Winnipeg - Pediatrics
University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 91
- Length
- 4
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Info session
details info sessions of this programThu 12 Nov 2026,7:00–9:00 pm CSTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
5 dates, 18–22 Jan 2027
Winnipeg, 4 teaching sites · 6 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Required group health advocacy project, recognized by the Royal College as a Top 5 What Works.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Optional northern/remote continuity clinic stream with repeated visits to the same remote community.
From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page
Longitudinal Pediatric Indigenous Health curriculum built with Indigenous leaders in medical education.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This is a 4-year pediatrics residency based at the Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, part of the Health Sciences Centre.
- Residents complete at least six weeks of rural pediatrics, with two weeks in Brandon and four weeks in Thompson, Manitoba.
- Each resident must complete a scholarly project, and senior call is mainly covered through night float rotations.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Regional community
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (6 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Indigenous health
- Rural / remote
- Northern
- Procedural emphasis
- Early independence
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Orientation Block (Transition to Discipline)
- CTU Pediatrics as a Junior Resident (Transition to Discipline)
- Neonatology (Transition to Discipline)
- Emergency Pediatrics (Transition to Discipline)
- Community-Based Pediatrics - urban (Transition to Discipline)
- Social Ambulatory-Based Pediatrics (Transition to Discipline)
- Selective (Allergy, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology) (Transition to Discipline)
- Junior Call (Transition to Discipline)
- CTU as Junior Resident (Foundations)
- CTU as Transition to Senior Resident (Foundations)
- Neonatology (Foundations)
- Emergency Pediatrics (Foundations)
- Community-Based Pediatrics - Urban (Foundations)
- Social Ambulatory-Based Pediatrics (Foundations)
- Academic Skills Rotation (Foundations · 2 week)
- Hematology/Oncology (Foundations)
- Selective (Allergy, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Genetics and Metabolics, Infectious Disease, Respirology) (Foundations)
- Elective (Foundations)
- Night Float (Foundations · 2 week)
- Junior Call (Foundations)
- CTU Pediatrics as the Senior Resident (Core · 16 weeks total in Core)
- Neonatology (Core · 8 weeks total in Core)
- Pediatric Intensive Care (Core · 8 weeks total in Core)
- Community-Based Pediatrics - Rural (Core · Brandon and Thompson Manitoba)
- Social Ambulatory-Based Pediatrics (Core)
- Emergency Pediatrics (Core · 8 weeks total in Core)
- Adolescent Medicine and Child Psychiatry (Core)
- Developmental Pediatrics (Core)
- Child Maltreatment Pediatrics (Core)
- Selective (Allergy, Cardiology, Complex Care, Endocrinology, Hematology and Oncology, Gastroenterology, Genetics and Metabolics, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Neurology, Palliative Care, Respirology, Rheumatology) (Core)
- Continuity Clinic (Core)
- Elective (Core · 12 weeks total in Core)
- Night Float (Core · 8 weeks total in Core)
- Senior Call (Core)
- CTU Pediatrics Junior Attending (Transition To Practice)
- Inpatient Complex Care (Transition To Practice)
- Developmental Pediatrics (Transition To Practice)
- Neonatology (Transition To Practice)
- Community-Based Pediatrics (Transition To Practice)
- Continuity Clinic (Transition To Practice)
- Electives (Transition To Practice)
- Senior Call (Transition To Practice)
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- CTU Pediatrics as a Junior Resident (Transition to Discipline)
- Emergency Pediatrics (Transition to Discipline)
- Community-Based Pediatrics - urban (Transition to Discipline)
- Social Ambulatory-Based Pediatrics (Transition to Discipline)
- Selective (Allergy, Endocrinology, Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology) (Transition to Discipline)
- Junior Call (Transition to Discipline)
- CTU as Junior Resident (Foundations)
- CTU as Transition to Senior Resident (Foundations)
- Neonatology (Foundations)
- Emergency Pediatrics (Foundations)
- Community-Based Pediatrics - Urban (Foundations)
- Social Ambulatory-Based Pediatrics (Foundations)
- Academic Skills Rotation (Foundations · 2 week)
- Hematology/Oncology (Foundations)
- Selective (Allergy, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Genetics and Metabolics, Infectious Disease, Respirology) (Foundations)
- Elective (Foundations)
- Night Float (Foundations · 2 week)
- Junior Call (Foundations)
- CTU Pediatrics as the Senior Resident (Core · 16 weeks total in Core)
- Neonatology (Core · 8 weeks total in Core)
- Pediatric Intensive Care (Core · 8 weeks total in Core)
- Community-Based Pediatrics - Rural (Core · Brandon and Thompson Manitoba)
- Social Ambulatory-Based Pediatrics (Core)
- Emergency Pediatrics (Core · 8 weeks total in Core)
- Adolescent Medicine and Child Psychiatry (Core)
- Developmental Pediatrics (Core)
- Child Maltreatment and Child Psychiatry (Core)
- Selective (Allergy, Cardiology, Complex Care, Endocrinology, Hematology and Oncology, Gastroenterology, Genetics and Metabolics, Infectious Disease, Nephrology, Neurology, Palliative Care, Respirology, Rheumatology) (Core)
- Continuity Clinic (Core)
- Elective (Core · 12 weeks total in Core)
- Night Float (Core · 8 weeks total in Core)
- Senior Call (Core)
- CTU Pediatrics Junior Attending (Transition To Practice)
- Inpatient Complex Care (Transition To Practice)
- Developmental Pediatrics (Transition To Practice)
- Neonatology (Transition To Practice)
- Community-Based Pediatrics (Transition To Practice)
- Continuity Clinic (Transition To Practice)
- Electives (Transition To Practice)
- Senior Call (Transition To Practice)
Where you train
Winnipeg, Manitoba: 4 teaching sites; 6 rural weeks.
- Children's Hospital of Winnipeg
- St. Boniface General Hospital
- Brandon General Hospital (Brandon · rural or distributed site)
- Thompson General Hospital (Thompson · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: Altera at 4 of 4.
Moving to a new system: Children's Hospital of Winnipeg; St. Boniface General Hospital; Brandon General Hospital; Thompson General Hospital (scheduled 31 Mar 2027 across the province).
Hospital facts
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
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.
Hospital size and activity: Manitoba doesn't publish this as open data.
About Winnipeg
People
749,607residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.8%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−16.3 °CJanuary mean19.5 °CJuly mean
Job outlook
Goodfor 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 · IMGs only
- IMG requirements, IMG stream
- Not stated on CaRMS page
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
Thu 12 Nov 2026
7:00–9:00 pm CST
Info session · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $72,171 / year |
| PGY-2 | $77,416 / year |
| PGY-3 | $83,372 / year |
| PGY-4 | $89,329 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- In-house call · night float
- 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)
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 2 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 0 of 9 years.
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| Year | Open after round 1 | Open after round 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | not available | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 positions open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 positions open after round 1 in 2026, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 0 |
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 | 9 | 4 years | 5 dates, 18–22 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 1 | 4 years | 5 dates, 18–22 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 9 | 5 years | 5 dates, 2–6 Feb 2026 |
| IMG stream | 1 | 5 years | 5 dates, 2–6 Feb 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Manitoba Pediatrics Residency Program offers a comprehensive 4-year training experience in Pediatrics, focusing on developing competent pediatricians capable of managing medically and socially complex children and adolescents.
- The program emphasizes patient-centered care, social determinants of health, and advocacy across diverse populations including urban, rural, immigrant, refugee, Aboriginal, and Inuit communities.
- Research
- Residents must complete a scholarly project, with dedicated research time, mentorship from research committee, and potential funding from Children's Hospital Foundation.
- Training setting
- Training occurs primarily at Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, a 127-bed facility treating over 130,000 children annually, with additional sites in Winnipeg, Brandon, Thompson, and remote northern communities in Manitoba and Nunavut.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with a focus on progressive skill development, interactive small group learning, and comprehensive training across all CanMEDS competencies.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Personal letter
- Reference documents
- CV/Résumé
- Work place based assessments
- Rotation evaluations
- Mock OSCEs
- Canadian in-training exams
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Jayson StoffmanPediatric Program Director
Dr. Jaskiran SandhaPediatric Assistant Program Director
Dr. Megan CooneyPediatric Associate Program Director
- Program office
Program Coordinator
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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