Vancouver - Dermatology

University of British ColumbiaVancouver, British ColumbiaCMG stream

Approx. quota: 3 positions
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 0–50
Offered interviews: 26–50%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Interviews

1 date, 23 Jan 2027virtual

Vancouver, 9 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

Program website Department Instagram CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Residents can spend a week in Victoria, Prince George and Kelowna teaching medical students during 'Rash Week'.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Subspecialty clinic in dermatology for marginalized and inner-city patients, plus HIV dermatology.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

UBC Dermatology is a 5-year residency based at UBC teaching hospitals, with a rotating-internship-model first year.
Community rotations are mandatory in places such as Victoria, and residents must do scholarly research from PGY3 with at least one research block per year.

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

What training looks like

Setting: Academic / tertiary hospital
Regional community
Rural exposure: Optional rural rotation
Research: Required · research project · protected time

By year

PGY-1: introduction to dermatology block
PGY-2: Intro to Hospital Dermatology
dermatopathology
PGY-4: Dermatologic Surgery3 months
Pediatric Dermatology3 months
longitudinal resident Clinic
PGY-5: longitudinal clinic

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

Where you train

Vancouver, British Columbia: 9 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

The Skin Care Centre and Vancouver General Hospital
BC Children's Hospital
St. Paul's Hospital
BC Cancer Agency
Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
Mount St. Joseph Hospital
Island Medical Program (Victoria · rural or distributed site)
Northern Medical Program (Prince George · rural or distributed site)
Southern Medical Program (Kelowna · rural or distributed site)

Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 1 of 9, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 4; no published record for 4.

Hospital facts

5 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 Nov 2019 As of 31 Oct 2026. At St. Paul's Hospital, Mount St. Joseph 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.

The Skin Care Centre and 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

BC Children's Hospital

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

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

St. Paul's Hospital

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

Show facts for 2 more sites

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

Mount St. Joseph Hospital

Matched to Mount Saint Joseph Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 15,711
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 4,233

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.

About Vancouver

People
662,248residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Vancouver
Housing
3.7%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Vancouver, British Columbia (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
5.3 °CJanuary mean19.0 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Vancouver (Harbour), 5.7 km away
Job outlook
Moderatefor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Vancouver (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): 23 Jan 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.

3 Dermatology info sessions at other programs All info 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
Level	Annual 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 (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)).

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	1 date, 23 Jan 2027Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	3	5 years	1 date, 24 Jan 2026

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

The University of British Columbia Dermatology Residency Program offers a comprehensive 5-year training experience in Vancouver, focusing on clinical excellence and research.
Residents receive broad-based training across multiple hospitals and subspecialty clinics, with a strong emphasis on academic development and patient care.

Research: Residents are required to complete scholarly research from PGY3 onwards, with active research units in immuno-dermatology, photo-medicine, clinical trials, and epidemiology.
Training setting: Urban academic medical centers across Vancouver and British Columbia, including multiple teaching hospitals and specialized clinics with diverse patient populations.
Teaching approach: Emphasizes progressive clinical independence, competency-based medical education, and holistic development across CanMEDS roles with graduated responsibility throughout training.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Medical school transcript
Medical Student Performance Record
Reference letters
Personal letter
Research/publications
CV/extra-curricular activities
Interview performance

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. Allison Gregory
Dr. Saima D'Souza
CaRMS lists no email for the directors.
Program office: Program Administrator
Email on the CaRMS page(opens in a new tab)

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

Program websiteWebsite Department InstagramDepartment Instagram CANPREPPCANPREPP This program on CaRMS

Videos and podcasts

From residents

Public podcast episodes and videos where residents describe this program. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.

Residents describe their experience in the program and matching advice (opens YouTube in a new tab)
YouTube · 2023
Skin Curriculum (opens in a new tab)
YouTube channel

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

All videos, podcasts and discussions →

Dermatology elsewhere

Nearest to Vancouver

Calgary - DermatologyUniversity of Calgary
Calgary, AB · 673 km
3 positions · CMG
Edmonton - DermatologyUniversity of Alberta
Edmonton, AB · 818 km
3 positions · CMG
Regina - DermatologyUniversity of Saskatchewan
Regina, SK · 1,329 km
2 positions · CMG

All 13 Dermatology programs across Canada2027 match

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 31 Aug 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36022 · 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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