Toronto - Cardiac Surgery

University of TorontoToronto, OntarioCMG stream

Approx. quota: 1 position
Length: 6 years
Applications per year: 0–50
Offered interviews: 26–50%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Interviews

Not stated on CaRMS page

Toronto, 8 teaching sites

Program website CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Program explicitly aims to train cardiac surgeon-scientists, with at least one year of academic enrichment expected.
From “Selection criteria” on the CaRMS page

The University of Toronto cardiac surgery residency is a six-year program training residents across six cardiac units.
Residents also rotate through Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
The program aims to train cardiac surgeon-scientists, and all trainees are expected to complete at least one year of academic enrichment.

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

What training looks like

Setting: Academic / tertiary hospital
Regional community
Rural exposure: Not stated on CaRMS page
Research: Required · research project · protected time

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

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

Where you train

Toronto, Ontario: 8 teaching sites.

St. Michael's Hospital
Toronto General Hospital
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Trillium Health Partners
Hospital for Sick Children
Southlake Regional Health Centre
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (Thunder Bay · rural or distributed site)
University of Toronto Surgical Skills Lab at Mount Sinai Hospital

Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 4 of 8, MEDITECH at 2, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 1; no published record for 1.

Moving to a new system: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (scheduled 2027).

Hospital facts

7 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.

St. Michael's Hospital

Clinical record: Epic, fully electronic record since Nov 2024 As of 31 Oct 2026

Toronto General Hospital

Clinical record: Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Clinical record: Oracle Health, moving to a new system, scheduled 2027 As of 31 Oct 2026

Show facts for 4 more sites

Trillium Health Partners

Clinical record: Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Hospital for Sick Children

Clinical record: Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

Southlake Regional Health Centre

Clinical record: MEDITECH Expanse, fully electronic record As of 31 Oct 2026

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Clinical record: MEDITECH Expanse, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026

ONE HITS runs MEDITECH Expanse for northeastern Ontario hospitals in two waves: the three founding hospitals went live in October 2019; the 20 hospitals of Wave 2 (including Health Sciences North) are moving over, with no date on the page. As of 31 Oct 2026

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

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

About Toronto

People
2,794,356residents, 2021 Census
Municipality of Toronto
Housing
3.0%rental vacancy rate
October 2025 survey, Toronto, Ontario (census metropolitan area)
Winter and summer
−3.5 °CJanuary mean22.5 °CJuly mean
1991–2020 normals, Toronto (City), 11.0 km away
Job outlook
Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Toronto (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): Not stated on CaRMS page
Format: Virtual
Panel

Info sessions

None listed on the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) (read 20 Oct 2026) or on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026). Programs add sessions through the fall.

2 Cardiac Surgery info sessions at other programs All info sessions

Pay and call

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab). Contract expired, may change. One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 6 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$73,367 / year
PGY-2	$79,670 / year
PGY-3	$85,564 / year
PGY-4	$92,701 / year
PGY-5	$98,567 / year
PGY-6	$104,167 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 nights in 28 in-house
Post-call rule (provincial): No new patient responsibilities after 24 hours in-hospital, except what clinical handover needs
Max continuous duty (provincial): 24 hours in-hospital, then relieved after handover (up to 2 hours)

The union agreement’s limits and rules for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed. 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)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews	What changed
CMG stream	1	6 years	Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	1	6 years	Interviews not stated

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

The cardiac surgery residency program at the University of Toronto is the largest and most diverse in Canada.
The program aims to prepare tomorrow's leaders in Cardiac Surgery through a comprehensive 6-year training program across 5 teaching hospitals, offering outstanding opportunities for clinical and academic training.

Research: Residents are expected to undertake 1-3 years of academic enrichment, with opportunities in clinical and basic science research.
Training setting: Urban academic medical centers across five major Toronto hospitals, providing surgical care for a large urban population and extensive referral network.
Teaching approach: Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) focused on progressive skill development, research engagement, and preparing residents to become excellent clinical and academic surgeons.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Academic record
Research potential
Interview performance
Leadership skills
Scholarly activities
Professionalism

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. Bobby Yanagawa
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Program Administrator
Write to the officecardiac.admin@utoronto.ca

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

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Cardiac Surgery elsewhere

Nearest to Toronto

Hamilton - Cardiac SurgeryMcMaster University
Hamilton · 59 km
1 position · CMG
London - Cardiac SurgeryWestern University
London · 168 km
1 position · CMG
Ottawa - Cardiac SurgeryUniversity of Ottawa
Ottawa · 352 km
1 position · CMG

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 8 Sep 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36193 · 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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