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Windsor - Psychiatry

Western UniversityWindsor, Ontario

Stream

At a glance

Approx. quota
3 positions
1 position
Length
5 years
Applications per year
401–600
Offered interviews
0–25%

CMG stream · open to Canadian medical graduates

IMG stream · open to international medical graduates

Return of service: Required

Interviews

3 dates, 19–27 Jan 2027virtual

Windsor, 3 teaching sites4 teaching sites · optional rural rotation

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

  • Block-long July orientation for new residents, described as unique across Canada.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • Thursdays fully protected for educational activities from PGY-2 to PGY-5.

    From “Program highlights” on the CaRMS page

  • Residents generally do not stay overnight on call; most call ends by 11 pm.

    From “Program curriculum” on the CaRMS page

  • This is a 5-year Western University psychiatry residency based in Windsor, training at hospitals affiliated with the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
  • Training starts with a block-long orientation, followed by adult psychiatry in PGY-2 and child and geriatric psychiatry in PGY-3.
  • PGY-4 and PGY-5 include 15 blocks of electives, and rural rotations are optional.

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

What training looks like

Setting
  • Regional community
Rural exposure
Optional rural rotation
Focus areas
  • Small program
Research
Required · research project

By year

PGY-1
  • orientationone block
PGY-2
  • General Adult Psychiatry rotations (inpatient and outpatient)
PGY-3
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
PGY-4
  • consolidation block

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (PGY-4 and PGY-5)
  • Shared Care (PGY-4 and PGY-5)
  • Complex Care and Rehabilitation (PGY-4 and PGY-5)
  • elective rotations (PGY-4 and PGY-5 · 15 blocks)
PGY-1
  • orientation programblock-long
PGY-2
  • General Adult Psychiatry rotations (inpatient and outpatient)
PGY-3
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (PGY-4 and PGY-5)
  • Shared Care (PGY-4 and PGY-5)
  • Complex Care and Rehabilitation (PGY-4 and PGY-5)
  • elective rotations (PGY-4 and PGY-5 · 15 blocks)

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

Where you train

Windsor, Ontario: 3 teaching sites4 teaching sites; optional rural rotation.

  • Toldo Neurobehavioural Institute, Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare
  • Windsor Regional Hospital: Ouellete Campus and Metropolitan Campus
  • Maryvale
  • Toldo Neurobehavioural Institute, Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare
  • Windsor Regional Hospital: Ouellete Campus
  • Metropolitan Campus
  • Maryvale

Record systems at the listed sites, all streams: no published record for 5 of 5.

Hospital facts

Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.

About Windsor

  • People

    229,660residents, 2021 Census

    Municipality of Windsor

  • Housing

    3.6%rental vacancy rate

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

  • Winter and summer

    −3.6 °CJanuary mean23.2 °CJuly mean

    1991–2020 normals, Windsor, 0.4 km away

  • Job outlook

    Goodfor the specialty here, 2025–2027

More about Windsor (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
Not stated on CaRMS page

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

Interviews and info sessions

Interview dates (2027 match)
19, 22 and 27 Jan 2027
Format
Virtual
  • Traditional (one on one/two on one)

Info sessions

The 2 sessions listed for 2027 have passed.

11 Psychiatry info sessions at other programsAll 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. 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 5 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
PGY-5
$98,567 / year

How provincial pay and rent compare

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)

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 stream35 years3 dates, 19–27 Jan 2027Virtual
  • CaRMS page changed during the match: contacts (noticed 13 Oct)
IMG stream15 years3 dates, 19–27 Jan 2027Virtual
  • CaRMS page changed during the match: contacts (noticed 13 Oct)

2026 match

The 2026 match, one row per stream (scrolls sideways on narrow screens)
StreamPositionsLengthInterviews
CMG stream35 years3 dates, 20–28 Jan 2026
IMG stream15 years3 dates, 20–28 Jan 2026
The 2026 page of the CMG stream: our summary of its CaRMS description
  • Western University's Psychiatry Residency Program in Windsor offers a comprehensive 5-year training experience with a unique block-long orientation and intimate program size.
  • The program provides exceptional psychiatric training across multiple settings, emphasizing individual attention, diverse learning opportunities, and strong preparation for Royal College examinations.
Research
Residents participate in research as part of training, with active research programs under expert supervision, particularly in psychopharmacology.
Training setting
Located in Windsor, Ontario, with training across multiple hospital sites including Windsor Regional Hospital and Toldo Neurobehavioural Institute at Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare. The program offers urban psychiatric training with a small, intimate program environment.
Teaching approach
Competency-based medical education emphasizing progressive independence, comprehensive learning across biological, psychological, and sociocultural aspects of psychiatry, and flexible, resident-focused training.
Enhanced skills
Not stated on CaRMS page
What the program looked at
  • Medical Student Performance Record
  • Personal letter
  • Reference documents
  • CV/Extracurricular activities
  • Interview performance

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 director

  • Dr. Jonathan Gregory

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

Program office

Program Coordinator

Write to the officePGEPsychiatry@lhsc.on.ca

Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing. Site staff and other contacts are listed there too.

Program websiteWebsiteCANPREPPCANPREPPincludes a resident experience sectionFrom the programThis program on CaRMS(opens in a new tab)

Psychiatry elsewhere

Nearest to Windsor

  • London - PsychiatryWestern University

    London · 164 km

    9 positions · CMG, IMG

  • Waterloo - PsychiatryMcMaster University

    Waterloo · 242 km

    3 positions · CMG, IMG

  • Hamilton - PsychiatryMcMaster University

    Hamilton · 279 km

    8 positions · CMG, IMG

In these collections:

Source

The CMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 31 Aug 2026 · The IMG stream’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), last approved 31 Aug 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 35291 (CMG stream), 35879 (IMG stream) · How these pages are made › · See the 2026 match under Year by year

What changed, noticed 13 Oct: CMG and IMG streams: Program contacts updated. See what changed

What changed on the program’s CaRMS page

We read each program’s CaRMS page about every two weeks and note what differs. The date is when we noticed it; the change was made in the window shown. Reformatting is not listed, and a contacts change is listed without names.

  1. Noticed 13 Octchanged between 5 and 13 Oct

    • CMG and IMG streams: Program contacts updated

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.

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