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Winnipeg - Ophthalmology

University of ManitobaWinnipeg, ManitobaCMG stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
2 positions
Length
5 years
Applications per year
51–200
Offered interviews
26–50%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Interviews

1 date, 1 Feb 2027virtual

Winnipeg, 6 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

Program website(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

  • Optional northern ophthalmology rotations in Manitoba and Nunavut.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Each resident gets an $8000 budget for non-mandatory courses.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • PGY2 residents run the morning emergency eye clinic under staff supervision.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • This is a 5-year ophthalmology residency based at the Misericordia Health Centre, with other sites including Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface Hospital and a vision centre in Brandon.
  • PGY1 covers off-service rotations, 6 weeks of ophthalmology and the 6-week TORIC basic science course in Toronto.
  • Formal surgical rotations and cataract training begin in PGY3, and residents are expected to take part in 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

By year

PGY-1
  • ophthalmology6 weeks
  • medicine
  • infectious diseases
  • neuro-radiology
  • neurology
  • plastic surgery
  • emergency medicine
  • pediatrics
  • rheumatology
PGY-2
  • morning resident emergency clinicMisericordia Health Centre

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

Where you train

Winnipeg, Manitoba: 6 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

  • Misericordia Health Centre
  • Children's Hospital of Winnipeg
  • private offices of teaching staff in Winnipeg
  • Health Sciences Centre
  • St. Boniface Hospital
  • GRMC Vision Centre (Brandon · rural or distributed site)

Record systems at the listed sites: Altera at 4 of 6; no published record for 2.

Moving to a new system: Misericordia Health Centre; Children's Hospital of Winnipeg; Health Sciences Centre; St. Boniface Hospital (scheduled 31 Mar 2027 across the province).

Hospital facts

4 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 Misericordia Health Centre, Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface Hospital.

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)
1 Feb 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Panel
  • MMI or rotating station

Info sessions

Info sessions planned, dates not published yet.

10 Ophthalmology info sessions at other programsAll 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 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

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)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
CMG stream25 years1 date, 1 Feb 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream25 years1 date, 2 Feb 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The University of Manitoba Ophthalmology Residency Program offers comprehensive training in clinical and surgical ophthalmology, providing a world-class learning environment with full subspecialty representation.
  • The 5-year program focuses on preparing residents for comprehensive practice or subspecialty fellowships through extensive clinical exposure, early surgical training, and a robust academic curriculum.
Research
Residents are expected to be involved in basic and clinical research, with mandatory annual research day presentation.
Training setting
Training occurs primarily at Misericordia Health Centre, with additional sites including Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, private teaching staff offices, Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface Hospital, and GRMC Vision Centre in Brandon.
Teaching approach
Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing supervised learning, comprehensive skill development, and tailored educational experiences based on resident interests and perceived learning needs.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Personal letter
  • Reference documents
  • CV/Research
  • Electives
  • 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. Andre Jastrzebski

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

Program Administrator

Write to the officeophthalmology@umanitoba.ca

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

Program websiteWebsiteCANPREPPCANPREPPdescribes callFrom the programThis program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Videos and podcasts

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 →

Ophthalmology elsewhere

Nearest to Winnipeg

  • Saskatoon - OphthalmologyUniversity of Saskatchewan

    Saskatoon, SK · 711 km

    2 positions · CMG

  • Edmonton - OphthalmologyUniversity of Alberta

    Edmonton, AB · 1,194 km

    3 positions · CMG

  • Calgary - OphthalmologyUniversity of Calgary

    Calgary, AB · 1,203 km

    2 positions · CMG

In these collections:

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 9 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 35914 · 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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