Kingston - Emergency Medicine

Queen’s UniversityKingston, OntarioCMG stream

Approx. quota: 4 positionschanged: see what changed on the CaRMS page
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 51–200
Offered interviews: 0–25%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Interviews

1 date, 3 Feb 2027virtual

Kingston, 5 teaching sites

Program website Instagram X CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Weekly simulation training in a dedicated simulation facility starting from week 1 of residency.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Required one-block Advanced Ultrasound rotation in PGY3 within a dedicated POCUS curriculum.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
PGY1 longitudinal health advocacy curriculum pairing residents with community organizations serving equity-deserving groups.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

Queen's Emergency Medicine is a five-year Royal College program in Kingston, Ontario, based mainly at Kingston General Hospital and Hotel Dieu Hospital.
Pediatric emergency blocks are done at CHEO, toxicology at the Ontario Poison Control Center in Toronto, and obstetrics in Oshawa.
Residents complete a Best Bets project in a PGY1 research block, and interviews are virtual.

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

What training looks like

Setting: Academic / tertiary hospital
Urban community
Rural exposure: Not stated on CaRMS page
Focus areas: POCUS curriculum
Research: Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
Enhanced skills: Emergency Medicine

By year

PGY-2: Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH6 blocks
Critical Care MedicineKGH2 blocks
Orthopedics/MSKvarious Kingston training sites1 block
Obstetrics & GynecologyLakeridge Health - Oshawa1 block
General SurgeryKGH1 block
Plastic SurgeryKGH/HDH1 block
Internal MedicineKGH1 block
Optional Geriatric, Palliative Care or START Program
PGY-3: Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH6-7 blocks
EM/Stroke CallKGH1 block
community Emergency Medicine1 block
CardiologyKGH1 blocks
Advanced UltrasoundKGH1 block
Thoracics1 block
Pediatric Emergency MedicineChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)1 block
Optional trauma elective
PGY-4: Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH9-11 blocks
electives2 blocks
CHEOCHEO1 block
ToxicologyOntario Poison Control Center at the Hospital for Sick Children1 block
PGY-5: Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH7 blocks
dedicated training in an area of advanced learning6 blocks

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

Emergency Medicine (Transition to Discipline · 3 blocks · KGH/HDH)
Emergency Medicine (Foundations of Discipline · 4 blocks · KGH/HDH)
EM/research (Foundations of Discipline · 1 block)
Psychiatry (Foundations of Discipline · 1 block)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Foundations of Discipline · 1 block · Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO))
Pediatrics (Foundations of Discipline · 1 block · KGH/HDH)
Emergency Medical Services (Foundations of Discipline · 1 block)
Anaesthesia (Foundations of Discipline · 1 block · KGH)

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

Where you train

Kingston, Ontario: 5 teaching sites.

Kingston General Hospital (KGH)
Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH)
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
Ontario Poison Control Center located at the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)
Lakeridge Health - Oshawa (Oshawa)

Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 2 of 5, Lumeo at 2; no published record for 1.

Hospital facts

4 sites · clinical record systems where an official source states them

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 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Kingston General Hospital (KGH), Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH).

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)

Clinical record: Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Lakeridge Health - Oshawa

Clinical record: Epic, fully electronic record since Dec 2021 As of 31 Oct 2026

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

Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.

About Kingston

People
132,485residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Kingston
Housing
2.4%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Kingston, Ontario (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
−7.0 °CJanuary mean20.8 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Kingston, 5.5 km away
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Kingston (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): 3 Feb 2027
Format: Virtual
Panel

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.

14 Emergency Medicine info sessions at other programs All info sessions

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). Contract expired, may change. One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
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

How provincial pay and rent compare

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)

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Past matches

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

Positions at this site, all streams.

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
CMG stream	4	5 years	1 date, 3 Feb 2027Virtual	CaRMS page changed during the match: positions (noticed 13 Oct)

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	4	5 years	2 dates, 24 Dec 2025 – 4 Feb 2026

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

Queen's University offers a nationally recognized, five-year Emergency Medicine training program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
The program provides exceptional clinical exposure, innovative teaching, and a supportive learning environment in Kingston, Ontario, with a focus on developing outstanding emergency physicians.

Research: Dedicated research curriculum, funding for conference presentations, annual research day, and support for scholarly projects
Training setting: Training occurs in urban academic medical centers in Kingston, Ontario, including Kingston General Hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital, and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, serving a population of approximately 500,000.
Teaching approach: Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) framework with a learner-centered approach, emphasizing progressive independence, reflective practice, and holistic physician development.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Medical Student Performance Record
Reference letters
Personal letter
CV/Resume
Interview performance
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 directors: Dr. Erin Brennan
Erin.Brennan@kingstonhsc.ca
Faculty profile of Dr. Erin Brennan(opens in a new tab)
Source: emergencymed.queensu.ca · checked Oct 2026
Dr. Chris EvansAssistant Program Director
Christopher.Evans@kingstonhsc.ca
Program office: Program Assistant
Write to the officeEmergencyMedicineProgram@kingstonhsc.ca

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

Program websiteWebsite CANPREPPCANPREPP Video on YouTube This program on CaRMS

Emergency Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Kingston

Ottawa - Emergency MedicineUniversity of Ottawa
Ottawa · 146 km
11 positions · CMG, IMG
Toronto - Emergency MedicineUniversity of Toronto
Toronto · 241 km
11 positions · CMG, IMG
Peel & Surrounding Communities - Emergency MedicineToronto Metropolitan University
Peel & Surrounding Communities · 263 km
6 positions · CMG, IMG

In these collections:

Programs with a point-of-care ultrasound curriculum

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 20 Aug 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35637 · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

What changed, noticed 13 Oct: Quota published: 4. See what changed

We read each program’s CaRMS page about every two weeks and note what differs. The date is when we noticed it; the change was made in the window shown. Reformatting is not listed, and a contacts change is listed without names.

Noticed 13 Octchanged between 5 and 13 Oct
- Quota published: 4
  Approximate Quota: 4
  From the CaRMS page, read 13 Oct

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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