IMG stream
- Not stated on CaRMS page
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match), CMG stream
- 25, 26 and 27 Jan 2027
- Interview dates (2027 match), IMG stream
- 25 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- MMI or rotating station
Info sessions
The 1 session listed for 2027 has passed.
8 Pediatrics info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $73,367 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,670 / year |
| PGY-3 | $85,564 / year |
| PGY-4 | $92,701 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- In-house call · night float
- Call (provincial max)
- 7 nights in 28 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No new patient responsibilities after 24 hours in-hospital, except what clinical handover needs
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 24 hours in-hospital, then relieved after handover (up to 2 hours)
Past matches
No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.
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 | 1 | 4 years | 3 dates, 25–27 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 1 | 4 years | 1 date, 25 Jan 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 1 | 5 years | 3 dates, 19–21 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 1 | 5 years | 1 date, 19 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- This four-year pediatric residency program offers a unique training experience across northern Ontario and Ottawa, providing residents with extensive opportunities to develop comprehensive clinical skills.
- Residents will train in both community and tertiary care settings, gaining hands-on experience in diverse clinical environments with a focus on generalist pediatric practice.
- Research
- All residents are expected to complete a scholarly project with support from NOSM University and Ottawa resources.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across multiple northern Ontario sites (Thunder Bay, Sudbury, North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie) and at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa, providing a diverse and comprehensive clinical learning environment.
- Teaching approach
- Learner-centered, self-directed training with a focus on progressive independence, hands-on clinical experience, and developing skills to practice in diverse healthcare settings.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CV/Resume
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Personal letter
- Reference documents
- Elective experiences
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Gautam Kumar
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Postgraduate Coordinator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Pediatrics elsewhere
Nearest to Thunder Bay
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