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Fraser Greater Vancouver - Psychiatry

University of British ColumbiaFraser Greater Vancouver, British Columbia

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
9 positions
2 positions
Length
5 years
Applications per year
51–200
Offered interviews
51–75%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Competitive RoS stream · open to Canadian and international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

IMG requirements: Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program; “all IMG applicants that match to UBC are required to attend a mandatory seven-day…” details under How they choose

Info session

details info sessions of this program

Mon 2 Nov 2026,4:30–6:00 pm PDTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

3 dates, 19–27 Jan 2027virtual

Fraser Greater Vancouver, 4 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

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

What stands out about this program

  • Surrey Memorial Hospital houses one of the provincial psychiatric ICUs, at Timber Creek.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • A mental health and substance use centre at Royal Columbian opened in 2020 and includes a psychiatric high acuity unit.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • This 5-year psychiatry residency is based at Royal Columbian and Surrey Memorial Hospitals in Greater Vancouver.
  • It is one of several UBC psychiatry distributed tracks that are administered centrally.
  • PGY5 consists of six months each of selectives and electives, with selectives including psychiatry in rural and/or remote locations.
  • Residents are required to be involved in scholarly activity from the start of training.

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

What training looks like

Setting
  • Urban community
Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time

By year

PGY-1
  • PsychiatryRoyal Columbian Hospital2 additional blocks
  • Transition to DisciplineRoyal Columbian Hospitalmonth-long
  • Internal MedicineRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • Family MedicineRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • PediatricsRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • NeurologyRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • Emergency MedicineRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • AddictionsRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • Emergency PsychiatryRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • ElectiveRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • SelectivesRoyal Columbian Hospitaltwo blocks
PGY-3
  • Child & Adolescent PsychiatrySurrey Memorial Hospital or possibly Abbotsfordsix months
  • Geriatric PsychiatryRoyal Columbian Hospital, Surrey Memorial Hospital and Burnaby Hospitalsix months
PGY-4
  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Emergency Psychiatry
  • Chronic Care Psychiatry
  • elective
PGY-5
  • Selectivessix months
  • Electivessix months

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Transition to Discipline (Transition to Discipline · First month of PGY1)
  • General Medical and required Psychiatry Rotations (Foundations · remainder of PGY1)
  • Adult Inpatient (Foundations · 6 months)
  • Adult Outpatient (Foundations · 6 months)
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (Core · 6 months)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Core · 6 months)
  • Consultation-Liaison (Core · 3 months)
  • Chronic Care (Core · 6 months, minimum 2 days per week)
  • Addiction Psychiatry (Core · 6 weeks, sometimes longitudinally)
  • Emergency Psychiatry (Core · 6 weeks)
  • Selectives (Transition to Practice · 6 months, no less than 3 months per rotation)
  • Electives (Transition to Practice · 6 months, no less than 2 months per rotation)
PGY-1
  • PsychiatryRoyal Columbian Hospital2 additional blocks
  • Internal MedicineRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • Family MedicineRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • PediatricsRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • NeurologyRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • Emergency MedicineRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • AddictionsRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • Emergency PsychiatryRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • ElectiveRoyal Columbian Hospitalone block
  • SelectivesRoyal Columbian Hospitaltwo blocks
PGY-2
  • Adult InpatientRoyal Columbian Hospital and Surrey Memorial Hospital6 months
  • Adult OutpatientRoyal Columbian Hospital and Surrey Memorial Hospital6 months
PGY-3
  • Child & Adolescent PsychiatrySurrey Memorial Hospital or possibly Abbotsford6 months
  • Geriatric PsychiatryRoyal Columbian Hospital, Surrey Memorial Hospital and Burnaby Hospital6 months
PGY-4
  • Consultation-Liaison3 months
  • Chronic Care6 months, minimum 2 days per week
  • Addiction Psychiatry6 weeks, sometimes longitudinally
  • Emergency Psychiatry6 weeks
  • elective
PGY-5
  • Selectives6 months, no less than 3 months per rotation
  • Electives6 months, no less than 2 months per rotation

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Transition to Discipline (Transition to Discipline · First month of PGY1 · Royal Columbian Hospital)

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

Where you train

Fraser Greater Vancouver, British Columbia: 4 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

  • Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster)
  • Surrey Memorial Hospital (Surrey)
  • Burnaby General Hospital (Burnaby)
  • Abbotsford Regional Hospital (ARH) (Abbotsford)

Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 1 of 4; no published record for 3.

Hospital facts

4 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.

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 General 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
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Abbotsford Regional Hospital (ARH)

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

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
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.
Return of service
Required
IMG requirements
  • Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
  • “all IMG applicants that match to UBC are required to attend a mandatory seven-day orientation in June 2027.”

Application file components as each stream’s CaRMS page describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
19, 26 and 27 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)
  • Panel
  • MMI or rotating station

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 (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

Open after round 1 in 1 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: Fraser Greater Vancouver.

Show the table, with round 2
Positions at this site, all streams, still open after round 1 and after round 2, by year. Each count above zero links to the CaRMS list page it comes from.
YearOpen after round 1Open after round 2
2018not available0
201900
202000
202100
202200
202300
202400
202500
20266 positions open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0

CaRMS’s first-round list for 2018 was not found, so round 1 is counted over 8 years and round 2 over 9.

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)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
CMG stream95 years3 dates, 19–27 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted
Competitive RoS stream25 years3 dates, 19–27 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream95 years3 dates, 20–28 Jan 2026
Competitive RoS stream25 years3 dates, 20–28 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The UBC Psychiatry Residency Program offers a comprehensive, distributed training model across British Columbia, with a focus on diverse clinical experiences and comprehensive psychiatric education.
  • Located in Greater Vancouver, the program provides residents with extensive exposure to various psychiatric subspecialties and clinical settings, emphasizing both clinical excellence and scholarly activity.
Research
Residents are required to engage in scholarly activities, with protected research time available, especially for Research Track positions. Annual Research Day allows residents to present their work.
Training setting
Urban and distributed training sites across Greater Vancouver and British Columbia, including multiple general hospitals, community mental health centers, and specialized psychiatric facilities.
Teaching approach
Emphasizes competency-based medical education, progressive independence, and comprehensive training across multiple psychiatric domains using workplace-based assessments and structured academic curriculum.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Personal letter
  • Reference letters
  • Interview performance
  • Diversity of experience
  • Academic track record
  • Interpersonal skills

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. Kenneth Heng

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

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 websiteWebsiteXCANPREPPCANPREPPThis program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Videos and podcasts

From the program

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

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

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Psychiatry elsewhere

Nearest to Fraser Greater Vancouver

  • Vancouver - PsychiatryUniversity of British Columbia

    Vancouver · 17 km

    CMG, IMG, Competitive RoS

  • Vancouver Island - PsychiatryUniversity of British Columbia

    Vancouver Island · 190 km

    CMG, Competitive RoS

  • Interior - PsychiatryUniversity of British Columbia

    Interior · 247 km

    CMG, Competitive RoS

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 27 Aug 2026 · The Competitive RoS stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 4 Sep 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 36093 (CMG stream), 35463 (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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