Kingston - Emergency Medicine

Queen’s UniversityKingston, OntarioCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 17 Nov 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 4 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Emergency Medicine
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 0–25%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 30006

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

Summary

Queen's University offers a nationally recognized, five-year Emergency Medicine training program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The program provides exceptional clinical exposure, innovative teaching, and a supportive learning environment in Kingston, Ontario, with a focus on developing outstanding emergency physicians.

Training

Research

Dedicated research curriculum, funding for conference presentations, annual research day, and support for scholarly projects

Training setting

Training occurs in urban academic medical centers in Kingston, Ontario, including Kingston General Hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital, and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, serving a population of approximately 500,000.

Teaching approach

Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) framework with a learner-centered approach, emphasizing progressive independence, reflective practice, and holistic physician development.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Community hospital
Tertiary care center
Pediatric referral center

Focus areas

Emergency Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Trauma Medicine
Point of Care Ultrasound
Resuscitation Medicine
Health Advocacy
Medical Education

Patient populations

Trauma patients
Pediatric patients
Urgent care patients
Community emergency patients
High-acuity medical emergencies

Highlights

State-of-the-art simulation center
Weekly academic teaching rounds
Comprehensive research curriculum
Health advocacy program
Wellness and resilience curriculum
Interprovincial and international elective opportunities
Cadaveric procedural skills training
Trauma team leadership training
Point of Care Ultrasound advanced training

Strengths

Nationally recognized training program
Exceptional faculty support
High-volume, high-acuity clinical exposure
Strong simulation and procedural skills training
Commitment to resident wellness
Flexible and innovative curriculum

Enhanced skills

Toxicology
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Point of Care Ultrasound
Trauma Medicine

By year

PGY-1

Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH4 blocks
Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH3 blocks
Research1 block
Psychiatry1 block
Pediatric Emergency MedicineCHEO1 block
PediatricsKGH/HDH1 block
Emergency Medical Services1 block
AnaesthesiaKGH1 block

PGY-2

Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH6 blocks
Critical Care MedicineKGH2 blocks
Orthopedics/MSKKingston training sites1 block
Obstetrics & GynecologyLakeridge Health - Oshawa1 block
General SurgeryKGH1 block
Plastic SurgeryKGH/HDH1 block
Internal MedicineKGH1 block

PGY-3

Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH6-7 blocks
EM/Stroke CallKGH1 block
Community Emergency Medicine1 block
CardiologyKGH1 block
Advanced UltrasoundKGH1 block
Thoracics1 block
Pediatric Emergency MedicineCHEO1 block

PGY-4

Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH9-11 blocks
Electives2 blocks
CHEOCHEO1 block
ToxicologyHospital for Sick Children1 block

PGY-5

Emergency MedicineKGH/HDH7 blocks
Advanced Learning6 blocks

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

Medical Student Performance Record
Reference letters
Personal letter
CV/Resume
Interview performance
Scholarly activities

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

0–25%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 24 Dec 2025; 4 Feb 2026

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-1	$73,367 / year
PGY-2	$79,670 / year
PGY-3	$85,564 / year
PGY-4	$92,701 / year
PGY-5	$98,567 / year

One provincial scale for Ontario, set by the resident agreement, so every program there pays the same. Showing the 5 levels this program covers.

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

Kingston General Hospital
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Hospital for Sick Children

Hospital facts

Hospital size and activity: Ontario doesn't publish this as open data.

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

Kingston, 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: −7.0 °C Kingston, 5.5 km away
July average: 20.8 °C Kingston, 5.5 km away
Snowfall: 158.0 cm a year Centreville, 33.8 km away
Days below −20 °C: 13.2 days a year Centreville, 33.8 km away

People

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

Population: 132,485 people up 7.0% from 2016
Official languages: English only 85.8% · French only 0.2% · English and French 13.4% · neither 0.6% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 13.6% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 2.0% · non-permanent residents: 2.5%
Indigenous identity: 4.2% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 81.5% · public transit 6.2% · walking or cycling 10.0% · other 2.3% Average commute: 17.6 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: $79,000 before tax $70,500 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: Kingston, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 127,943 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.216 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: 2.4% October 2025 survey, Kingston, Ontario (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $54,744 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Ontario, population 100,000 to 499,999, 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: 5.6% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Kingston, Ontario (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.7 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 clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the Kingston - Pembroke region for the 2025-2027 period.
Canada-wide, to 2033: Strong risk of Shortage ESDC’s projection for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine, 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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