Ottawa - Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
University of OttawaOttawa, OntarioCMG stream
At a glance
- Approx. quota
- 3
- Length
- 5
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Offered interviews
- 26–50%
CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates
Interviews
1 date, 1 Feb 2027
Ottawa, 5 teaching sites · 1 rural weeks
What stands out about this program
Nunavut outreach program: residents travel to Iqaluit for a week of specialty clinics.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Annual head and neck cancer screening day at Ottawa homeless shelters.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
Final-year longitudinal clinic where the resident acts as most responsible physician for a patient cohort.
From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page
- This is a five-year Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery residency at the University of Ottawa, starting with one year of Surgical Foundations.
- Training takes place at the Ottawa Hospital campuses and CHEO, where residents spend 8 months.
- Up to three blocks of research time are offered, and all residents travel to Nunavut for a week of outreach clinics.
What training looks like
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Rural / remote
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation (1 weeks)
- Focus areas
- Northern
- Underserved urban
- Research
- Offered · research project · protected time
By year
- PGY-1
- ENT4 blocks
- ICU
- General Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Plastic Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Anesthesiology
- Thoracic
- Emergency
- Palliative Care
Other rotations
- senior rotation in the ICU (2nd year)
- plastic surgery rotation (2nd year)
- junior ENT resident (2nd year · all major teaching hospitals)
- subspecialty ENT rotations (3rd year)
- community rotation (3rd year · in the location of their choosing)
- elective rotation (3rd year)
- otolaryngology subspecialties (4th year · within the University of Ottawa system)
- elective rotations (4th year)
- Head & Neck Oncology, Rhinology and Otology-Neurotology (final year · three months)
- Facial Plastic surgery and pediatric otolaryngology (final year · one month)
- half-day biweekly longitudinal clinic (final year)
Where you train
Ottawa, Ontario: 5 teaching sites; 1 rural weeks.
- Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus
- Ottawa Hospital - General Campus
- Ottawa Hospital - Riverside Campus
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Iqaluit (Iqaluit · rural or distributed site)
Record systems at the listed sites: Epic at 4 of 5; no published record for 1.
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
- 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
- Not stated on CaRMS page. Check the provincial return-of-service rules.
Interviews and info sessions
- Interview dates (2027 match)
- 1 Feb 2027
- Format
- Virtual
- MMI or rotating station
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.
5 Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 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 |
| PGY-4 | $92,701 / year |
| PGY-5 | $98,567 / year |
Call
- Call (as the program states it)
- Home call · frequency “1 in 7”
- 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 | 3 | 5 years | 1 date, 1 Feb 2027 | Nothing noted |
2026 match
| Stream | Positions | Length | Interviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMG stream | 3 | 5 years | Interviews not stated |
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
- The University of Ottawa offers a comprehensive five-year Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery residency program in the Nation's Capital.
- The program provides residents with a dynamic, supportive environment featuring high surgical volumes, multidisciplinary training, and extensive clinical exposure across various subspecialties.
- Research
- Up to three research blocks offered to all residents, with faculty guidance and presentation stipends.
- Training setting
- Training occurs across four major teaching hospitals in Ottawa, including multiple campuses of The Ottawa Hospital and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, with additional exposure to community hospital operating rooms.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with a focus on progressive independence, early surgical exposure, and comprehensive training across all Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery subspecialties.
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- What the program looked at
- Academic performance
- Scholarly activities
- Extracurricular activities
- Personal letter
- Reference letters
- Interview performance
Contacts and links
- Program director
Dr. Ryan RourkeProgram Director/Program Administrator
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
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