Kingston - Anesthesiology
Queen’s UniversityKingston, OntarioCMG stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 5
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 201–400
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Interviews
4 dates, 2–5 Feb 2027
Kingston, 8 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Global health electives for senior residents through established partnerships in Ethiopia and Rwanda.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
All residents get formal instruction and hands-on training in focused transthoracic echocardiography.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- Queen's University offers a five-year Anesthesiology residency based mainly at Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston.
- Residents complete three months of pediatric anesthesia at CHEO and one month at a community site in Peterborough, Humber River or Oshawa.
- A scholarly project is expected during the Core years, and up to 6 blocks of elective time are available.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Focus areas
- Small program
- Early independence
- POCUS curriculum
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Anesthesia (Transition to Discipline · 2 blocks/8 weeks · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Anesthesia (Foundations · 9 blocks · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Pediatric Anesthesia (Foundations · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Obstetrics/Obstetric Anesthesia (Foundations · 2 blocks · Kingston General Hospital)
- Acute Pain/ Regional Anesthesia (Foundations · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- General Surgery (Foundations · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Resuscitation/PocUS/Emergency Medicine (Foundations · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital)
- Internal Medicine (Foundations · 2 blocks · Kingston General Hospital)
- Pediatrics (Ward/COPC) (Foundations · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Anesthesia (Core · 11 blocks · Kingston General Hospital / Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Adult Intensive Care Unit (Core · 4 blocks · Kingston General Hospital)
- Perioperative Medicine/Satellite Anesthesia (Core · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital)
- Neuroanesthesia (Core · 2 blocks · Kingston General Hospital)
- Pediatric Anesthesia (Core · 3 blocks · CHEO)
- Respirology/Thoracic Anesthesia (Core · 3 blocks · Kingston General Hospital)
- Acute Pain Chronic Pain Regional Anesthesia (Core · 3 blocks · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital/KOPI)
- Obstetrical Anesthesia (Core · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital)
- Cardiac Anesthesia/Echo/TEE (Core · 2 blocks · Kingston General Hospital)
- Airway/ENT (Core · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Vascular/Transplant/Thoracic (Core · 2 blocks · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Perioperative Medicine/Satellite/Pre-Anesthesia Clinics (Transition to Practice · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Obstetrical Anesthesia (Transition to Practice · 1 block · Kingston General Hospital)
- Anesthesia (Transition to Practice · 7 blocks · Kingston General Hopsital/Hotel Dieu Hospital)
- Anesthesia (Electives during Foundations, Core and Transition to Pratice Rotations · 6 months · TBA)
Where you train
Kingston, Ontario: 8 teaching sites.
- Kingston General Hospital
- Hotel Dieu Hospital
- Providence Care Hospital
- KOPI
- Humber River Hospital (rural or distributed site)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Lakeridge Health Centre (Oshawa) (Oshawa · rural or distributed site)
- Peterborough Regional Health Centre (Peterborough · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 3 of 8, Lumeo at 3, MEDITECH at 1; no published record for 1.
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
- Lumeo regional health information system, fully electronic record since Dec 2024
Humber River Hospital
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Clinical record
- Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Lakeridge Health Centre (Oshawa)
- Clinical record
- Epic, fully electronic record since Dec 2021
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Peterborough Regional Health Centre
- Clinical record
- Epic, fully electronic record since Dec 2021
Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.
About Kingston
People
132,485residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.4%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−7.0 °CJanuary mean20.8 °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
- Return of service
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 2, 3, 4 and 5 Feb 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
Info sessions planned, dates not published yet.
11 Anesthesiology 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 |
| PGY-5 | $98,567 / year |
Call
- 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 | 5 | 5 years | 4 dates, 2–5 Feb 2027 |
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2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 5 | 5 years | 4 dates, 27–30 Jan 2025 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- Queen's University offers a fully accredited five-year Anesthesiology residency program known for producing exceptional clinicians, researchers, and educators.
- With over 40 dedicated attending anesthesiologists and a Competence by Design curriculum, residents gain comprehensive training across multiple subspecialties.
- The program provides extensive clinical experience, global health opportunities, and a supportive learning environment in the scenic city of Kingston.
- Research
- Residents are expected to complete a scholarly project during Core years, with support for conference presentations and research development.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across multiple sites in Kingston, Ontario, including Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Providence Care Hospital, and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, providing diverse clinical experiences in urban and community settings.
- Teaching approach
- Learner-driven progress using Competence by Design, emphasizing hands-on skill development, progressive independence, and comprehensive training across multiple subspecialties with close faculty mentorship.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- MSPR performance
- Reference letters
- Personal letter
- CV
- Elective experiences
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Jordan Leitch
Faculty profile of Dr. Jordan Leitch(opens in a new tab)
Perioperative Medicine (improving care and outcomes after non-cardiac surgery); Team Morale in Critical Situations in the ICU (communication and leadership styles); Chronic Myofascial Pelvic Pain; Heart Rate Variability after Non-Cardiac Surgery as a Predictor of Outcomes
- Program office
Postgraduate Program Assistant
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Discussed on Reddit
Public Reddit posts and comments where someone describes this program. Each one links to Reddit.
- anesthesia (opens Reddit in a new tab)
Elective student describes anesthesia staff teaching, hands-on OR tasks, resident cohesionTopics: teaching
Videos and podcasts
From the program
Public podcast episodes and videos where the program presents itself. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.
Anesthesiology elsewhere
Nearest to Kingston
- Bilingual
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