Vancouver - Urology

University of British ColumbiaVancouver, 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 requirements: Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program; “Please note that all matched IMG residents are required to attend a mandatory seven-day…” details under How they choose

Interviews

Not stated on the CMG stream’s CaRMS page

Not stated on the Competitive RoS stream’s CaRMS page

Vancouver, 16 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

Program website CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

First-year residents receive funding for surgical loupes; the department pays for textbooks, journals and society memberships.
From “Additional information” on the CaRMS page
Residents write the annual American Urological Association In-Service Examination as part of their evaluation.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

UBC Urology is a five-year program training residents in all aspects of urology across five main academic hospitals in Vancouver.
Pediatric urology rotations are mandatory, there is no mandatory rural rotation, and PGY-4 elective time can be rural, urban community, or academic.
All residents carry out research projects, though no formal rotations are assigned to laboratory research.

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

What training looks like

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

By year

PGY-4: elective time

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

pediatric urological rotations

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

Where you train

Vancouver, British Columbia: 16 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (VGH Site)
Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (UBC Site)
St. Paul's Hospital
Mount St. Joseph's Hospital
B.C. Children's Hospital/B.C. Women's Hospital
B.C. Cancer Agency
Richmond (Richmond)
Lions Gate
Royal Columbian
Surrey (Surrey)
Langley (Langley)
Peace Arch

Show all 16 sites

Chilliwack (Chilliwack)
Eagle Ridge
Ridge-Meadows
Abbotsford (Abbotsford)

Record systems at the listed sites: MEDITECH at 2 of 16, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 7; no published record for 7.

Hospital facts

11 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 2022 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (VGH Site), Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (UBC Site).
Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Nov 2019 As of 31 Oct 2026. At St. Paul's Hospital, Mount St. Joseph's Hospital.
Clinical record: MEDITECH: Fraser Health electronic health record (Advance), fully electronic record since Sep 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026. At Royal Columbian, Eagle Ridge.

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.

Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (VGH Site)

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

Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (UBC Site)

Matched to UBC Health Sciences Centre Hospital in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 7,983
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,043

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 8 more sites

Mount St. Joseph's 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

B.C. Children's Hospital/B.C. Women's Hospital

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

This name covers 2 hospitals in the province’s lists. Each is shown on its own, A to Z, and the numbers are never added together.

BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver)

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

BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre (Vancouver)

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

Richmond

Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Jun 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026

Lions Gate

Clinical record: CST Cerner, fully electronic record since Apr 2018 As of 31 Oct 2026

Matched to Lions Gate Hospital (North Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 10,660
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,762

Royal Columbian

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

Peace Arch

Matched to Peace Arch Hospital (White Rock) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 8,039
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,036

Eagle Ridge

Matched to Eagle Ridge Hospital (Port Moody) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 6,014
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,496

Ridge-Meadows

Matched to Ridge Meadows Hospital (Maple Ridge) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 9,131
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,244

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
Goodfor 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, 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
“Please note that all matched IMG residents are required to attend a mandatory seven-day orientation in June 2026.”

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

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match): Not stated on CaRMS page
Format, CMG stream: In person
Panel
Format, Competitive RoS stream: Panel

Info sessions

The 1 session listed for 2027 has passed.

2 Urology 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	In person	Nothing noted
Competitive RoS stream	1	5 years	Panel	CaRMS page changed during the match: contacts (noticed 13 Oct)

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
Competitive RoS stream	1	5 years	Interviews not stated

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

The UBC Department of Urologic Sciences provides comprehensive 5-year training in all aspects of urology, including uro-oncology, renal transplantation, endo-urology, pediatric urology, reconstructive urology, urodynamics, and andrology.
The program offers a high volume of clinical material with especially strong training in urologic oncology and transplantation, and has maintained an excellent pass rate on Royal College examinations.

Research: Residents conduct ongoing research projects under staff urologist preceptorship, with active research in multiple subspecialty areas.
Training setting: Training occurs across multiple urban hospitals in Vancouver, including academic medical centers, community hospitals, and specialized pediatric and cancer care facilities.
Teaching approach: Follows Royal College Competence by Design (CBD) format, emphasizing progressive skill development, frequent formative assessments, and targeted learning outcomes.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
Letters of reference
Personal letter
CV/Resume
Academic record
Research/Publications
American Urological Association In-Service Examination
Mock oral examinations
OSCE examinations

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. Thomas De Los Reyes
Dr. Alex KavanaghAssociate Program Director, Urology
CaRMS lists no email for the directors.

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 websiteWebsiteCANPREPPCANPREPPdescribes academic half-dayFrom the programThis program on CaRMS

Urology elsewhere

Nearest to Vancouver

Edmonton - UrologyUniversity of Alberta
Edmonton, AB · 818 km
3 positions · CMG
Winnipeg - UrologyUniversity of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB · 1,865 km
2 positions · CMG
Thunder Bay - UrologyNOSM University
Thunder Bay, ON · 2,461 km
2 positions · CMG

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 10 Sep 2026 · The Competitive RoS stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 6 Oct 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 35602 (CMG stream), 36060 (Competitive RoS stream) · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

What changed, noticed 13 Oct: Competitive RoS stream: Program contacts updated. See what changed

We read each program’s CaRMS page about every two weeks and note what differs. The date is when we noticed it; the change was made in the window shown. Reformatting is not listed, and a contacts change is listed without names.

Noticed 13 Octchanged between 5 and 13 Oct
- Competitive RoS stream: Program contacts updated

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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