Skip to content
CdnMD

London - Pediatrics

Western UniversityLondon, Ontario

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
9 positions−1 from 10 in the 2026 match
2 positions
Length
4 years
Applications per year
51–200
201–400
Offered interviews
76–100%
0–25%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

IMG stream · open to international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

IMG requirements: Recent clinical experience (within 3 years); Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program details under How they choose

Info session

all 2 info sessions of this program

Thu 5 Nov 2026,7:00–8:30 pm ESTvia CANPREPP source (opens in a new tab)

Interviews

3 dates, 19–21 Jan 2027virtual

1 date, 18 Jan 2027virtual

London, 6 teaching sites5 teaching sites · 2 rural weeks

Program website(opens in a new tab)CANPREPP profile(opens in a new tab)CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab)

What stands out about this program

  • Mandatory community-hospital CTU rotation in Windsor during PGY1 and PGY2, including ED consults and well-newborn care.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • PGY-4 residents can act as Junior Consultants on academic or community general pediatrics wards.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Full travel and accommodation funding for distributed community pediatrics rotations.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Western's Pediatrics residency is a 4-year program based mainly at Children's Hospital, London.
  • PGY1 and PGY2 residents do a mandatory CTU rotation at Windsor Regional Hospital, and PGY-4 includes a minimum 2-week rural pediatrics rotation.
  • Residents complete a scholarly project over the three core years and have research blocks, and call is organized in night float blocks.

The summary is written by CdnMD from the program’s CaRMS description.

Based on what the program says about itself.

  • You’re open to training at sites across a region, not at one hospital.
    Show the quote

    CTU-Windsor is a mandatory experience for PGY1 and PGY2 trainees

Not a ranking.

What training looks like

Setting
  • Academic / tertiary hospital
  • Regional community
  • Rural / remote
Rural exposure
Required rural rotation (2 weeks)
Focus areas
  • Early independence
Research
Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
Getting around
  • Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
  • Travel is reimbursed

By year

PGY-1
  • Clinical Teaching Units (CTU)Children's Hospital, London, ON3 blocks
  • Pediatric subspecialty rotations (Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Genetics, and Respirology)Children's Hospital, London, ON2.5 blocks
  • Neonatal Intensive CareChildren's Hospital, London or Windsor Regional Hospital, ON2 blocks
  • Junior Night Float (split into 2-week blocks)1.5 Blocks
  • Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU)Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, ON1 block
  • Community PediatricLondon or Distributed Education (DE) sites1 block
  • Pediatric Emergency MedicineChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
  • Pediatric SurgeryChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
PGY-2
  • Pediatric Critical CareChildren's Hospital, London, ON2 blocks
  • Pediatric subspecialty rotations, including Hematology/Oncology, Cardiology, and NeurologyChildren's Hospital, London, ON2 blocks
  • Pediatric subspecialty electivescan be outside of/or within London, ON2 blocks
  • Night Float (split into 2-week blocks)2 blocks
  • Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU)Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, ON1 block
  • Level 2 - Neonatal Intensive CareChildren's Hospital, London, ON or other approved sites1 block
  • Child PsychiatryLondon, ON1 block
  • ResearchLondon, ON1 block
  • Pediatric subspecialty electiveChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
PGY-3
  • Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU)Children's Hospital, London, ON3 blocks
  • Senior Call (split into 2-week blocks across the academic year)Children's Hospital, London, ON2 blocks
  • Neonatal Intensive CareChildren's Hospital, London, ON or Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, ON1 block
  • Pediatric Critical CareChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
  • Community PediatricsLondon or Distributed Education site1 block
  • Developmental PediatricsChild and Parent Resource Institute and Thames Valley Children’s Centre, London, ON1 block
  • Pediatric EmergencyChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
  • Pediatric subspecialty electiveLondon, ON1 block
  • Pediatric subspecialty electivecan be outside or within London, ON1 block
  • Research or Research/Enrichment (including longitudinal research floating halfdays)1 block
PGY-4
  • Senior callsminimum of 4 x 2-weekk blocks
  • CTU-Admission/Junior Consultant4-wk block
  • Community Pediatrics (non-tertiary care)could be at LHSC or outside4-wk block
  • Elective blocks8 weeks/ 2 blocks
  • Subspecialty returnin London6 weeks
  • Selectivein London4 weeks
  • NICU and other acute care (ER, PCCU, Anaesthesia, PCCOT/Transport)minimum 2 weeks NICU and 2 weeks of other acute care
  • Complex Careminimum of 2 weeks
  • Rural Pediatricsminimum of 2 weeks
  • Ambulatory/Mixed clinics2weeks
  • Continuity Clinicone halfday clinic every other week
  • Adolescent/Mental Healthminimum 2-weeks
PGY-1
  • Clinical Teaching Units (CTU)Children's Hospital, London, ON3 blocks
  • Pediatric subspecialty rotations (Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Genetics, and Respirology)Children's Hospital, London, ON2.5 blocks
  • Neonatal Intensive CareChildren's Hospital, London or Windsor Regional Hospital, ON2 blocks
  • Junior Night Float (split into 2-week blocks)1.5 Blocks
  • Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU)Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, ON1 block
  • Community PediatricLondon or Distributed Education (DE) sites1 block
  • Pediatric Emergency MedicineChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
  • Pediatric SurgeryChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
PGY-2
  • Pediatric Critical CareChildren's Hospital, London, ON2 blocks
  • Pediatric subspecialty rotations, including Hematology/Oncology, Cardiology, and NeurologyChildren's Hospital, London, ON2 blocks
  • Pediatric subspecialty electivescan be outside of/or within London, ON2 blocks
  • Night Float (split into 2-week blocks)2 blocks
  • Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU)Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, ON1 block
  • Level 2 - Neonatal Intensive CareChildren's Hospital, London, ON or other approved sites1 block
  • Child PsychiatryLondon, ON1 block
  • ResearchLondon, ON1 block
  • Pediatric subspecialty electiveChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
PGY-3
  • Clinical Teaching Unit (CTU)Children's Hospital, London, ON3 blocks
  • Senior Call (split into 2-week blocks across the academic year)Children's Hospital, London, ON2 blocks
  • Neonatal Intensive CareChildren's Hospital, London, ON or Windsor Regional Hospital, Windsor, ON1 block
  • Pediatric Critical CareChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
  • Community PediatricsLondon or Distributed Education site1 block
  • Developmental PediatricsChild and Parent Resource Institute and Thames Valley Children’s Centre, London, ON1 block
  • Pediatric EmergencyChildren's Hospital, London, ON1 block
  • Pediatric subspecialty electiveLondon, ON1 block
  • Pediatric subspecialty electivecan be outside or within London, ON1 block
  • Research or Research/Enrichment (including longitudinal research floating halfdays)1 block
PGY-4
  • CTU-Admission/Junior Consultant4-wk block
  • Community Pediatrics (non-tertiary care)could be at LHSC or outside4-wk block
  • Elective blocks8 weeks/ 2 blocks
  • Subspecialty returnin London6 weeks
  • Selectivein London4 weeks
  • NICU and other acute care (ER, PCCU, Anaesthesia, PCCOT/Transport)minimum 2 weeks NICU and 2 weeks of other acute care
  • Complex Careminimum of 2 weeks
  • Rural Pediatricsminimum of 2 weeks
  • Ambulatory/Mixed clinics2weeks
  • Senior callsminimum of 4 x 2-week blocks
  • Continuity Clinicone halfday clinic every other week
  • Adolescent/Mental Healthminimum 2-weeks

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

Where you train

London, Ontario: 6 teaching sites5 teaching sites; 2 rural weeks.

  • Children's Hospital /LHSC (CH)
  • Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI)
  • Child Health Research Institute (CHRI)
  • Thames Valley Children's Centre
  • Michael Gunning Simulation Centre
  • Windsor Regional Hospital (Windsor · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

  • Children's Hospital /LHSC (CH)
  • Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI)
  • Thames Valley Children's Centre
  • Michael Gunning Simulation Centre
  • Windsor Regional Hospital (Windsor · rural or distributed site)

Distributed across a region

Record systems at the listed sites: Oracle Health (Cerner) at 1 of 6; no published record for 5.

Hospital facts

1 site · 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.

Children's Hospital /LHSC (CH)

Clinical record
OneChart (Cerner electronic patient record), 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 London

  • People

    422,324residents, 2021 Census

    Municipality of London

  • Housing

    3.8%rental vacancy rate

    October 2025 survey, London, Ontario (census metropolitan area)

  • Winter and summer

    −5.4 °CJanuary mean21.0 °CJuly mean

    1991–2020 normals, London, 10.3 km away

  • Job outlook

    Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about London (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.
Return of service
Required
IMG requirements
  • Recent clinical experience (within 3 years)
  • Assessment by a provincial clinical assessment program

Application file components as each stream’s CaRMS page describes them.

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
19, 20 and 21 Jan 2027
Interview dates (2027 match)
18 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)
  • MMI or rotating station

Info sessions

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 20 Oct 2026; a row tagged CANPREPP is on CANPREPP’s events calendar (read 24 Oct 2026), alone or as well. Dates and times are as the program wrote them; “your time” is worked out in your browser when your time zone differs. Programs add and change 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 4 levels this program covers.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
LevelAnnual salary
PGY-1
$73,367 / year
PGY-2
$79,670 / year
PGY-3
$85,564 / year
PGY-4
$92,701 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

Call

Call (as the program states it)
In-house call · night float
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)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviewsWhat changed
CMG stream94 years3 dates, 19–21 Jan 2027Virtual
  • Positions 10 → 9 from the 2026 match
IMG stream24 years1 date, 18 Jan 2027VirtualNothing noted

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream105 years6–29 Jan 2026, listed as a range
IMG stream25 years2 dates, 6–26 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • Western University's Pediatrics Residency Program in London is a comprehensive 4-year training program focused on developing well-rounded general pediatricians.
  • The program emphasizes individual learner development, providing a stimulating and equitable learning environment with extensive clinical experiences across various pediatric settings.
Research
Residents are expected to complete a scholarly project with mentorship, access to research facilities, and opportunities for publication or abstract presentation.
Training setting
Urban and community pediatric settings in London and Southwestern Ontario, including Children's Hospital/LHSC, Windsor Regional Hospital, and multiple distributed education sites.
Teaching approach
Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with a focus on graduated responsibility, individualized learning, and holistic development of general pediatricians across CanMEDS roles.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Personal letter
  • Reference documents
  • Interview performance
  • Academic potential
  • Leadership contributions
  • Scholarly activities

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 directors
Program office

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

Program websiteWebsiteCANPREPPCANPREPPincludes a resident experience section, describes academic half-dayFrom the programDepartment of Paediatrics(opens in a new tab)Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Center(opens in a new tab)Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Postgraduate Medical Education(opens in a new tab)Tourism London(opens in a new tab)Provincial criteria(opens in a new tab)Video on YouTube(opens in a new tab)This program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Pediatrics elsewhere

Nearest to London

  • Waterloo - PediatricsMcMaster University

    Waterloo · 79 km

    1 position · CMG

  • Hamilton - PediatricsMcMaster University

    Hamilton · 116 km

    13 positions · CMG, IMG

  • Peel & Surrounding Communities - PediatricsToronto Metropolitan University

    Peel & Surrounding Communities · 146 km

    4 positions · CMG, IMG

In these collections:

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 5 Sep 2026 · The IMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 5 Sep 2026 · 2027 match · not final until file review opens 26 November; as of 19 Oct 2026, re-checked every two weeks.

Accredited · CaRMS program IDs 35522 (CMG stream), 35712 (IMG stream) · 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.

Did this page answer your question?

For the CMG streamIMG stream · change stream