Ottawa - Emergency Medicine
University of OttawaOttawa, Ontario
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 92
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Thu 28 Jan 2027,time not stated
Interviews
1 date, 29 Jan 2027
Ottawa, 3 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Senior residents in good standing may moonlight in local critical care units and community emergency departments with restricted licenses.
From “Additional information” on the CaRMS page
- This is a 5-year Royal College Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Ottawa.
- Core training sites are The Ottawa Hospital General and Civic Campuses and CHEO, with 33 blocks of adult and 6 blocks of paediatric emergency medicine.
- Residents complete a six-month area of concentrated expertise and a required research or educational project with a draft manuscript.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Adult Emergency Medicine (33 blocks)
- Paediatric Emergency Medicine (6 blocks)
- Prehospital and Transport Medicine (1 block)
- Internal Medicine (2 blocks)
- General Surgery (1 block)
- Orthopaedics (1 block)
- Anesthesia (2 blocks)
- Psychiatry (1 block)
- Obstetrics/Gynaecology (1 block)
- Neurology (Stroke/Consults) (1 block)
- Adult ICU (3 blocks)
- Cardiology / CCU (2 blocks)
- Elective Critical Care Experience (Emergency Medicine, Paediatrics ICU, Adult ICU) (1 block)
- Trauma (1 block)
- Toxicology (1 block)
- Electives (3 blocks)
- area of concentrated expertise (ACE) (six months)
Where you train
Ottawa, Ontario: 3 teaching sites.
- Ottawa Hospital General Campus
- The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 3 of 3.
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
- Epic (Atlas Alliance shared system), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
- Clinical record
- Epic, system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.
About Ottawa
People
1,017,449residents, 2021 Census
Housing
2.9%rental vacancy rate
Winter and summer
−9.6 °CJanuary mean21.3 °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
- IMG requirements, IMG stream
- Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 29 Jan 2027
- Format
- Traditional (one on one/two on one)
Info sessions
Thu 28 Jan 2027
time not stated
Social · Virtual · Listed under interviews on CaRMS
Pay and call
| 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 |
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)
Past matches
No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.
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 | 9 | 5 years | 1 date, 29 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 2 | 5 years | 1 date, 29 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 9 | 5 years | 1 date, 23 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 2 | 5 years | 1 date, 23 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Ottawa's RCPSC Emergency Medicine Residency is designed to graduate clinicians with excellent clinical skills while providing trainees opportunities to foster their own interests within emergency medicine.
- The program boasts over 90 emergency staff physicians dedicated to resident training, with a strong focus on supporting residents academically, personally, and professionally.
- Research
- All residents are expected to produce a research or educational project, with support from research faculty. Many residents present work at national/international conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across multiple urban hospital sites in Ottawa, including the Ottawa Hospital General Campus, Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).
- Teaching approach
- The program follows the Royal College's Competence by Design (CBD) curriculum, emphasizing progressive competence development through four stages: Transition to Discipline, Foundations, Core, and Transition to Practice.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CV Review
- Electives Review
- Extra-curricular Activities
- Leadership Skills
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Personal Letter
- Reference Documents
- Research/Publications
- Transcripts
Contacts and links
- Program directors
Dr. Jeffrey LandrevilleRCPSC EM Program Director
Dr. Michael HoRCPSC EM Associate Program Director
Dr. Kathleen O'ConnellRCPSC EM Assosicate Program Director
- Program office
Postgraduate Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Emergency Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Ottawa
- Bilingual
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