Toronto - Vascular Surgery

University of TorontoToronto, OntarioCMG stream

Approx. quota: 2 positions
Length: 5 years
Applications per year: 0–50
Offered interviews: 76–100%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

Interviews

1 date, 5 Feb 2027virtual

Toronto, 6 teaching sites

Program website Instagram X CANPREPP profile CaRMS program page

What stands out about this program

Two main sites participate in a regional GTA vascular emergency call coverage program.
From “General instructions” on the CaRMS page
Residents get vascular trauma exposure, including paediatric vascular trauma, and vascular support for surgical oncology cases.
From “General instructions” on the CaRMS page

The University of Toronto Vascular Surgery residency is a 5-year program delivered across five teaching sites in Toronto, with open and endovascular training at all sites.
Residents are expected to complete a research project annually, and may enter the Surgeon Scientist Training Program after second year.
Training in diagnostic vascular ultrasound is mandatory.

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: central departmental skills boot camp
vascular surgery specific boot camp
PGY-3: cardiac surgery
further vascular rotations

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

off-service surgical and medical rotations (first two years)
vascular laboratory (first two years)
run a vascular service (final two years · one of our core sites)
interventional radiology (final two years)
vascular lab (final two years)

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

Where you train

Toronto, Ontario: 6 teaching sites.

University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital
St. Michael's Hospital
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Humber River Hospital
Scarborough General Hospital
Trillium Health Center

Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 3 of 6, MEDITECH at 1, Oracle Health (Cerner) at 1; no published record for 1.

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

Hospital facts

5 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.

University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital

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

St. Michael's Hospital

Clinical record: Epic, fully electronic record since Nov 2024 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 2 more sites

Humber River Hospital

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

Trillium Health Center

Clinical record: Epic, 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): 5 Feb 2027
Format: Virtual
Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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.

3 Vascular 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 5 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

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	2	5 years	1 date, 5 Feb 2027Virtual	Nothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
Stream	Positions	Length	Interviews
CMG stream	2	6 years	1 date, 23 Jan 2026

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

The University of Toronto's Vascular Surgery Residency Program offers a comprehensive training experience across multiple teaching sites in the Greater Toronto Area.
Residents will gain extensive exposure to open surgical and endovascular techniques, complex vascular cases, and academic research opportunities.
The program aims to train leaders in Vascular Surgery who can comprehensively manage vascular disease and advance knowledge in the field.

Research: Residents are expected to complete an annual research project and are strongly encouraged to enter the Surgeon Scientist Training Program (SSTP).
Training setting: Training occurs across five teaching sites in urban Toronto, including academic medical centers and community hospitals, providing diverse clinical exposure and comprehensive vascular surgery training.
Teaching approach: Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with progressive independence, emphasizing research, academic development, and comprehensive clinical skills across multiple training sites.
Enhanced skills: Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at: Academic record
References
Research/Publications
Personal letter
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. Elisa Greco
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Program office: Vascular Administrator
Write to the officevascular.admin@utoronto.ca

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

Program websiteWebsite CANPREPPCANPREPP PGME at U of T This program on CaRMS

Vascular Surgery elsewhere

Nearest to Toronto

Hamilton - Vascular SurgeryMcMaster University
Hamilton · 59 km
1 position · CMG
London - Vascular SurgeryWestern University
London · 168 km
1 position · CMG
Ottawa - Vascular SurgeryUniversity of Ottawa
Ottawa · 352 km
1 position · 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 35300 · 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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