Winnipeg - Plastic Surgery

University of ManitobaWinnipeg, ManitobaCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 10 Sep 2025

From the 2026 match (R-1 2026). See the 2027 version

Positions (approx. quota): 2 positions
Length: 6 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Plastic Surgery
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 26–50%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 30009

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

Summary

The University of Manitoba Plastic Surgery Residency Program offers a comprehensive five-year training experience designed to prepare residents to become consultant Plastic surgeons recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The program provides a desirable teaching environment with a strong teacher-to-learner ratio and exposure to faculty with subspecialty fellowship training.

Training

Research

Residents are expected to prepare yearly research papers, with funding available for conference presentations and an emphasis on clinical trials research.

Training setting

Urban medical training environment in Winnipeg, Manitoba, spanning multiple hospital sites including Health Sciences Centre, St. Boniface General Hospital, Victoria General Hospital, and Pan Am Clinic.

Teaching approach

Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) with progressive learning, frequent formative assessments, and a focus on targeted learning outcomes and workplace-based skill development.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Tertiary care center
Children's hospital
Community hospital

Focus areas

Plastic Surgery
Reconstructive Surgery
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Trauma Plastic Surgery
Burns
Hand Surgery

Patient populations

Pediatric patients
Trauma patients
Burn patients
Reconstructive surgery patients
Hand surgery patients

Highlights

Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME)
Protected academic half-day
Subspecialty teaching sessions
Option for one-year MSc degree
Conference attendance funding
Resident research opportunities
Annual Residents' Research Day
Microsurgery lab
Craniofacial plating lab

Strengths

Comprehensive five-year training program
Strong teacher-to-learner ratio
Faculty with subspecialty fellowship training
Emphasis on clinical trials research
Competitive conference and research funding
Diverse clinical exposure

Enhanced skills

Research opportunities
Conference presentation skills
Clinical research

By year

PGY-1

Plastics3 periods
Gold Surgery1 period
Green Surgery1 period
Pediatric Surgery1 period
ENT1 period
Oral Surgery1 period
Orthopedic Surgery (Hand)1 period
Orthopedic Surgery (Trauma)1 period
Surgical Foundations1 period
Research (Plastic Surgery)1 period
Vacation1 period

PGY-2

Junior Trauma Plastic Surgery4 periods
Pediatric Plastic Surgery3 periods
Burns2 periods
SICUHSC1 period
Vascular Surgery1 period
Plastic Surgery1 period
Anesthesia Step-Down1 period

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CV
Electives
Extra-curricular activities
Leadership skills
Medical Student Performance Record (MSPR)
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Transcripts

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

26–50%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 28 Jan 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 22 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Annual salary by PGY level, Manitoba
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
PGY-6	$101,119 / year

One provincial scale for Manitoba, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 6 levels this program covers.

Call

Call (provincial max): 7 calls per 4-week block, in-house and home call combined

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

PARIM agreement, 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2027.

Teaching sites

Health Sciences Centre
Health Sciences Centre - Children's Hospital
St. Boniface General Hospital
Victoria General Hospital
Pan Am Clinic

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.

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

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

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: −16.3 °C Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 7.2 km away
July average: 19.5 °C Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 7.2 km away
Snowfall: 126.2 cm a year Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 7.2 km away
Days below −20 °C: 51.9 days a year Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 7.2 km away

People

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

Population: 749,607 people up 6.3% from 2016
Official languages: English only 88.5% · French only 0.2% · English and French 9.7% · neither 1.7% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 27.3% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 6.2% · non-permanent residents: 4.1%
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% Average commute: 21.8 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: $80,000 before tax $69,500 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: Winnipeg, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 758,515 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.146 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: 2.8% October 2025 survey, Winnipeg, Manitoba (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $55,813 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 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: 5.0% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Winnipeg, Manitoba (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.4 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: Good The employment outlook will be Good for specialists in surgery (NOC 31101) in the Winnipeg 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.

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.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS), 2024 to 2033 projections).
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada, 3-Year Employment Outlooks).
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.

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