Toronto - Family Medicine - Family Practice Anesthesia

University of TorontoToronto, OntarioCompetitive stream

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) match

Family medicine residents applying for a PGY-3 year (the "+1").

Contacts and 1 more link

Open on carms.ca

CaRMS program description, FM/ES 2027 match, last approved 14 Jul 2026

Positions (approx. quota): Not stated on CaRMS page
Length: 1 year
Stream: Competitive
Discipline: Family Medicine - Family Practice Anesthesia
Applications per year: 0–50
Applicants offered interviews: 51–75%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 34630

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

Summary

This 52-week program trains family physicians to provide anesthesia care for low-risk patients, particularly in smaller rural and underserviced communities.
Core training includes 7 blocks of anesthesia at Michael Garron Hospital, obstetrical anesthesia at Mount Sinai, pediatric anesthesia at SickKids, ICU, trauma anesthesia at Sunnybrook and one month at a rural/remote site.
Residents complete a scholarly project and Grand Rounds presentation.

Training

Setting

Urban community
Academic / tertiary hospital
Rural / remote

Sites

11 teaching sites

Michael Garron Hospital
Mount Sinai Hospital
The Hospital for Sick Kids

Show all 11

Sunnybrook Hospital
Lakeridge Health
Humber River Hospital
Wasserman Pain Management Centre
Lakeridge Health – Port Perry
Headwaters Health Care Centre
Georgian Bay General Hospital -Midland
Orillia Soldier's Memorial Hospital

Rural exposure

Required rural rotation (4 weeks)

Focus areas

Indigenous health

Research

Required · scholarly or quality-improvement project

Call

In-house call · frequency “up to 7 overnight calls per month”

Highlights

Competitive one-month selective in Nunavut focused on Indigenous health in remote regions.
Dedicated one-block trauma anesthesia rotation at Sunnybrook Hospital.
Optional two-week acute on chronic pain management selective at Wasserman Pain Management Centre.

By year

Not stated on CaRMS page

Other rotations

Listed by the program without a single year.

Anesthesia (7 blocks · Michael Garron Hospital)
Obstetrical Anesthesia (2 blocks · Mount Sinai Hospital)
Pediatric Anesthesia (1 block · The Hospital for Sick Kids)
ICU (1 block)
Trauma Anesthesia (1 block · Sunnybrook Hospital)
FPA-practice (one month · one of four rural/remote sites)
one month selective in the community of Nunavut (Selectives · one month · Nunavut)
Acute on Chronic Pain Management selective (Selectives · two week · Wasserman Pain Management Centre)
Community Hospital Rotation (Anesthesia) (Sample Rotation · 28 Weeks · Michael Garron Hospital)
Pediatric Anesthesia (Sample Rotation · 4 Weeks · Hospital for Sick Children)
Tertiary Care & High-Risk OB (Sample Rotation · 8 Weeks · Mount Sinai Hospital)
Rural Community Hospital (Sample Rotation · 4 Weeks · Port Perry Hospital or Orangeville Hospital)
Intensive Care (Sample Rotation · 4 Weeks · Humber River Hospital or Lakeridge Health)

Selection

Application file components

CV
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular
Leadership skills
MSPRs
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Transcripts
Other file component(s)

Return of service

Required · IMGs only

Applications per year

0–50

Applicants offered interviews

51–75%

Interviews

Dates (FM/ES 2027 match)

11 Nov 2026

Mode

Virtual

Format

Traditional (one on one/two on one)

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 6 Jan 2025 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Ontario
Level	Annual salary
PGY-3	$85,564 / year

One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing PGY-3, the level FM/ES residents usually start at. Yours depends on your training so far.

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 nights in 28 in-house

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

PARO agreement, 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2026. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Michael Garron Hospital (Toronto)
Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)
The Hospital for Sick Kids (Toronto)
Sunnybrook Hospital (Toronto)
Lakeridge Health
Humber River Hospital (Toronto)
Wasserman Pain Management Centre
Lakeridge Health – Port Perry (Port Perry · rural or distributed site)
Headwaters Health Care Centre (Orangeville · rural or distributed site)
Georgian Bay General Hospital -Midland (Midland · rural or distributed site)
Orillia Soldier's Memorial Hospital (Orillia · rural or distributed site)

Hospital facts

Hospital size and activity: Ontario 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

fammed.enhanced@utoronto.ca

Valerie Hilderal · Program Assistant

Program director

Dr. Razvan Purza

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

Toronto, Ontario

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: −3.5 °C Toronto (City), 11.0 km away
July average: 22.5 °C Toronto (City), 11.0 km away
Snowfall: 114.5 cm a year Toronto Pearson (Airport), 12.7 km away
Days below −20 °C: 1.6 days a year Toronto (City), 11.0 km away

People

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

Population: 2,794,356 people up 2.3% from 2016
Official languages: English only 86.9% · French only 0.1% · English and French 8.5% · neither 4.5% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 46.6% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 7.2% · non-permanent residents: 5.3%
Indigenous identity: 0.8% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 61.0% · public transit 26.2% · walking or cycling 9.6% · other 3.2% Average commute: 30.7 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: $84,000 before tax $74,000 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: Toronto, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 5,647,656 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.000 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: 3.0% October 2025 survey, Toronto, Ontario (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $62,880 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Toronto, Ontario, 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: 6.9% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Toronto, Ontario (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.3 points. A survey estimate.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0130-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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 8 Oct 2026.