Vancouver Island - Emergency Medicine

University of British ColumbiaVancouver Island, British Columbia

Approx. quota: CMG stream3 positions
Competitive RoS stream1 position
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 51–200
Offered interviews: 26–50%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Competitive RoS stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

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

Interviews

2 dates, 3–4 Feb 2027virtual

1 date, 4 Feb 2027virtual

Vancouver Island, CMG stream: 8 teaching sites · Competitive RoS stream: 9 teaching sites

Program website Instagram X CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

VGH is the Island's dedicated pediatric hospital; ER physicians lead all pediatric resuscitations.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
Optional trauma team leader call is available after completing the PGY-1 trauma block.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
Residents can teach and mentor Island Medical Program students from the start of residency.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

This is the Vancouver Island site of the 5-year UBC Royal College Emergency Medicine program, based at Victoria General and Royal Jubilee Hospitals in Victoria.
PGY-1 residents attend an introductory ultrasound course in Vancouver and complete a dedicated ultrasound block later in the year.
Residents must complete a scholarly research, quality/patient safety or educational project, and housing is provided for core rotations at other UBC sites.

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

What training looks like

Setting: Regional community
Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural exposure: Not stated on CaRMS page
Focus areas: POCUS curriculum
Early independence
Small program
Research: Required · research or quality-improvement project
Getting around: Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for

By year

PGY-1: introductory ultrasound courseVancouver program site
dedicated ultrasound blockeach program site
Trauma block
PGY-2: NERD (Novel Education in Research Design)Vancouverblock-length

PGY-1: Trauma block
dedicated ultrasound blockeach program site
PGY-2: NERD (Novel Education in Research Design)Vancouverblock-length

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

Where you train

Vancouver Island, British Columbia: CMG stream: 8 teaching sites · Competitive RoS stream: 9 teaching sites.

Victoria General Hospital (VicGH) (Victoria)
Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) (Victoria)
Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) (Vancouver)
Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) (New Westminster)
Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) (Kelowna)
BC's Children's Hospital (BCCH) (Vancouver)
St. Paul's Hospital (SPH) (Vancouver)
Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) (Surrey)

Victoria General Hospital (VicGH) (Victoria)
Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH) (Victoria)
Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) (Vancouver)
Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) (New Westminster)
Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) (Kelowna)
BC's Children's Hospital (BCCH) (Vancouver)
St. Paul's Hospital (SPH) (Vancouver)
Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) (Surrey)
University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC) (Prince George)

Record systems at the listed sites, all streams: MEDITECH at 2 of 9, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 5; no published record for 2.

Hospital facts

8 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: IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2021 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Victoria General Hospital (VicGH), Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH).

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.

Victoria General Hospital (VicGH)

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

Royal Jubilee Hospital (RJH)

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

Vancouver General Hospital (VGH)

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

Show facts for 5 more sites

Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH)

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

Kelowna General Hospital (KGH)

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

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

BC's Children's Hospital (BCCH)

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 (SPH)

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

Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH)

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

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
Return of service, CMG stream: Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Return of service, Competitive RoS stream: Required
IMG requirements, Competitive RoS 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), CMG stream: 3 and 4 Feb 2027
Interview dates (2027 match), Competitive RoS stream: 4 Feb 2027
Format: Virtual
Panel

Info sessions

The 2 sessions listed for 2027 have passed.

14 Emergency Medicine 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 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	2 dates, 3–4 Feb 2027Virtual	Nothing noted
Competitive RoS stream	1	5 years	1 date, 4 Feb 2027Virtual	New for 2027

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	3	5 years	Interviews not stated

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

The UBC Vancouver Island Emergency Medicine program offers comprehensive medical training supported by the broader UBC program, with a tight-knit residency group and exceptional hands-on learning experiences.
Located in Victoria, the program provides residents with diverse clinical exposure across two major hospitals, opportunities for early clinical leadership, and a unique West Coast lifestyle.

Research: Residents are required to complete a scholarly project relevant to Emergency Medicine, with support and guidance provided to develop research skills and collaborate with faculty.
Training setting: Training occurs at Victoria General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria, BC, with opportunities for rotations at other UBC sites across British Columbia. The program offers diverse clinical environments including trauma, pediatric, urban, and specialized medical settings.
Teaching approach: The program follows a Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) approach, emphasizing progressive independence, hands-on learning, simulation-based training, and comprehensive skill development across multiple domains of emergency medicine.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: CV
Electives
Medical Student Performance Record
Personal letter
Reference letters
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 director: Dr. Tina Yokota
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Program Manager
Write to the officeem.residencymanager@ubc.ca

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing. Site staff and other contacts are listed there too.

Program websiteWebsite CANPREPPCANPREPP UBC Emergency Medicine - Vancouver Island Video on YouTube This program on CaRMS

Emergency Medicine elsewhere

Nearest to Vancouver Island

Vancouver - Emergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia
Vancouver · 173 km
6 positions · CMG
Fraser - Emergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia
Fraser · 233 km
CMG, Competitive RoS
Interior - Emergency MedicineUniversity of British Columbia
Interior · 382 km
CMG, Competitive RoS

In these collections:

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 28 Aug 2026 · The Competitive RoS stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 28 Aug 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 35551 (CMG stream), 35320 (Competitive RoS 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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