Vancouver Island - Pediatrics

University of British ColumbiaVancouver Island, British ColumbiaCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 1 Oct 2025

From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version

Positions (approx. quota): 2 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Pediatrics
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 30102

Bands are 5-year averages the program reports to CaRMS. They describe past cycles, not your odds.

Summary

The UBC Pediatrics Residency Program at the Vancouver Island site offers a unique training experience focused on generalist pediatrics and community-based care. Residents will gain comprehensive pediatric skills through rotations in Victoria and Vancouver, with a strong emphasis on developing scholarly, communication, and leadership abilities.

Training

Research

Residents are expected to engage in clinical, basic science, or medical education research, with support from a dedicated research director and scholarly activities coordinator.

Training setting

Training occurs across multiple sites including Victoria General Hospital, BC Children's Hospital, and distributed community pediatric sites in Nanaimo, Prince George, Kelowna, and Cranbrook, offering a diverse and comprehensive learning environment.

Teaching approach

Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with progressive independence, focusing on developing residents as skilled clinicians, educators, communicators, and medical leaders through structured, staged training experiences.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospital
Quaternary care center
Rural clinic

Focus areas

Generalist Pediatrics
Community Pediatrics
Social Pediatrics
Global Child Health
Developmental Pediatrics

Patient populations

Pediatric inpatients
Neonatal patients
Developmental and behavioral patients
Emergency pediatric patients
Rural and community pediatric populations
Complex care patients

Highlights

Distributed training sites across British Columbia
Global child health initiatives
Social pediatrics lens
Research opportunities
International partnerships
Resident-driven health advocacy projects
Competence By Design (CBD) curriculum

Strengths

Comprehensive generalist pediatric training
Strong research infrastructure
Distributed training opportunities
Emphasis on social pediatrics
Global health initiatives
Supportive and collegial learning environment

Enhanced skills

Global Child Health
Social Pediatrics
Medical Education
Research Skills

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Selection

What the program looks at

CV review
Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
Personal letter
Reference documents
Interview performance
Collaboration skills
Communication skills
Leadership potential

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 13, 26, 27 and 28 Jan 2026

Programs can change interview dates. Confirm on carms.ca.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 2 Sep 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Salaries from April 2027.

Annual salary by PGY level, British Columbia
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$71,390 / year
PGY-2	$79,571 / year
PGY-3	$86,655 / year
PGY-4	$93,230 / year
PGY-5	$100,215 / year

One provincial scale for British Columbia, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

Benefits

Benefits as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024; check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Annual vacation: 4 weeks
CMPA dues paid: Yes. Mandatory
Dental plan: 100% Premiums Paid
Educational leave: Yes
Extended health insurance: 100% Premiums Paid
Frequency of calls: 1 in 4 onsite/1 in 3 offsite
Life insurance: 100% Premium Paid
Long-term disability insurance: Yes 100% Premiums Paid
Maternity leave: 17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
Meal allowance: No
Provincial dues (% of salary): 1.5%
Provincial health insurance: 100% Premiums Paid
Sick leave: Yes
Statutory holidays: 2 x pay plus extra day with pay

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 in 4 in-house

The union agreement’s cap for all residents in the province; your program’s actual call schedule may be lighter. Check with the program.

RDBC agreement, 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2029.

Teaching sites

Victoria General Hospital
BC Children's Hospital
British Columbia Women's Hospital
Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health

Hospital facts

Public figures for hospitals named above, each with its source and reference period. They describe the hospital, not the program, and are not a ranking. We match names to the province’s lists by name, so check each source before you rely on it.

Victoria General Hospital

Matched to Victoria General Hospital (Victoria) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 8,131 All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 2,108 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

BC Children's Hospital

Matched to BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 7,396 All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,910 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

British Columbia Women's Hospital

Matched to BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre (Vancouver) in the province’s hospital list.

Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26: 5,033 All procedure groups, for the fiscal year (1 April to 31 March). Scheduled surgery only: emergency surgery is not in the file.
Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1: 1,348 One quarter (April to June), interim figures, all procedure groups. Scheduled surgery only.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Unfilled positions in past years

No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.

Positions at this site, all streams.

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. Verify with the CaRMS lists. 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)). 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.

Contacts

Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.

The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).

Location

Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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 5 Oct 2026.