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Toronto - Radiation Oncology

University of TorontoToronto, OntarioCMG stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
4 positions
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

Tue 10 Nov 2026,5:00–6:30 pm ESTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

1 date, 19 Jan 2027virtual

Toronto, 11 teaching sites

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

  • Access to adaptive radiotherapy (Ethos/Unity MR Linac), gamma knife and afterloading brachytherapy.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Exposure to subspecialty techniques such as craniospinal irradiation, total body irradiation and GU/gynecology brachytherapy.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • The University of Toronto Radiation Oncology program is a 5-year residency based at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto.
  • Residents complete a mandatory community radiation oncology rotation at Southlake Regional or Royal Victoria Hospital.
  • Each resident is expected to complete several research projects and submit manuscripts; call is in-house at PM and from home at Odette.

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

By year

PGY-1
  • Radiation OncologyPrincess Margaret and Odette Cancer Centre2 block (8 week)
  • internal medicine
  • surgical oncology
  • medical oncology
  • ENT/head-and-neck surgery
  • palliative care
PGY-2
  • radiation oncology rotationsPM and Odette

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • radiation oncology rotations (PGY-3 and 4 Years – Core of Discipline · two to three months at a time · PM & OCC)
  • community RO rotation (PGY-3 and 4 Years – Core of Discipline · Southlake Regional or Royal Victoria Hospital)

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

Where you train

Toronto, Ontario: 11 teaching sites.

  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC) incorporating the Odette Cancer Centre (OCC)
  • The Toronto Western Hospital (TWH)
  • The Toronto General Hospital (TGH)
  • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (TRI)
  • Michener Institute
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH)
  • Hospital for Sick Children (HSC)
  • Southlake Regional Hospital (Newmarket)
  • Credit Valley Hospital (Mississauga)
  • Royal Victoria Hospital (Barrie)

Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 6 of 11, MEDITECH at 2; no published record for 3.

Moving to a new system: Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH).

Hospital facts

8 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
Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated) As of 31 Oct 2026. At Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, The Toronto Western Hospital (TWH), The Toronto General Hospital (TGH).

Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH)

Clinical record
Epic (shared instance with Unity Health), moving to a new system As of 31 Oct 2026

Hospital for Sick Children (HSC)

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

Southlake Regional Hospital

Clinical record
MEDITECH Expanse, fully electronic record As of 31 Oct 2026
Show facts for 2 more sites

Credit Valley Hospital

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

Royal Victoria Hospital

Clinical record
MEDITECH Expanse (CARE4 shared record), system named (how far it goes is not stated) 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)
19 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)
In-house and 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 years1 date, 19 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream45 years1 date, 20 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • The University of Toronto Radiation Oncology Residency Program is a comprehensive 5-year training program located in Toronto, offering residents a dynamic and adaptive educational experience.
  • The program is based at two large radiation oncology centres, Princess Margaret and Odette Cancer Centre, and provides extensive clinical, research, and academic training to prepare residents for leadership roles in radiation oncology.
Research
Residents are expected to complete research projects, produce manuscripts, and are supported in presenting work at national and international conferences.
Training setting
Urban academic medical centers in Toronto, including Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Odette Cancer Centre, and multiple University Health Network hospitals with state-of-the-art technology and leading international experts.
Teaching approach
A competency-based medical education approach emphasizing progressive independence, scholarly inquiry, and comprehensive training across all CanMEDS roles with frequent assessments of clinical competencies.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Academic record
  • Research portfolio
  • Clinical skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Scholarly activity
  • Personal letter
  • References

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
Program office

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

Program websiteWebsiteCANPREPPCANPREPPdescribes academic half-dayFrom the programPGME at U of T(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Videos and podcasts

From the program

Public podcast episodes and videos where the program presents itself. The short descriptions are ours; each link goes to the original.

These are public recordings, reviewed by hand and linked here, not endorsed. They may be out of date. Confirm with the program.

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Radiation Oncology elsewhere

Nearest to Toronto

  • Hamilton - Radiation OncologyMcMaster University

    Hamilton · 59 km

    2 positions · CMG

  • London - Radiation OncologyWestern University

    London · 168 km

    2 positions · CMG

  • Kingston - Radiation OncologyQueen’s University

    Kingston · 241 km

    3 positions · CMG

Source

The program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab) · 2027 match · last approved 30 Aug 2026 · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program ID 36052 · 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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