Winnipeg - Ophthalmology
University of ManitobaWinnipeg, ManitobaCMG stream
From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version
- 2 positions
- 5 years
- CMG
- Ophthalmology
- 51–200
- 26–50%
- Accredited
- 29441
Summary
The University of Manitoba Ophthalmology Residency Program offers comprehensive training in clinical and surgical ophthalmology, providing a world-class learning environment with full subspecialty representation. The 5-year program focuses on preparing residents for comprehensive practice or subspecialty fellowships through extensive clinical exposure, early surgical training, and a robust academic curriculum.
Training
- Research
- Residents are expected to be involved in basic and clinical research, with mandatory annual research day presentation.
- Training setting
- Training occurs primarily at Misericordia Health Centre, with additional sites including Children's Hospital of Winnipeg, private teaching staff offices, Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface Hospital, and GRMC Vision Centre in Brandon.
- Teaching approach
- Competency-based medical education with progressive independence, emphasizing supervised learning, comprehensive skill development, and tailored educational experiences based on resident interests and perceived learning needs.
- Setting types
- Academic medical center
- Community hospital
- Urban medical center
- Rural medical center
- Focus areas
- Comprehensive Ophthalmology
- Subspecialty Ophthalmology
- Surgical Training
- Academic Medicine
- Northern/Rural Ophthalmology
- Patient populations
- Comprehensive ophthalmology patients
- Pediatric patients
- Urban patients
- Rural patients
- Northern/Indigenous community patients
- Highlights
- High staff-to-resident teaching ratio
- Elective opportunities locally, nationally, and internationally
- Northern ophthalmology rotations in Manitoba and Nunavut
- Early surgical exposure
- State-of-the-art clinic space
- Funded attendance at mandatory courses
- $8000 budget for non-mandatory courses
- Protected learning time
- Annual research day participation
- Strengths
- Enthusiastic and collegial teaching staff
- Comprehensive subspecialty coverage
- High-volume clinical experience
- Excellent supervision
- Flexible learning opportunities
- Enhanced skills
- Not stated on CaRMS page
By year
- PGY-1
- Ophthalmology6 weeks
- TORIC Basic Science Course6 weeks
- MedicinePartial year
- Infectious DiseasesPartial year
- Neuro-radiologyPartial year
- NeurologyPartial year
- Plastic SurgeryPartial year
- Emergency MedicinePartial year
- PediatricsPartial year
- RheumatologyPartial year
- PGY-2
- Resident Emergency ClinicFull year
- General Ophthalmology RotationsFull year
- PGY-3
- Surgical RotationsFull year
- Subspecialty Clinical RotationsFull year
- Cataract SurgeryPartial year
- PGY-4
- Subspecialty Clinical RotationsFull year
- Surgical TrainingFull year
- PGY-5
- Subspecialty Clinical RotationsFull year
- Surgical TrainingFull year
Selection
- What the program looks at
- Medical Student Performance Record
- Personal letter
- Reference documents
- CV/Research
- Electives
- Interview performance
- Applications per year
- 51–200
- Applicants offered interviews
- 26–50%
Interviews
- Dates (2026 match)
- 2 Feb 2026
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
- Misericordia Health Centre
- Children's Hospital of Winnipeg
- Health Sciences Centre
- St. Boniface Hospital
- GRMC Vision Centre
Hospital facts
Hospital size and activity: Manitoba doesn't publish this as open data.
Unfilled positions in past years
No repeated vacancies in CaRMS’s lists of open positions, 2019–2026.
Contacts
Contacts weren't collected for the 2026 match.
The current program director and contacts are on the 2027 version of this program and on the CaRMS program page(opens in a new tab).
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