Peel & Surrounding Communities - Anesthesiology

Toronto Metropolitan UniversityPeel & Surrounding Communities, Ontario

Approx. quota: CMG stream3 positions+2 from 1 in the 2026 match
IMG stream1 position
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 51–200
Offered interviews: 51–75%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

IMG stream · open to international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

IMG requirement: Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program details under How they choose

Interviews

2 dates, 31 Jan – 1 Feb 2027virtual

Peel & Surrounding Communities, 5 teaching sites · 4 rural weeks

A car is recommended

Program website CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

LEARN Time: protected non-clinical time for leadership, education, advocacy and research for residents meeting standards.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Academic day uses a flipped classroom format with no didactic lectures.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

TMU's anesthesiology residency is a 5-year program with training sites spread across Peel and the surrounding region, including William Osler Health System and Trillium Health Partners.
The sample schedule includes a 4-week rural anesthesia block and a point-of-care ultrasound block.
The academic day uses a flipped classroom with no didactic sessions, and residents who meet standards can use protected LEARN Time.

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

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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Our clinical training sites are geographically distributed across the region, and travel to various locations is an expectation of the residency program

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting: Urban community
Rural / remote
Rural exposure: Required rural rotation (4 weeks)
Focus areas: Underserved urban
Research: Offered · research project
Getting around: A car is recommended

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

General Anesthesia (Transition to Discipline · 3 Blocks (12 weeks))
Emergency (Adult) (Foundations of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
General Surgery (Foundations of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (Foundations of Discipline · 2 Blocks (8 weeks))
Internal Medicine (Foundations of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Obstetrics and Gynecology (Foundations of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Obstetrical Anesthesia (Foundations of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Pediatric Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU) (Foundations of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Anesthesia (General, Obstetric, Pediatric Anesthesia) (Foundations of Discipline · 11 Blocks (44 weeks))
Rural Anesthesia (Foundations of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Regional Anesthesia (Foundations of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Junior Pediatric Anesthesia (Foundations of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Anesthesia (Core of Discipline · 9 Blocks (36 weeks))
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)/Anesthesia Pain Service (APS) (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Obstetrical Anesthesia (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Pediatric Anesthesia (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 week))
Elective (Core of Discipline · 5 Blocks (20 weeks))
ICU (Core of Discipline · 2 Blocks (8 weeks))
Cardiac Anesthesia including time in Echocardiography (Echo)/Transesophageal Echocardiography lab (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Thoracic Anesthesia (Core of Discipline · 2 Blocks (4 weeks))
Neurosurgical Anesthesia (Core of Discipline · 2 Block (8 weeks))
Vascular Anesthesia (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Pediatric Anesthesia (Core of Discipline · 2 Blocks (8 weeks))
Point-of-Care Ultrasound / Echo / Anesthesia (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Non Operating (sedations, scopes, endoscopy) (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Chronic Pain (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Respirology (Bronchoscopy) (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Cardiology / Coronary Care Unit (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Hematology, Nephrology, Palliative Care (Select one) (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Regional Anesthesia (Core of Discipline · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Elective (Transition to Practice · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Anesthesia: High Risk OB (Transition to Practice · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Anesthesia: High Risk Peds (Transition to Practice · 1 Block (4 weeks))
Anesthesia (Transition to Practice · 3 Blocks (12 weeks))

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

Where you train

Peel & Surrounding Communities, Ontario: 5 teaching sites; 4 rural weeks. A car is recommended.

William Osler Health System
Trillium Health Partners
Headwaters Health Care Centre
Halton Healthcare
Peel Region

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 2 of 5, MEDITECH 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.

William Osler Health System

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

Trillium Health Partners

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

Headwaters Health Care Centre

Clinical record: MEDITECH Expanse (CARE4 shared record), system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

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Halton Healthcare

Clinical record: MEDITECH Expanse, fully electronic record since Nov 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.

This location covers more than one place, so its figures are on each place’s own page.

Sites as the program’s CaRMS page lists them.

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: Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program

Application file components as each stream’s CaRMS page describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): 31 Jan 2027; 1 Feb 2027
Format: Virtual
MMI or rotating station

Info sessions

The 1 session listed for 2027 has passed.

11 Anesthesiology info sessions at other programs All info sessions

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 20 Oct 2026; a row tagged CANPREPP is on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026), alone or as well. Dates and times are as the program wrote them. Programs add and change 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.

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	3	5 years	2 dates, 31 Jan – 1 Feb 2027Virtual	Positions 1 → 3 from the 2026 match
IMG stream	1	5 years	2 dates, 31 Jan – 1 Feb 2027Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	1	5 years	1 date, 18 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

The Toronto Metropolitan University Anesthesiology Residency Program is a comprehensive 5-year program designed to equip residents with the essential knowledge and skills to become exceptional anesthesiologists.
The program focuses on providing immersive training across diverse clinical settings, emphasizing patient-centered care, cultural competency, and comprehensive medical education.

Research: Opportunities to participate in ongoing research projects, access to faculty advisors, funding resources, and encouragement to present research findings at conferences and in peer-reviewed journals.
Training setting: A distributed training model across multiple urban and community hospital sites in Peel and surrounding communities, including William Osler Health System, Trillium Health Partners, and other regional healthcare centers.
Teaching approach: Competency-based medical education with a focus on progressive independence, interdisciplinary learning, and holistic patient care across the CanMEDS roles.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Medical Student Performance Record
Reference letters
Personal letter
Regional Connection Attestation
Interview performance
CaRMS Self-Identification Questionnaire

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 director: Dr. Nirupan Vipulananthan
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Program Administrator
Write to the officepgme.anes@torontomu.ca

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

Program websiteWebsite CANPREPPCANPREPP TMU School of Medicine Website VIDEO [1.5 min]: TMU SoM Creating Healthy Change for Communities Across Canada This program on CaRMS

Anesthesiology elsewhere

Nearest to Peel & Surrounding Communities

Toronto - AnesthesiologyUniversity of Toronto
Toronto · 22 km
19 positions · CMG, IMG
Hamilton - AnesthesiologyMcMaster University
Hamilton · 41 km
10 positions · CMG, IMG
London - AnesthesiologyWestern University
London · 146 km
9 positions · CMG, IMG

In these collections:

Programs with a required rural rotation

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 9 Sep 2026 · The IMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 9 Sep 2026 · 2027 match · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program IDs 35719 (CMG stream), 36132 (IMG stream) · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

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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