Winnipeg - Anesthesiology
University of ManitobaWinnipeg, ManitobaCMG stream
- 8 positions
- 5 years
- CMG
- Anesthesiology
- 51–200
- 0–25%
- Accredited
- 35825
Summary
- This is a 5-year anesthesiology residency based mainly at Winnipeg's two tertiary hospitals, Health Sciences Centre and St. Boniface Hospital.
- Residents also train in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital, in regional and pain medicine at Pan Am Surgical Centre, and in community hospitals.
- All residents must complete a scholarly project and get up to 24 weeks of project time with reduced clinical duties.
Training
- Setting
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Urban community
- Sites
7 teaching sites
- Health Sciences Centre (including the General Hospital, the Women's Hospital, and the Children's Hospital)
- St. Boniface Hospital
- Pan Am Surgical Centre
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- Concordia
- Grace
- Victoria General Hospitals
- Clinical Learning Simulation Facility (Brodie Centre)
- Rural exposure
- Not stated on CaRMS page
- Research
- Required · research or quality-improvement project · protected time
- Highlights
- Up to $50,000 in funding for advanced research or education training during residency, including Clinician Investigator Program.
- Internal grant competition offering up to $10,000 per resident scholarly project.
- Department-sponsored international electives during the Core stage.
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- internal medicine (Foundations)
- pediatrics (Foundations)
- emergency medicine (Foundations)
- Cardiology (Foundations)
- Respirology (Foundations)
- General Anesthesia (Foundations)
- ICU (Foundations)
- Neuroanesthesia (Core)
- Cardiac (Core)
- Pediatrics (Core)
- ICU (Core)
Selection
- 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.
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Applicants offered interviews
- 0–25%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 30 Jan 2027
- Mode
- Virtual
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $72,171 / year |
| PGY-2 | $77,416 / year |
| PGY-3 | $83,372 / year |
| PGY-4 | $89,329 / year |
| PGY-5 | $95,285 / year |
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 7 calls per 4-week block, in-house and home call combined
Teaching sites
- Health Sciences Centre (including the General Hospital, the Women's Hospital, and the Children's Hospital) (Winnipeg)
- St. Boniface Hospital (Winnipeg)
- Pan Am Surgical Centre (Winnipeg)
- Concordia (Winnipeg)
- Grace (Winnipeg)
- Victoria General Hospitals (Winnipeg)
- Clinical Learning Simulation Facility (Brodie Centre) (Winnipeg)
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Manitoba doesn't publish this as open data.
Contacts
Grouped by the titles CaRMS lists. The program office (administrators and coordinators) usually answers questions about the program and applying; the director leads the training.
Program officeadministrators and coordinators
Shared by Amritveer Sidhu · Postgraduate Program Administrator and Don Talagala · Postgraduate Program Administrator
Program directors
Dr. Calvin Loewen
Associate Program Director
Dr. Kenton Staines
Postgraduate Program Director
Other contacts
Dr. Faisal Siddiqui
Associate Head of Education
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba
About the city
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Climate
- January average
- −16.3 °C
- July average
- 19.5 °C
- Snowfall
- 126.2 cm a year
- Days below −20 °C
- 51.9 days a year
People
- Population
- 749,607 people
- Official languages
- English only 88.5% · French only 0.2% · English and French 9.7% · neither 1.7%
- Immigrants
- 27.3% of residents
- Indigenous identity
- 12.4% of residents
- How people commute
- car, truck or van 82.6% · public transit 9.3% · walking or cycling 6.1% · other 2.0%
- Median household income
- $80,000 before tax
Rural and remote
- Population centre
- Winnipeg, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people)
- Remoteness index
- 0.146
Housing, cost and work
- Rental vacancy rate
- 2.8%
- Basic cost of living
- $55,813 a year
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0%
Job outlook
- Outlook, 2025–2027
- Good
- Canada-wide, to 2033
- Strong risk of Shortage