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Fraser - Anesthesiology

University of British ColumbiaFraser, British ColumbiaCMG streamNew for 2027

At a glance

Approx. quota
4 positions
Length
5 years
Applications per year
51–200
Offered interviews
26–50%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Info session

details info sessions of this program

Mon 2 Nov 2026,5:30–6:30 pm PSTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

3 dates, 2–4 Feb 2027virtual

Fraser, 16 teaching sites

Program website(opens in a new tab)CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Required rotations away from the home region are university-supported, including travel and accommodation.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Applicants to both Fraser and Vancouver tracks complete one combined interview used for both rank lists.

    From “FAQ” on the CaRMS page

  • The Fraser track is a five-year UBC Anesthesiology residency entry track with a Fraser Health clinical home, sharing the curriculum of the Vancouver track.
  • PGY-1 is completed at Royal Columbian Hospital, with most anesthesia rotations at Fraser Health sites including Surrey Memorial Hospital.
  • Residents must complete a 4-week block in Victoria and another outside the Lower Mainland, and all complete scholarly work.

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

What training looks like

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Regional community
Rural exposure
Not stated on CaRMS page
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
Getting around
  • Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
  • Travel is reimbursed

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • block in Victoria (PGY-3 to PGY-5 · 4-week block · Victoria)
  • additional 4-week block elsewhere in British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland (PGY-3 to PGY-5 · 4-week block · elsewhere in British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland)

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

Where you train

Fraser, British Columbia: 16 teaching sites.

  • Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
  • Burnaby Hospital (Burnaby)
  • Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre (Abbotsford)
  • BC Children’s Hospital (Vancouver)
  • BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre (Vancouver)
  • Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital (Vancouver)
  • Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria · rural or distributed site)
  • Victoria General Hospital (Victoria · rural or distributed site)
  • Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna · rural or distributed site)
  • Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops · rural or distributed site)
Show all 16 sites
  • University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (Prince George · rural or distributed site)
  • Penticton Regional Hospital (Penticton · rural or distributed site)
  • Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (Nanaimo · rural or distributed site)
  • East Kootenay Regional Hospital (Cranbrook · rural or distributed site)

Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 5 of 16, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 7; no published record for 4.

Hospital facts

16 sites · public figures and clinical record systems where they are published

Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. 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
CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Feb 2022 As of 31 Oct 2026. At BC Children’s Hospital, BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre.
Clinical record
IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2021 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria General Hospital.
Clinical record
MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026. At Kelowna General Hospital, Royal Inland Hospital, Penticton Regional Hospital, East Kootenay Regional Hospital.

How to read the figures

  • Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26. 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. One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Royal Columbian Hospital

Clinical record
MEDITECH: Fraser Health electronic health record (Advance), fully electronic record since Sep 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
4,798
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,447

Surrey Memorial Hospital

Matched to Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
11,911
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,849

Burnaby Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,388
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,058
Show facts for 13 more sites

Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre

Matched to Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre (Abbotsford) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
6,232
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,667

BC Children’s Hospital

Matched to BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
7,396
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,910

BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre

Matched to BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
5,033
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,348

Vancouver General Hospital

Clinical record
CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2022 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Vancouver General Hospital in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
13,790
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
3,855

St. Paul’s Hospital

Clinical record
CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2019 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to St. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,691
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,240

Royal Jubilee Hospital

Matched to Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
14,532
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
3,973

Victoria General Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
8,131
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,108

Kelowna General Hospital

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
15,707
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
4,090

Royal Inland Hospital

Matched to Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
10,812
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,914

University Hospital of Northern British Columbia

Matched to University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (Prince George) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
4,520
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,127

Penticton Regional Hospital

Matched to Penticton Regional Hospital (Penticton) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
3,482
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
837

Nanaimo Regional General Hospital

Clinical record
IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2016 As of 31 Oct 2026

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

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
9,004
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
2,040

East Kootenay Regional Hospital

Matched to East Kootenay Regional Hospital (Cranbrook) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
4,520
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
1,068

Fraser Health's new electronic health record is live at 4 sites (Royal Columbian Hospital, Eagle Ridge Hospital, Fraser Canyon Hospital, Mission Memorial Hospital). Its other sites are still on its current clinical information system. As of 31 Oct 2026

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

Sources and licences

  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

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
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)
2, 3 and 4 Feb 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Panel

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; “your time” is worked out in your browser when your time zone differs. Programs add and change sessions.

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 2 Sep 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). Salaries from April 2027. 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.

Annual salary by PGY level, British Columbia
LevelAnnual 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

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (as the program states it)
In-house call
Call (provincial max)
1 in 4 in-house
Post-call rule (provincial)
Relieved within 2 hours of the call ending, or by 10:00 if earlier, when a resident on a 24-hour or longer shift could not get 6 uninterrupted hours of rest

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. RDBC agreement, 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2029. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Benefits

13 lines as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024: Annual vacation, CMPA dues paid, Dental plan, and more
Annual vacation
4 weeks
CMPA dues paid
Yes. Mandatory
Dental plan
100% Premiums Paid
Educational leave
Yes
Extended health insurance
100% Premiums Paid
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

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)).

Contacts and links

Program directors
Program office

Program Manager

Write to the officeanae.residency@ubc.ca

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

Program websiteWebsiteThis program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Discussed on Reddit

Public Reddit posts and comments where someone describes this program. Each one links to Reddit.

These are public Reddit posts, reviewed by hand and linked here, not endorsed. They may be out of date. Confirm with the program.

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Anesthesiology elsewhere

Nearest to Fraser

  • Vancouver - AnesthesiologyUniversity of British Columbia

    Vancouver · 59 km

    16 positions · CMG

  • Calgary - AnesthesiologyUniversity of Calgary

    Calgary, AB · 625 km

    8 positions · CMG

  • Edmonton - AnesthesiologyUniversity of Alberta

    Edmonton, AB · 783 km

    12 positions · CMG, IMG

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 27 Aug 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36947 · How these pages are made ›

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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