Vancouver - Pediatrics
University of British ColumbiaVancouver, British Columbia
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 112
- Length
- 4
- Applications per year
- 51–2000–50
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%51–75%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Interviews
5 dates, 25 Jan – 1 Feb 2027
Not stated on the IMG stream’s CaRMS page
Vancouver, 13 teaching sites · optional rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Mandatory community pediatrics time every year at hospitals and practices across British Columbia.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Senior residents can do three-month global health electives through partner hospitals in South Africa and Australia.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
- This is a 4-year pediatrics residency based mainly at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver, the only tertiary care pediatric hospital in BC.
- Residents spend mandatory time each year in community practices and hospitals around the province.
- CTU rotations combine day and night-float shifts, and all residents are expected to do research and present it at least once.
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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What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Regional community
- Urban community
- Rural exposure
- Optional rural rotation
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Orientation block (Transition to Discipline)
- CTU (Transition to Discipline)
- Pediatric emergency medicine (Transition to Discipline)
- Community pediatrics (Transition to Discipline)
- CTU (combination of days and night float) (Foundations (junior resident))
- community general pediatrics (Foundations (junior resident))
- endocrinology (Foundations (junior resident))
- gastroenterology (Foundations (junior resident))
- neurology clinics (Foundations (junior resident))
- hematology-oncology clinics (Foundations (junior resident))
- respirology (Foundations (junior resident))
- medical selective (genetics, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, dermatology, allergy/immunology or rheumatology) (Foundations (junior resident))
- Neonatal care: level II NICU (Foundations (junior resident))
- CTU (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- community general pediatrics (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- social pediatrics (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- nephrology (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- oncology (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- cardiology (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- Neonatal care: tertiary level III nursery (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- Pediatric intensive care (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- Electives (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident) · x 2)
- CTU (Core 2 (senior resident))
- community hospital pediatrics (Core 2 (senior resident))
- developmental pediatrics (Core 2 (senior resident))
- neurology (Core 2 (senior resident))
- adolescent medicine (Core 2 (senior resident))
- psychiatry (Core 2 (senior resident))
- emergency (Core 2 (senior resident))
- dermatology (Core 2 (senior resident))
- complex care (Core 2 (senior resident))
- surgical subspecialties (Core 2 (senior resident))
- medical selective (genetics, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, dermatology, allergy/immunology or rheumatology) or distributed community block (Core 2 (senior resident))
- Neonatal care: tertiary level III nursery (Core 2 (senior resident))
- Pediatric intensive care (Core 2 (senior resident))
- Elective (Core 2 (senior resident) · x 2)
- Junior consultant (Transition to Practice · distributed site)
- community ambulatory pediatrics (Transition to Practice)
- CTU (Transition to Practice)
- Emergency medicine (Transition to Practice)
- NICU selective (Transition to Practice)
- Electives (Transition to Practice · x 3)
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Orientation block (Transition to Discipline)
- CTU (Transition to Discipline)
- Pediatric emergency medicine (Transition to Discipline)
- Community pediatrics (Transition to Discipline)
- CTU (combination of days and night float) (Foundations (junior resident))
- community general pediatrics (Foundations (junior resident))
- endocrinology (Foundations (junior resident))
- gastroenterology (Foundations (junior resident))
- neurology clinics (Foundations (junior resident))
- hematology-oncology clinics (Foundations (junior resident))
- respirology (Foundations (junior resident))
- medical selective (genetics, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, dermatology, allergy/immunology or rheumatology) (Foundations (junior resident))
- Neonatal care: level II NICU (Foundations (junior resident))
- CTU (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- community general pediatrics (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- hospital consults (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- social pediatrics (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- nephrology (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- oncology (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- cardiology (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- Neonatal care: tertiary level III nursery (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- Pediatric intensive care (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- Electives x 2 (Core 1 (transition towards senior resident))
- CTU (Core 2 (senior resident))
- community hospital pediatrics (Core 2 (senior resident))
- developmental pediatrics (Core 2 (senior resident))
- neurology (Core 2 (senior resident))
- adolescent medicine (Core 2 (senior resident))
- psychiatry (Core 2 (senior resident))
- emergency (Core 2 (senior resident))
- dermatology (Core 2 (senior resident))
- complex care (Core 2 (senior resident))
- surgical subspecialties (Core 2 (senior resident))
- medical selective (genetics, infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, dermatology, allergy/immunology or rheumatology) (Core 2 (senior resident))
- Neonatal care: tertiary level III nursery (Core 2 (senior resident))
- Pediatric intensive care (Core 2 (senior resident))
- Elective x 2 (Core 2 (senior resident))
- Junior consultant in a distributed site (Transition to Practice)
- community ambulatory pediatrics (Transition to Practice)
- CTU (Transition to Practice)
- Emergency medicine (Transition to Practice)
- NICU selective (Transition to Practice)
- Electives x 3 (Transition to Practice)
Where you train
Vancouver, British Columbia: 13 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.
- British Columbia Children's Hospital
- British Columbia Women's Hospital
- Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
- Royal Inland Hospital (Kamloops · rural or distributed site)
- Victoria General Hospital (Victoria · rural or distributed site)
- Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
- University Hospital of Northern BC (Prince George · rural or distributed site)
- Langley Memorial Hospital (Langley)
- Lions Gate Hospital (North Vancouver)
- Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
- Abbotsford Regional Hospital (Abbotsford)
- Kelowna General Hospital (Kelowna · rural or distributed site)
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- Nanaimo Regional Hospital (Nanaimo · rural or distributed site)
Distributed across a region
Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 3 of 13, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 5; no published record for 5.
Hospital facts
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
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
British Columbia Children's Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 7,396
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,910
British Columbia Women's Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 5,033
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,348
Royal Inland Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 10,812
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 2,914
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Victoria General Hospital
- Clinical record
- IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2021
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 8,131
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 2,108
Surrey Memorial Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 11,911
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 2,849
University Hospital of Northern BC
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 4,520
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,127
Langley Memorial Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 6,154
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,643
Lions Gate Hospital
- Clinical record
- CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Apr 2018
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 10,660
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 2,762
Royal Columbian Hospital
- Clinical record
- MEDITECH: Fraser Health electronic health record (Advance), fully electronic record since Sep 2024
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 4,798
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,447
Abbotsford Regional Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 6,232
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,667
Kelowna General Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 15,707
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 4,090
Nanaimo Regional Hospital
- Clinical record
- IHealth (Cerner electronic health record), fully electronic record since 2016
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 9,004
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 2,040
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.
About Vancouver
People
662,248residents, 2021 Census
Housing
3.7%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
5.3 °CJanuary mean19.0 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Moderatefor 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 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
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match), CMG stream
- 25, 26, 28 and 29 Jan 2027; 1 Feb 2027
- Interview dates (2027 match), IMG stream
- Not stated on the IMG stream’s CaRMS page
- Format
- Virtual
- MMI or rotating station
Info sessions
The 1 session listed for 2027 has passed.
8 Pediatrics info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $71,390 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,571 / year |
| PGY-3 | $86,655 / year |
| PGY-4 | $93,230 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- In-house call · night float · frequency “6 night shifts over 2 weeks”
- 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
Benefits
- 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.
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 | 4 years | 5 dates, 25 Jan – 1 Feb 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 2 | 4 years | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 11 | 5 years | 6 dates, 13–29 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 2 | 5 years | 2 dates, 13–30 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The UBC Pediatric Residency Program provides comprehensive training across multiple sites in British Columbia, preparing residents to become highly competent pediatric specialists.
- The program offers a broad educational base in inpatient, ambulatory, and community pediatrics, with training experiences across tertiary and community settings.
- Research
- Residents are expected to complete a research project, with approximately 4 weeks of dedicated research time and a 24-hour research curriculum in the first year.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across multiple urban and community hospitals in British Columbia, including BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver, community hospitals in Surrey, Victoria, Prince George, and other regional centers.
- Teaching approach
- Competence By Design (CBD) curriculum with progressive responsibility, emphasizing clinical skills, research, advocacy, and comprehensive pediatric care across diverse settings.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CaRMS score
- Medical Student Performance Record
- Personal letter
- Reference documents
- CV/Resume
- Casper assessment
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Melissa Chan
Dr. Laura KaufmanInterim Associate Program Director
Dr. Sara Jassemi
CaRMS lists no email for the directors.
- Program office
Program Assistant
“For questions not covered on CaRMS site please contact:” · the program’s note on CaRMS
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
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Pediatrics elsewhere
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