St. John's - Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology

Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's, Newfoundland and LabradorCMG stream

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CaRMS program description, 2026 match, last approved 4 Sep 2025

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

Positions (approx. quota): 2 positions
Length: 5 years
Stream: CMG
Discipline: Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology
Applications per year: 51–200
Applicants offered interviews: 76–100%
Accreditation: Accredited
CaRMS program ID: 29878

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

Summary

Memorial University offers a comprehensive 5-year Diagnostic and Molecular Pathology residency program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. The program focuses on producing competent pathology specialists through a Competence by Design (CBD) curriculum, emphasizing patient-centered care, research opportunities, and progressive skill development.

Training

Research

A research project is required during residency, with project ideas encouraged from year 1 and an annual Resident Research Day.

Training setting

Urban medical center in St. John's, Newfoundland, with training across multiple hospital sites including Health Sciences Centre, Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre, and St. Clare's Mercy Hospital.

Teaching approach

Patient-centered, evidence-based training with progressive independence, emphasizing competency development through structured rotations, academic rounds, and research opportunities.

Setting types

Academic medical center
Tertiary care center
Community hospital
Rural hospital

Focus areas

Diagnostic Pathology
Molecular Pathology
Surgical Pathology
Pediatric Pathology
Cytopathology
Neuropathology
Forensic Pathology

Patient populations

Pediatric patients
Adult patients
Oncology patients
Surgical patients
Forensic cases

Highlights

Competence by Design (CBD) curriculum
Academic Half Day in Pathology
Resident Research Day
Rural Pathology Experience
Multidisciplinary tumor board rounds
Interprovincial elective opportunities

Strengths

Small program with personalized training
Comprehensive subspecialty exposure
Flexible research opportunities
Rural rotation options
Multidisciplinary learning environment

Enhanced skills

Rural Pathology Experience
Subspecialty rotations
Research project development

By year

PGY-1

Diagnostic and Molecular PathologyHealth Sciences Centre4 blocks
Selective RotationsVarious2 blocks
Transition to DisciplineHealth Sciences Centre1 block
PediatricsJaneway Hospital1 block
Medical OncologyHealth Sciences Centre1 block
General SurgeryHealth Sciences Centre1 block
General Internal MedicineHealth Sciences Centre1 block
GynecologyHealth Sciences Centre1 block
ElectiveFlexible1 block

PGY-2

Gastrointestinal PathologyHealth Sciences CentreUp to 2 blocks
Gynecologic PathologyHealth Sciences CentreUp to 2 blocks
DermatopathologyHealth Sciences CentreUp to 2 blocks
Head and Neck PathologyHealth Sciences CentreUp to 2 blocks
Genitourinary PathologyHealth Sciences CentreUp to 2 blocks
Breast PathologyHealth Sciences CentreUp to 2 blocks
CytopathologyHealth Sciences CentreUp to 2 blocks

PGY-3

Subspecialty RotationsHealth Sciences CentreVaried
Pediatric PathologyJaneway HospitalVaried
CytopathologyHealth Sciences CentreVaried
NeuropathologyHealth Sciences CentreVaried

PGY-4

Elective PeriodFlexible6 months
Subspecialty RotationsHealth Sciences CentreVaried

PGY-5

CytopathologyHealth Sciences Centre1 month
Surgical Pathology Hot SeatAffiliated Adult HospitalsVaried
Subspecialty ExperiencesHealth Sciences CentreVaried

From the program's rotation list.

Selection

What the program looks at

CV review
Electives
Examinations
Extra-curricular activities
Leadership skills
Medical Student Performance Reports (MSPRs)
Personal letters
Reference documents
Research/Publications
Academic transcripts

Applications per year

51–200

Applicants offered interviews

76–100%

Interviews

Dates (2026 match): 29 and 30 Jan 2026

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

Pay

Provincial scale, last updated 23 Jul 2026 · check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Contract expired, may change.

Annual salary by PGY level, Newfoundland and Labrador
Level	Annual salary
PGY-1	$69,175 / year
PGY-2	$74,779 / year
PGY-3	$79,848 / year
PGY-4	$85,137 / year
PGY-5	$90,868 / year

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

Benefits

Benefits as listed by CaRMS in 2022–2024; check the current agreement(opens in a new tab)

Additional optional benefits: 100% employee paid
Annual vacation: 4 weeks/year
CMPA dues: 100% reimbursement
Conference leave: 7 days/pd
Extended health insurance: Mandatory medical, basic life and AD&Dhttp://www.exec.gov.nl.ca/exec/hrs/working_with_us/employee_benefits.html
Frequency of call: Excess in-hospital call > 7/28 weekday – $225, weekend – $360;Call stipend – $115 Home call > 7/21 – $75;Call stipend – $57.50
Maternity/Paternity leave: Up to One year
Meal allowance: $105 per month
Parking fees: $5/year
Provincial health insurance: Contact Medical Care Plan1-866-449-4459
Resident Student: Full-time status
Sick leave: 1 day per month
Statutory holidays: 1-1/2 x pay or paid day off

Call

Call (provincial max): 1 day in 4 in-house, on average

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

PARNL agreement, 10 Aug 2022 to 30 Jun 2024. The term has ended; its terms continue until a new agreement is signed.

Teaching sites

Health Sciences Centre
Janeway Children's Health and Rehabilitation Centre
St. Clare's Mercy Hospital
James Paton Memorial Hospital
Western Memorial Hospital
Saint John Regional Hospital

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.

Saint John Regional Hospital

Matched to Saint John Regional Hospital / Hôpital Régional de Saint John (Saint John) in the province’s hospital list.

Inpatient beds: 445 As listed in the province’s dataset, whose rows were last updated 24 Apr 2019; the count may be older.

For the other sites: Newfoundland and Labrador doesn't publish this as open data.

Sources and licences

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – New Brunswick.

Unfilled positions in past years

Open after round 1 in 6 of 8 years (2019–2026); still open after round 2 in 2 of 9 years.

Positions at this site, all streams. Site as CaRMS lists it: St. John's.

Positions at this site, all streams, still open after round 1 and after round 2, by year. Each count above zero links to the CaRMS list page it comes from.
Year	Open after round 1	Open after round 2
2018	not available	0
2019	2 positions open after round 1 in 2019, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2020	2 positions open after round 1 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	1 position open after round 2 in 2020, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2021	2 positions open after round 1 in 2021, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2022	0	0
2023	2 positions open after round 1 in 2023, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2024	2 positions open after round 1 in 2024, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	0
2025	1 position open after round 1 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)	1 position open after round 2 in 2025, CaRMS list (opens in a new tab)
2026	0	0

CaRMS’s first-round list for 2018 was not found, so round 1 is counted over 8 years and round 2 over 9.

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

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

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: −3.6 °C St. John's (West), 4.3 km away
July average: 16.5 °C St. John's (West), 4.3 km away
Snowfall: 363.4 cm a year St. John's (Airport), 9.0 km away
Days below −20 °C: 0.3 days a year St. John's (West), 4.3 km away

People

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

Population: 110,525 people up 1.5% from 2016
Official languages: English only 90.3% · French only 0.0% · English and French 9.2% · neither 0.5% Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. This is not the language spoken at home.
Immigrants: 7.0% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 2.5% · non-permanent residents: 3.8%
Indigenous identity: 3.3% of residents
How people commute: car, truck or van 84.4% · public transit 5.4% · walking or cycling 7.2% · other 3.0% Average commute: 15.4 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: $75,000 before tax $65,000 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: St. John's, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 185,565 people in 2021
Remoteness index: 0.247 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: 2.1% October 2025 survey, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living: $53,849 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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: 6.6% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.6 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: Very good The employment outlook will be Very good for specialists in clinical and laboratory medicine (NOC 31100) in the Avalon Peninsula 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.