St. John's - Obstetrics and Gynecology

Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2027 match, last approved 8 Sep 2026 · See the 2026 version

2027 match programs, from CaRMS as of 5 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).

Positions (approx. quota): 4 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 35590

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

Summary

This is a 5-year obstetrics and gynecology residency at Memorial University based at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's.
PGY1 includes two blocks in Clarenville, and PGY3–4 include community rotations in Moncton, Grand Falls-Windsor and Corner Brook.
Residents must complete at least two research projects, and there are no subspecialty fellows.

Training

Setting

Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural / remote
Regional community

Sites

6 teaching sites

Health Sciences Centre
Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre
Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre

Show all 6

Western Health Regional Hospital
Dr. G. B. Cross Memorial Hospital
The Moncton Hospital

Distributed across a region

Rural exposure

Required rural rotation (8 weeks)

Focus areas

Small program

Research

Required · research project · protected time

Highlights

No postgraduate subspecialty fellows compete with residents for cases.
Community rotations at hospitals across Newfoundland and in Moncton, New Brunswick, focused on operating experience.

By year

PGY-1

Obstetrics/GynecologySt. John's, NL3 blocks
Obstetrics/GynecologyClarenville, NL2 blocks
Internal Medicine2 blocks
General Surgery2 blocks
Emergency Medicine1 block
Urology1 block
Neonatal Intensive Care1 block
Selective1 block

PGY-2

ICU
research rotation

PGY-5

chief residentseveral months

From the program's rotation list.

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single PGY year.

reproductive endocrinology & infertility (PGY 3 and PGY 4)
maternal-fetal medicine (including ultrasound) (PGY 3 and PGY 4)
ICU (PGY 3 and PGY 4)
gynecologic oncology (PGY 3 and PGY 4)
medical endocrinology (PGY 3 and PGY 4)
urogynecology (PGY 3 and PGY 4)
community rotations (PGY 3 and PGY 4 · Moncton, NB, Grand Falls-Windsor, NL and Corner Brook, NL)
colposcopy (PGY 3 and PGY 4)

Selection

Application file components

CV
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular
Leadership skills
MSPRs
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Transcripts

Return of service

Not required · this stream

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

Interviews

Dates (2027 match)

21 and 22 Jan 2027

Mode

Virtual

Format

Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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

Info sessions

Info sessions planned, dates not published yet.

From the program’s CaRMS page (opens in a new tab), read 1 Oct 2026. Dates and times are as the program wrote them, not converted to your time zone. Programs add and change sessions: confirm with the program.

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Newfoundland and Labrador
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$69,175 / year
PGY-2	$74,779 / year
PGY-3	$79,848 / year
PGY-4	$85,137 / year
PGY-5	$90,868 / year

One provincial scale for Newfoundland and Labrador, 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)

Additional optional benefits: 100% employee paid
Annual vacation: 4 weeks/year
CMPA dues: 100% reimbursement
Conference leave: 7 days/pd
Extended health insurance: Mandatory medical, basic life and AD&Dhttp://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/hrs/working_with_us/employee_benefits.html
Frequency of call: Excess in-hospital call > 7/28 weekday – $225, weekend – $360;Call stipend – $115 Home call > 7/21 – $75;Call stipend – $57.50
Maternity/Paternity leave: Up to One year
Meal allowance: $105 per month
Parking fees: $5/year
Provincial health insurance: Contact Medical Care Plan1-866-449-4459
Resident Student: Full-time status
Sick leave: 1 day per month
Statutory holidays: 1-1/2 x pay or paid day off

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 day in 4 in-house, on average

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

PARNL agreement, 10 Aug 2022 to 30 Jun 2024. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Health Sciences Centre (St. John's)
Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre (St. John's)
Central Newfoundland Regional Health Centre (Grand Falls-Windsor · rural or distributed site)
Western Health Regional Hospital (Corner Brook · rural or distributed site)
Dr. G. B. Cross Memorial Hospital (Clarenville · rural or distributed site)
The Moncton Hospital (Moncton · rural or distributed site)

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.

The Moncton Hospital

Matched to The Moncton Hospital / L’Hôpital de Moncton (Moncton) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 381 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

For the other sites: Newfoundland and Labrador doesn't publish this as open data.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – New Brunswick.

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

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

obsgyneresidency@mun.ca

Ms. Lisa Trask · Academic Program Administrator

709-864-6606

Program director

Dr. Maria Kielly

CaRMS lists no email for the director.

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

Location

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

About the city

Public statistics for the place named by this program’s location label, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not the program, and are not a ranking. Check each source before you rely on it.

Climate

Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Each value comes from the nearest weather station that reports it, not from the city itself.

January average: −3.6 °C St. John's (West), 4.3 km away
July average: 16.5 °C St. John's (West), 4.3 km away
Snowfall: 363.4 cm a year St. John's (Airport), 9.0 km away
Days below −20 °C: 0.3 days a year St. John's (West), 4.3 km away

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of St. John's, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Population: 110,525 people up 1.5% from 2016
Official languages: English only 90.3% · French only 0.0% · English and French 9.2% · neither 0.5% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 7.0% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 2.5% · non-permanent residents: 3.8%
Indigenous identity: 3.3% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 84.4% · public transit 5.4% · walking or cycling 7.2% · other 3.0% Average commute: 15.4 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income: $75,000 before tax $65,000 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural and remote

This describes the place named by the program’s location label. Programs can train in several towns, so it is not every site.

Population centre: St. John's, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 185,565 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.247 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.

Housing, cost and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area.

Rental vacancy rate: 2.1% October 2025 survey, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $53,849 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.
Unemployment rate: 6.6% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.6 points. A survey estimate.

Job outlook

Employment and Social Development Canada’s rating for the occupation in the economic region. It is not a count of jobs, and says nothing about CaRMS positions or your match.

Outlook, 2025–2027: Very good The employment outlook will be Very good for specialists in surgery (NOC 31101) in the Avalon Peninsula region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in surgery, 2024–2033. Recent conditions, 2021–2023: Strong signs of Shortage.