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Toronto - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

University of TorontoToronto, OntarioCMG stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
4 positionschanged: see what changed on the CaRMS page
Length
5 years
Applications per year
0–50
Offered interviews
51–75%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Info session

details info sessions of this program

Wed 4 Nov 2026,7:00–8:00 pm ESTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

2 dates, 28–29 Jan 2027virtual

Toronto, 6 teaching sites

Program website(opens in a new tab)X(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

  • Training across ten rehabilitation hospitals, including a dedicated pediatric rehabilitation hospital.

    From “Training sites” on the CaRMS page

  • The University of Toronto PM&R residency is a 5-year program based at UHN-Toronto Rehab, University Centre.
  • Training sites include adult rehabilitation hospitals, a pediatric rehabilitation hospital and four regional rehabilitation hospitals.
  • Research is required, and PGY5 includes 3 mandatory junior attending blocks.
  • PGY2-5 residents take home call.

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

What training looks like

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

By year

PGY-1
  • General Internal Medicine3 blocks
  • Geri-Rehab2 blocks
  • Rheumatology (outpatient clinics)1 block
  • Plastic Surgery1 block
  • Urology or Vascular surgery1 block
  • Sports Medicine1 block
  • Medicine/ Subspecialty SelectivesTwo 1 block rotations
PGY-2
  • Neurology3 blocks
  • Orthopedics3 blocks

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • MSK (Transition to Discipline (TTD) · 1 block)
  • Neuro (choose from acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury or stroke rehab) (Transition to Discipline (TTD) · 1 block)
  • Spinal Cord Rehabilitation (Core of Discipline (COD) · 3 blocks)
  • Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation (Core of Discipline (COD) · 3 blocks)
  • Pediatric Rehabilitation (Core of Discipline (COD) · 2 blocks)
  • Prosthetics & Orthotics (Core of Discipline (COD) · 3 blocks)
  • Stroke Rehabilitation (Core of Discipline (COD) · 3 blocks)
  • Cancer Rehabilitation (Core of Discipline (COD) · 1 block)
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation (Core of Discipline (COD) · 1 block)
  • Chronic Pain (Core of Discipline (COD) · 1 block)
  • Consult Service (Core of Discipline (COD) · 1 block)
  • Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation (Core of Discipline (COD) · 4 blocks (2 outpatient, 2 inpatient senior rotation))
  • Spasticity (Core of Discipline (COD) · 1 block)
  • Diseases of Nerve and Muscle (incl. EMG) (Core of Discipline (COD) · 4 blocks)
  • Senior Resident Longitudinal Clinics (PGY5) (Core of Discipline (COD))
  • Research (Core of Discipline (COD) · 1 block)
  • Electives (Core of Discipline (COD))
  • mandatory junior attending (Transition to Practice (TTP) · 3 blocks)
  • Senior Resident Longitudinal Clinic (Transition to Practice (TTP))
  • Research (Transition to Practice (TTP))
  • Electives (Transition to Practice (TTP))

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

Where you train

Toronto, Ontario: 6 teaching sites.

  • UHN-Toronto Rehab, University Centre
  • Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab
  • UHN- West Park Healthcare Centre
  • Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital
  • St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Providence Healthcare

Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 1 of 6; no published record for 5.

Hospital facts

1 site · 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.

Providence Healthcare

Clinical record
Epic, fully electronic record since Nov 2024 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)
28 and 29 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Panel
  • MMI or rotating station

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 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 5 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
LevelAnnual 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

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (as the program states it)
Home 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)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
CMG stream45 years2 dates, 28–29 Jan 2027Virtual
  • CaRMS page changed during the match: positions (noticed 13 Oct)

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG streamToronto - Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation45 years2 dates, 22–23 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Program at the University of Toronto is one of the largest programs in Canada, offering diverse opportunities for training, research, and broad clinical exposure.
  • The program provides comprehensive training across five years, with a strong commitment to resident education and a collegial learning environment.
Research
Residents must complete at least one research project during residency, with annual Research Day and access to research staff across affiliated hospitals.
Training setting
Training occurs across multiple rehabilitation hospitals in Toronto, including adult and pediatric rehabilitation centers in urban academic and community hospital settings.
Teaching approach
Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with regular performance reviews by a Competence Committee, focusing on Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) and progressive skill development.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • CV and extracurricular activities
  • Electives
  • Leadership skills
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Personal letter
  • Reference documents
  • Research involvement
  • 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. Kimberly Coros

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

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

Program websiteWebsiteXCANPREPPCANPREPPincludes a resident experience sectionFrom the programPGME at U of T(opens in a new tab)Toronto: The World at Your Doorstep(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation elsewhere

Nearest to Toronto

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 35388 · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

What changed, noticed 13 Oct: Quota 3 → 4. See what changed

What changed on the program’s CaRMS page

We read each program’s CaRMS page about every two weeks and note what differs. The date is when we noticed it; the change was made in the window shown. Reformatting is not listed, and a contacts change is listed without names.

  1. Noticed 13 Octchanged between 5 and 13 Oct

    • Quota 3 → 4

      Approximate Quota: 4
      From the CaRMS page, read 13 Oct

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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