Edmonton - Anesthesiology
University of AlbertaEdmonton, Alberta
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 111
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 51–2000–50
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%0–25%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 23 Jan 2027
Edmonton, 9 teaching sites · optional rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Longitudinal simulation curriculum spanning all five years, starting with an intensive PGY-1 boot camp.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Referral hub for a catchment from Red Deer to northern Canada.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Research is presented twice at Resident Research Day: first as a poster or proposal, later as an oral presentation.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- The University of Alberta offers a five-year Royal College Anesthesiology residency organized according to Competence by Design.
- Residents rotate through teaching sites in the Edmonton Corridor, including University of Alberta Hospital, Stollery Children’s Hospital and community hospitals.
- Every resident completes a project, and rural rotations are not mandatory, though funded electives are available.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- internal medicine (Foundations of Discipline (PGY-1-2))
- cardiology (Foundations of Discipline (PGY-1-2))
- adult and pediatric emergency medicine (Foundations of Discipline (PGY-1-2))
- general and pediatric surgery (Foundations of Discipline (PGY-1-2))
- OB/GYN (Foundations of Discipline (PGY-1-2))
- otolaryngology (ENT) (Foundations of Discipline (PGY-1-2))
- adult and pediatric anesthesia, including complex pediatric and pediatric cardiac care (Core of Discipline (PGY-3 to early PGY-5))
- obstetric anesthesia, including high-risk obstetrics (Core of Discipline (PGY-3 to early PGY-5))
- cardiac, thoracic, vascular, neuroanesthesia and anesthesia for complex spine surgery (Core of Discipline (PGY-3 to early PGY-5))
- regional anesthesia, acute pain medicine, chronic pain medicine and advanced airway management (Core of Discipline (PGY-3 to early PGY-5))
- anesthesia outside the operating room, ambulatory anesthesia, perioperative consultation and pre-admission assessment (Core of Discipline (PGY-3 to early PGY-5))
- critical care and related disciplines, including adult intensive care, pediatric intensive care, coronary care, respirology, transfusion medicine and point-of-care ultrasound (Core of Discipline (PGY-3 to early PGY-5))
- care of emergency and trauma patients, transplantation, major burns and other high-acuity referral populations (Core of Discipline (PGY-3 to early PGY-5))
Where you train
Edmonton, Alberta: 9 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.
- University of Alberta Hospital
- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute
- Stollery Children’s Hospital
- Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Lois Hole Hospital for Women
- Grey Nuns Community Hospita l
- Misericordia Community Hospital
- Leduc Community Hospital (Leduc)
- Sturgeon Community Hospital
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 7 of 9; no published record for 2.
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
- Epic (Connect Care), fully electronic record since Nov 2024
Hospital size and activity: Alberta doesn't publish this as open data.
About Edmonton
People
1,010,899residents, 2021 Census
Housing
3.8%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−10.3 °CJanuary mean18.1 °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, CMG stream
- Not required · all residents
- Return of service, IMG stream
- Not required · all residents
- IMG requirements, IMG stream
- Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 23 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
The 2 sessions listed for 2027 have passed.
11 Anesthesiology info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $67,440 / year |
| PGY-2 | $74,153 / year |
| PGY-3 | $80,058 / year |
| PGY-4 | $86,281 / year |
| PGY-5 | $92,698 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
- Post-call rule (provincial)
- No new responsibilities after the 24th hour of duty, apart from handover
- Max continuous duty (provincial)
- 24 consecutive hours, plus 2 hours for handover
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks/yr
- Call Stipends
- weekday in-house – $118.02weekend in-house / holiday – $178.72weekday home call – $59.01weekend home call / holiday – $89.35
- CMPA dues paid
- $1,500
- Dental plan
- 75% premium paid
- Educational leave
- 14 days paid leave
- Extended health insurance
- 75% premium paid$1000 per year Flexible Spending Account*
- Life insurance
- 100% towards $150,000 coverage
- Life Support Course Costs (Program Approved
- 100% paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- 100% paid for 75% gross income
- Maternity Leave
- 18 weeks total (17 weeks paid to match 90% of salary when combined with EI)
- Parental Leave
- 2 weeks leave with full pay and benefits;52 weeks (inclusive of Maternity/Paternity/Adoption Leaves) – unpaid leave
- Practice Stipend
- $1,500
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- .95%
- Sick leave
- Up to 3 months or to end contract paid leave, whichever occurs first
- Statutory holidays
- Paid days. Additional days off are given if resident works the day before and part of a named holiday.
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 | 11 | 5 years | 1 date, 23 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 1 | 5 years | 1 date, 23 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 11 | 5 years | 1 date, 17 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 1 | 5 years | Interviews not stated |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Alberta offers a comprehensive 5-year Anesthesiology residency program that provides extensive clinical training across multiple Edmonton hospitals.
- The program focuses on developing high-caliber anesthesiologists through a robust training curriculum that emphasizes clinical expertise, research opportunities, and a commitment to lifelong learning.
- Research
- Residents are required to make two scholarly presentations at Annual Research Day, with strong faculty research interests in cardiovascular physiology, pharmacology, pain management, and medical education.
- Training setting
- Urban medical training environment in Edmonton, Alberta, spanning multiple tertiary care teaching hospitals with a combined surgical volume of over 50,000 procedures annually.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education with a focus on progressive independence, deliberate practice, and developing residents into complete specialist anesthesiologists with a passion for lifelong learning.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CV review
- Electives completed
- Reference letters
- Personal letter
- Interview performance
- Academic performance
- Leadership skills
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Graham Steel
Dr. Elliot PittmanAssociate Program Director
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Anesthesiology elsewhere
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