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Winnipeg - General Surgery

University of ManitobaWinnipeg, ManitobaCMG stream

At a glance

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

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Info session

details info sessions of this program

Wed 25 Nov 2026,7:00–9:00 pm CSTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

1 date, 25 Jan 2027virtual

Winnipeg, 10 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

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

What stands out about this program

  • Three dedicated endoscopy months with a didactic endoscopy curriculum.

    From “General instructions” on the CaRMS page

  • Small program with a 1:1 staff-to-resident ratio and few fellows competing for operative cases.

    From “General instructions” on the CaRMS page

  • The University of Manitoba General Surgery program is a five-year residency, with the first two years in the Surgical Foundations Program.
  • Training takes place mainly at Health Sciences Centre and St Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, with community general surgery rotations in and outside Winnipeg.
  • All residents must take part in research, and an optional Master's year or two-year Clinician Investigator Program is available.

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

What training looks like

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Urban community
Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Focus areas
  • Small program
Research
Required · research project · protected time

By year

PGY-3
  • General Surgery4 Blocks
  • Gastrointestinal / EndoscopyHealth Sciences Centre3 Blocks
  • Vascular SurgeryHealth Sciences Centre or St. Boniface Hospital2 Block
  • Gold Trauma ServiceHealth Sciences Centre1 Block
  • Acute Care Surgical Service (ACSS)St. Boniface Hospital1 Block
  • Elective Rotation1 Block
  • Vacation (28 days)1 Block
PGY-4
  • General Surgery5 Blocks
  • Electives3 Blocks
  • Community General Surgeryvarious sites in Winnipeg and outside of Winnipeg2 Blocks
  • Gold Trauma ServiceHealth Sciences Centre1 Block
  • Acute Care Surgical Service (ACSS)St. Boniface Hospital1 Block
  • Vacation (28 days)1 Block
PGY-5
  • General Surgery4 Blocks
  • Transition to Practice4 Blocks
  • Gold Trauma ServiceHealth Sciences Centre1 Block
  • Acute Care Surgical Service (ACSS)St. Boniface Hospital1 Block
  • Breast SurgeryHealth Sciences Centre1 Block
  • Head & Neck Oncology SurgeryHealth Sciences Centre1 Block
  • Vacation (28 days)1 Block

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Gold Trauma Service (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 2 Block · Health Sciences Centre)
  • Acute Care Surgical Service (ACSS) (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 2 Block · St. Boniface Hospital)
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery (A Service) or Colorectal General Surgery (B Service) (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 2-4 Blocks · St. Boniface Hospital)
  • Surgical Oncology (Green Service) or Hepatobiliary Surgery (Orange Service) (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 2-4 Blocks · Health Sciences Centre)
  • Community (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 2 Blocks · Health Sciences Centre (Silver Service))
  • Pediatric Surgery (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 2 Block · Health Sciences Centre Children's Hospital)
  • Thoracic Surgery (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 1 Block · Health Sciences Centre)
  • Surgical Selective (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 2 Block)
  • Gastroenterology (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 1 Block · Health Sciences Centre of St. Boniface Hospital)
  • Critical Care - Surgical Intensive Care (SICU) (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 1 Block · Health Sciences Centre)
  • Critical Care, Medical/Surgical Medical Intensive Care (ICMS) (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 1 Block · St. Boniface Hospital)
  • Research (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 1 Block)
  • Vacation (28 days) (PGY-1 and PGY- 2 · 2 Block)

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

Where you train

Winnipeg, Manitoba: 10 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

  • Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre (HSC)
  • St Boniface Hospital
  • Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre
  • CancerCare Manitoba
  • Breast Health Centre
  • Grace General Hospital
  • Seven Oaks General Hospital
  • Concordia Hospital
  • Selkirk and District Community Hospital (Selkirk · rural or distributed site)
  • Boundary Trails Hospital (Morden/Winkler) (Winkler · rural or distributed site)

Record systems at the listed sites: Altera at 9 of 10; no published record for 1.

Moving to a new system: Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre (HSC); St Boniface Hospital; Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre; CancerCare Manitoba; Grace General Hospital; Seven Oaks General Hospital; Concordia Hospital; Selkirk and District Community Hospital; Boundary Trails Hospital (Morden/Winkler) (scheduled 31 Mar 2027 across the province).

Hospital facts

9 sites · clinical record systems where an official source states them

What official sources say for hospitals named above, each with its source and the date we read it. 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
Altera Digital Health (EPR), moving to a new system in every hospital by 31 Mar 2027; this hospital’s own date is not published by the province yet As of 31 Oct 2026. At Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre (HSC), St Boniface Hospital, Children's Hospital, Health Sciences Centre, CancerCare Manitoba, Grace General Hospital, Seven Oaks General Hospital, Concordia Hospital, Selkirk and District Community Hospital, Boundary Trails Hospital (Morden/Winkler).

Manitoba's electronic patient record is going into every hospital by the end of March 2027, a hospital at a time (6 of 57 complete as of June 2026). Order entry is not included at this stage. As of 31 Oct 2026

Verify with the official source: each source button opens the publisher’s own page.

Hospital size and activity: Manitoba doesn't publish this as open data.

About Winnipeg

  • People

    749,607residents, 2021 Census

    Municipality of Winnipeg

  • Housing

    2.8%rental vacancy rate

    October 2025 survey, Winnipeg, Manitoba (census metropolitan area)

  • Winter and summer

    −16.3 °CJanuary mean19.5 °CJuly mean

    1991–2020 normals, Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 7.2 km away

  • Job outlook

    Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Winnipeg (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)
25 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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 22 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). One provincial scale for Manitoba, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Manitoba
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$72,171 / year
PGY-2
$77,416 / year
PGY-3
$83,372 / year
PGY-4
$89,329 / year
PGY-5
$95,285 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (provincial max)
7 calls per 4-week block, in-house and home call combined
Post-call rule (provincial)
No duty hours before 06:00 the next calendar day, after in-hospital call
Max continuous duty (provincial)
26 consecutive hours (24, plus 2 for handover)

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. PARIM agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027. Read as of 1 Oct 2026.

Past matches

Open after round 1 in 2 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: Winnipeg.

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
20201 position open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
202100
202200
202300
20241 position open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)0
202500
202600

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 stream45 years1 date, 25 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream45 years1 date, 26 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The University of Manitoba General Surgery Residency Program is dedicated to training fully qualified and competent general surgeons.
  • The program offers a comprehensive five-year training experience that prepares residents for both community and academic surgical careers, with opportunities for additional research training.
Research
Residents can pursue a Master's of Science in Surgery, participate in the Clinician Investigator Program, and have dedicated research time with support for national and international conference presentations.
Training setting
Urban medical center in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with training across multiple major teaching hospitals including Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface Hospital, and Children's Hospital, with additional rotations in community hospitals.
Teaching approach
Competency-based medical education focusing on progressive skill development, frequent formative assessments, and targeted learning outcomes with a strong emphasis on workplace-based learning.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Reference letters
  • Personal letter
  • CV/Electives
  • Research experience
  • 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
Program office

Program Administrator

Write to the officegen.surg@umanitoba.ca

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

Program websiteWebsiteThis 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.

All videos, podcasts and discussions →

General Surgery elsewhere

Nearest to Winnipeg

  • Saskatoon - General SurgeryUniversity of Saskatchewan

    Saskatoon, SK · 711 km

    4 positions · CMG

  • Edmonton - General SurgeryUniversity of Alberta

    Edmonton, AB · 1,194 km

    7 positions · CMG

  • Calgary - General SurgeryUniversity of Calgary

    Calgary, AB · 1,203 km

    6 positions · CMG, IMG

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 10 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35749 · 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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