Vancouver Island - Pediatrics
University of British ColumbiaVancouver Island, British ColumbiaCMG stream
- 2 positions
- 4 years
- CMG
- Pediatrics
- 51–200
- 26–50%
- Accredited
- 36066
Summary
- This is the 4-year Vancouver Island site of the UBC Pediatrics Residency Program, based in Victoria with its own PGY-1 matched positions.
- Residents spend 6-14 weeks each year in Vancouver on rotations requiring a children's hospital.
- Rural community pediatric rotations of 1-2 months occur once in the junior and once in the senior years.
- Each resident is expected to do research and present it at least once.
Training
- Setting
- Regional community
- Academic / tertiary hospital
- Rural / remote
- Sites
5 teaching sites
- Victoria General Hospital
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health
- British Columbia Children's Hospital
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- British Columbia Women's Hospital
- Distributed community pediatrics sites in Nanaimo
Distributed across a region
- Rural exposure
- Required rural rotation
- Focus areas
- Rural / remote
- Research
- Required · research project
- Getting around
- Housing away from the home site is provided or paid for
- Travel is reimbursed
- Highlights
- Community-based Victoria site emphasizing generalism, fully integrated with the Vancouver program.
- Trainees visit Penelakut, a nearby First Nations community, and work in the Victoria youth clinic.
By year
Not stated on CaRMS page
Other rotations
- Orientation month (Transition to Discipline · BC Children’s Hospital)
- Intermediate nursery (Transition to Discipline)
- Longitudinal (Transition to Discipline)
- CTU Jr VGH (Foundations · VGH)
- CTU Jr BCCH (Foundations · BCCH)
- GI BCCH (Foundations · 2 weeks · BCCH)
- Hem-Onc Clinics BCCH (Foundations · 2 weeks · BCCH)
- Emergency medicine (Foundations)
- pediatric surgery (Foundations)
- rural (Foundations)
- psychosocial (Foundations)
- longitudinal blocks (Foundations · 4 longitudinal blocks)
- CTU Jr VGH (Core 1 · VGH)
- nephrology BCCH (Core 1 · BCCH)
- oncology BCCH (Core 1 · BCCH)
- Neonatal care: level II-III nursery (Core 1)
- Pediatric intensive care (Core 1)
- Emergency medicine BCCH (Core 1 · BCCH)
- Psychosocial (Core 1)
- Anaesthesia (Core 1 · 2 weeks)
- Electives (Core 1 · x 2)
- Longitudinal (Core 1 · x 3.5)
- CTU Sr VGH (Core 2 · VGH)
- rural pediatrics (Core 2)
- developmental pediatrics (Core 2)
- psychosocial (Core 2)
- Genetics (Core 2 · 2 weeks)
- Neonatal care: level III-IV nursery BCW (Core 2 · BCW)
- Neonatal care: VGH (Core 2 · VGH)
- Pediatric intensive care BCCH (Core 2 · BCCH)
- Elective (Core 2 · x 6)
- Longitudinal (Core 2 · x 3.5)
- CTU Sr. BCCH (Transition to Practice · BCCH)
- Junior consultant (Transition to Practice)
- Emergency medicine BCCH (Transition to Practice · BCCH)
- Complex care BCCH (Transition to Practice · BCCH)
- Subspecialty selective (Transition to Practice · x 2)
- Elective (Transition to Practice)
- Longitudinal (Transition to Practice)
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
- 26–50%
Interviews
- Dates (2027 match)
- 25, 26 and 27 Jan 2027
- Mode
- Virtual
Info sessions
Tue 13 Oct 20265:30–6:30 pm PST
Info session · Virtual
Link for University of British Columbia, Tue 13 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Pay
| Level | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| PGY-1 | $71,390 / year |
| PGY-2 | $79,571 / year |
| PGY-3 | $86,655 / year |
| PGY-4 | $93,230 / year |
Benefits
- Annual vacation
- 4 weeks
- CMPA dues paid
- Yes. Mandatory
- Dental plan
- 100% Premiums Paid
- Educational leave
- Yes
- Extended health insurance
- 100% Premiums Paid
- Frequency of calls
- 1 in 4 onsite/1 in 3 offsite
- Life insurance
- 100% Premium Paid
- Long-term disability insurance
- Yes 100% Premiums Paid
- Maternity leave
- 17 weeks, plus up to 78 weeks Parental Leave
- Meal allowance
- No
- Provincial dues (% of salary)
- 1.5%
- Provincial health insurance
- 100% Premiums Paid
- Sick leave
- Yes
- Statutory holidays
- 2 x pay plus extra day with pay
Call
- Call (provincial max)
- 1 in 4 in-house
Teaching sites
- Victoria General Hospital (Victoria)
- Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health (Victoria)
- British Columbia Children's Hospital (Vancouver)
- British Columbia Women's Hospital (Vancouver)
- Distributed community pediatrics sites in Nanaimo (Nanaimo · 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.
Victoria General Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 8,131
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 2,108
British Columbia Children's Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 7,396
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,910
British Columbia Women's Hospital
- Elective surgeries completed, 2025/26
- 5,033
- Elective surgeries completed, 2026/27 Q1
- 1,348
Unfilled positions in past years
No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.
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
Program director
Dr. Melissa Chan
Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
CaRMS lists no email for the director.
Site staffdirectors and coordinators at the teaching sites
Dr. Jennifer Balfour
Associate Program Director (Vancouver Island Site)
Dr. Sara Jassemi
Program Director (Vancouver Site)
Per CaRMS. Staff change during the cycle, so check the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab) before emailing.
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Location
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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