Ottawa - Internal Medicine
University of OttawaOttawa, Ontario
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 239
- Length
- 3
- Applications per year
- 601+
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
IMG stream · open to international medical graduates
Interviews
5 dates, 25–29 Jan 2027
Ottawa, 7 teaching sites
What stands out about this program
Competitive-entry Research Plus Program giving selected residents mentorship and additional protected research time.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- The University of Ottawa Internal Medicine program is a 3-year residency centred at the General, Civic and Riverside campuses of The Ottawa Hospital.
- PGY1 includes mandatory clinical teaching unit, Cardiology, ICU, GIM consult/triage and Emergency Medicine blocks, and senior years include a mandatory community GIM rotation.
- Residents must complete at least one scholarly project, and interviews are conducted virtually.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project · protected time
By year
- PGY-1
- clinical teaching unit5 blocks
- Cardiology2 blocks
- ICU1 block
- GIM consult/triage team1 block
- Emergency Medicine1 block
- subspecialty rotationsthree 4-week blocks
Other rotations
- CTU or consult/triage (PGY2 to PGY3 · 8 blocks)
- ICU and CCU (PGY2 to PGY3 · 3 blocks in total)
- elective time (PGY2 to PGY3 · 3 blocks)
- ambulatory GIM (PGY2 to PGY3)
- community GIM (PGY2 to PGY3)
- malignant hematology (PGY2 to PGY3)
- subspeciality selectives (PGY2 to PGY3 · 9 blocks)
Where you train
Ottawa, Ontario: 7 teaching sites.
- The Ottawa Hospital General Campus
- Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre
- The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute
- The Ottawa Hospital Riverside Campus
- Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital
- Montfort Hospital
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 5 of 7; no published record for 2.
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)
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
- Clinical record
- Epic (Atlas Alliance shared system), system named (how far it goes is not stated)
Montfort Hospital
- Clinical record
- Epic (Atlas Alliance shared system), 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
- Other file component(s)
- 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
- Recent clinical experience
- Observerships don’t count as clinical experience
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 Jan 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.
16 Internal Medicine info sessions at other programsAll info sessions
Pay and call
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $73,367 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,670 / year |
| PGY-3 | $85,564 / 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 | 23 | 3 years | 5 dates, 25–29 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
| IMG stream | 9 | 3 years | 5 dates, 25–29 Jan 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 23 | 5 years | 7 dates, 9–30 Jan 2026 |
| IMG stream | 9 | 5 years | 7 dates, 9–30 Jan 2026 |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Ottawa Internal Medicine Residency Program offers a comprehensive three-year training experience focused on developing highly skilled Internal Medicine physicians.
- The program provides broad exposure to all aspects of Internal Medicine, with an emphasis on progressive responsibility, subspecialty rotations, and competency-based medical education.
- Research
- Mandatory scholarly project, Research Plus Program, protected research time, annual Research Day presentation, mentorship, and research skill development workshops.
- Training setting
- Fully integrated program across three campuses of The Ottawa Hospital: General Campus, Civic Campus, and Riverside Campus, with additional rotation opportunities at Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital and Montfort Hospital.
- Teaching approach
- Progressive responsibility model with increasing clinical autonomy, emphasizing competency-based learning, supervised clinical experiences, and continuous professional development through structured academic and research opportunities.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- CV review
- Personal letter
- Reference letters
- Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
- Interview performance
- Research experience
- Leadership skills
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Kordan Harvey
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
- Program office
Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Internal Medicine elsewhere
Nearest to Ottawa
- Bilingual
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