Pediatric - Neurology

University of British ColumbiaUnknown, British ColumbiaCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 24 Sep 2025

From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version

Positions (approx. quota): 1 position
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Neurology
Applications per year: 0–50
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 30165

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

Summary

The UBC Pediatric Neurology Residency Program offers a comprehensive 5-year training experience focused on developing exceptional pediatric neurologists. The program provides a well-balanced curriculum utilizing both inpatient and ambulatory resources, with strong emphasis on clinical excellence, research opportunities, and serving the population of British Columbia.

Training

Research

Residents are expected to engage in scholarly projects, with protected research time, annual presentations, and opportunities for clinical research across subspecialty areas.

Training setting

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, training primarily occurs at British Columbia Children's Hospital, a tertiary care pediatric hospital serving over 4 million people. The program includes training at multiple affiliated institutions including Sunny Hill Health Centre and adult teaching hospitals.

Teaching approach

Follows a Competency By Design approach with progressive stages of training: Transition to Residency, Foundations, Core of Discipline, and Transition to Practice. Emphasizes competency development, research involvement, and autonomous practice preparation.

Setting types

Tertiary care pediatric hospital
Academic medical center
Rehabilitation center

Focus areas

Pediatric Neurology
Epilepsy
Neuromuscular Diseases
Neuro-oncology
Neurogenetics
Neonatal Neurology
Stroke
Neurophysiology
Sleep Medicine
Functional Neuroimaging

Patient populations

Pediatric neurology patients
Epilepsy patients
Neuromuscular disease patients
Neonatal neurology patients
Stroke patients
Developmental disability patients

Highlights

Competency By Design curriculum
Annual Resident Activity Fund
Protected research time
Clinical research methods curriculum
Telehealth and Virtual Health program
Interprovincial and international elective opportunities
15 hours of formal teaching sessions per week

Strengths

State-of-the-art training facilities
Comprehensive neurological resources
Strong research infrastructure
Diverse clinical exposure
Supportive 1:2 resident to faculty ratio

Enhanced skills

Epilepsy monitoring
Neurophysiology
Neuroradiology
Neuropathology

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Selection

What the program looks at

Academic record
Clinical skills
Research portfolio
Elective evaluations
Reference letters
Interview performance

Applications per year

0–50

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 28 Jan 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 2 Sep 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Salaries from April 2027.

Annual salary by PGY level, British Columbia
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$71,390 / year
PGY-2	$79,571 / year
PGY-3	$86,655 / year
PGY-4	$93,230 / year
PGY-5	$100,215 / year

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

Benefits

Benefits as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024; check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Annual vacation: 4 weeks
CMPA dues paid: Yes. Mandatory
Dental plan: 100% Premiums Paid
Educational leave: Yes
Extended health insurance: 100% Premiums Paid
Frequency of calls: 1 in 4 onsite/1 in 3 offsite
Life insurance: 100% Premium Paid
Long-term disability insurance: Yes 100% Premiums Paid
Maternity leave: 17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
Meal allowance: No
Provincial dues (% of salary): 1.5%
Provincial health insurance: 100% Premiums Paid
Sick leave: Yes
Statutory holidays: 2 x pay plus extra day with pay

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 in 4 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.

RDBC agreement, 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2029.

Teaching sites

British Columbia Children's Hospital
Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
Vancouver General Hospital
St. Paul's Hospital

Hospital facts

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

British Columbia Children's Hospital

Matched to BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 7,396 All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,910 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Vancouver General Hospital

Matched to Vancouver General Hospital in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 13,790 All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 3,855 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

St. Paul's Hospital

Matched to St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 8,691 All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,240 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Unfilled positions in past years

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

Positions at this site, all streams.

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. Verify with the CaRMS lists. 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)). 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.

Contacts

Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.

The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).

Location

Unknown, British Columbia

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 5 Oct 2026.