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General Surgery residency programs in Ontario

2027 R-1 match · CaRMS program descriptions read 19 Oct 2026

2027 programs aren’t final yetDetails

2027 match programs, from CaRMS as of 19 Oct 2026. Programs can still change until file review opens 26 November; we re-check every two weeks. Always confirm on CaRMS (opens in a new tab).

9 general surgery programs in Ontario are in the 2027 R-1 match, at 7 schools in 8 places. Together they state 47 positions. 4 are IMG-stream listings, and 4 state a return-of-service requirement.

Programs

9

8 program sites

Positions stated

47

Every program states one

Schools

7

in 8 places

IMG stream

4

listings

4 state a return of service

Where would I train?

The location labels CaRMS gives these programs, A to Z, with the city page for each place.

Pay and rules in Ontario

First-year (PGY-1) residents in Ontario are paid $73,367 a year before tax, on the grid last updated January 6, 2025. Contract expired, may change. Pay in every province on Provinces compared

Ontario’s rules for IMG applicants and return of service are in the IMG guide, province by province.

Programs

Grouped by school, A to Z. Every program here is 5 years.

McMaster University 2 programs · 7 positions stated

NOSM University 1 program · 4 positions stated

Queen’s University 1 program · 5 positions stated

Toronto Metropolitan University 1 program · 2 positions stated

University of Ottawa 2 programs · 7 positions stated

University of Toronto 1 program · 16 positions stated

Western University 1 program · 6 positions stated

These programs in our collections

General Surgery elsewhere

Other specialties in Ontario

A program counts once however many streams it has (CMG, IMG and the others are the tags on its row). Positions are the quotas each stream states; a program that states none is not counted as zero, and a quota two streams of one program both state, as the University of Manitoba’s Competitive pairs do, is counted once. Counted from the 2027 program pages read 19 Oct 2026. The 2026 programs are on the Programs page. CdnMD is independent of CaRMS: confirm everything on carms.ca (opens in a new tab). Found a mistake? Open the program’s page and use “Report a problem”; fixes are listed on Corrections.