Winnipeg - Psychiatry
University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 103
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 76–100%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Open house
all 2 info sessions of this programTue 15 Dec 2026,6:30 pm CSTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Interviews
6 dates, 20–27 Jan 2027
Winnipeg, 5 teaching sites · required rural rotation
What stands out about this program
Psychotherapy training with a weekly patient begins in PGY-1.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Community psychiatry experiences in Northern Manitoba and Nunavut with First Nations and Inuit communities via Ongomiizwin.
From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page
- The University of Manitoba Psychiatry program is a five-year residency based at the PsycHealth Centre (Health Sciences Centre), St. Boniface Hospital and Victoria Hospital in Winnipeg.
- Residents begin psychotherapy training in the second half of PGY-1, and PGY-5 is 12 months of elective training.
- Residents must complete a research deliverable before the end of PGY3 and take part in community psychiatry placements, including rural/remote sites.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Northern
- Research
- Required · research project · protected time
By year
- PGY-1
- inpatient psychiatric ICU
- emergency room psychiatry
- consultation-liaison psychiatry
- research
- family medicine
- emergency medicine
- neurology
- internal medicine
- PGY-2
- adult inpatient psychiatry6-month
- adult outpatient psychiatry6-month
- PGY-3
- geriatric psychiatry6-month
- child and adolescent psychiatry6-month
- PGY-4
- Consultation-Liaison psychiatry6 months
- Severe and Persistent Mental Illness psychiatry6 months
- Shared Care/Collaborative Care
- PGY-5
- elective training12 months
Where you train
Winnipeg, Manitoba: 5 teaching sites; required rural rotation.
- PsycHealth Centre
- Health Sciences Centre
- McEwen Building at the St. Boniface Hospital
- Victoria Hospital
- Selkirk Mental Health Centre (rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: Altera at 3 of 5; no published record for 2.
Moving to a new system: Health Sciences Centre; McEwen Building at the St. Boniface Hospital; Victoria 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
- “All International Medical graduates are required to attend a two week IMG Orientation the last two weeks on June 2027.”
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 20, 21, 22, 25, 26 and 27 Jan 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
- Panel
Info sessions
Tue 15 Dec 2026
6:30 pm CST
Open house · VirtualCANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)
Wed 16 Dec 2026
6:30 pm CST
Open house · 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 |
| PGY-5 | $95,285 / year |
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)
Past matches
Open after round 1 in 3 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 2 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 | 5 positions open after round 1 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 2 positions open after round 2 in 2022, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2023 | 4 positions open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) | 1 position open after round 2 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab) |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 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 | 10 | 5 years | 6 dates, 20–27 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 3 | 5 years | 6 dates, 20–27 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 10 | 5 years | 6 dates, 21–28 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 3 | 5 years | 6 dates, 21–28 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Manitoba offers a comprehensive 5-year Psychiatry residency program designed to produce psychiatrists with broad academic and clinical expertise.
- The program provides extensive training across various psychiatric domains, with a strong focus on psychotherapy, clinical skills, and serving diverse patient populations.
- Research
- Residents are required to complete at least one publishable research paper, with up to one year of PGY-5 time potentially dedicated to research. A dedicated Research Track is available for developing clinician scientists.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across multiple urban teaching hospitals in Winnipeg, including PsycHealth Centre, St. Boniface Hospital, and Victoria Hospital, with additional community and rural training sites.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing both clinical expertise and broader physician roles including medical expert, communicator, collaborator, leader, health advocate, scholar, and professional.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Medical Student Performance Record
- Personal Letter
- CV/Resume
- References
- Interview Performance
- Clinical Rotation Performance
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Michael Harrington
Dr. Camille Glidden
Dr. Kirsten Penner-Goeke
CaRMS lists no email for the directors.
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Psychiatry elsewhere
Nearest to Winnipeg
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