Provincial - Neurology

University of British ColumbiaProvincial, British ColumbiaCompetitive RoS streamNew for 2027

CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 8 Sep 2026

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): 1 position
Length: 5 years
Stream: Competitive RoS
Discipline: Neurology
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 76–100%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 37068

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

Summary

This is a 5-year UBC adult neurology residency in which residents are based in Vancouver for PGY-1 to PGY-4.
Residents spend about three months per year in Kelowna during PGY-1 to PGY-4, and PGY-5 is based in Kelowna.
The stream carries a B.C. return-of-service obligation to be served outside the City of Vancouver.

Training

Setting

Academic / tertiary hospital
Regional community

Sites

6 teaching sites

Vancouver General Hospital
St. Paul’s Hospital
Kelowna General Hospital

Show all 6

UBC Hospital
BC Children's Hospital
BC Cancer Agency

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure

Not stated on CaRMS page

Research

Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project

Getting around

Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
Travel is reimbursed

Highlights

Approximately three months per year in Kelowna for PGY-1 to PGY-4, with PGY-5 based in Kelowna.
Accommodation and travel are covered for required rotations away from the resident's base.

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

inpatient neurology (Transition to Discipline · one block)
CTU (Transition to Discipline · one block)
CTU (Foundations)
internal medicine subspecialties (Foundations)
emergency medicine (Foundations)
psychiatry (Foundations)
ICU (Foundations)
neurosurgery (Foundations)
inpatient neurology (Core)
ambulatory clinics (Core)
neuromuscular/EMG (Core)
epilepsy/EEG (Core)
pediatric neurology (Core)
Transition to Practice (Transition to Practice · Kelowna)
inpatient neurology CTU (Junior resident · six blocks)
inpatient consultation (Junior resident · two blocks)
community neurology (Junior resident · a block)
ambulatory rotation (3-month · UBC Point Grey campus)

Selection

Application file components

CV
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular
Leadership skills
MSPRs
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Transcripts

Return of service

Required · this stream

IMG requirements

Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)

3 Feb 2027

Format

Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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

Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
St. Paul’s Hospital (Vancouver)
Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna · rural or distributed site)
UBC Hospital (Vancouver)
BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver)
BC Cancer Agency

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.

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.

Kelowna General Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 15,707 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: 4,090 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Show facts for 2 more sites

UBC Hospital

Matched to UBC Health Sciences Centre Hospital in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 7,983 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: 2,043 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

BC 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.

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

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

neuro.residency@ubc.ca

UBC Neurology Residency Program · Program Administration

Program director

Dr. Samuel Yip

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

Provincial, British Columbia

Also trains in: Kelowna General Hospital

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 6 Oct 2026.