Chronic pain medicine (Anesthesiology) fellowships in Canada

Application period for 2027-2028 opened 15 May 2026; deadline to submit application and complete file for the majority of fellowship programs is 1 September 2026 (see McGill PGME timelines for the full list)

Institution policy: clinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role

Anaesthesiologists interested in comprehensive pain management; University of Toronto departmental requirements: minimum 30 months of clinical anaesthesia training and all requisite certification exams passed in home country

Institution policy: clinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role

Québec graduates: MD, Royal College or CFPC certification, UdeM French admission test; letter of intent, CV, two letters of recommendation; recency-of-practice rule (MD, residency or independent practice within previous 4 years)

Graduates from outside Québec may be offered a clinical fellow (moniteur clinique) post: MD from an IMED/FAIMER-listed school, specialist certificate recognised in home province/country, UdeM French test, and a training bursary meeting UdeM requirements

Email application (letter of intent, CV, specialty completion certificate, three referees, online fellowship questionnaire) to anes.fellowship@umanitoba.ca; interviews for selected applicants

Institution policy: must be eligible for a CPSO postgraduate education certificate, including recognition as a medical specialist/family physician in the jurisdiction where the applicant practised before the fellowship

Institution policy: clinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role

Minimum 30 months of clinical anaesthesia training and all requisite certification exams passed in home country; preference for training completed within past seven years; fluency in English mandatory

Online application form via University of Toronto Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine website (one intake period per application) with letter of intent and signed reference letters

Recorded institutional requirement includes tuition/fees coverage. The tuition amount is not separately itemised in the existing record; the full funding requirement remains under Funding. Current terms have not been reverified.

McGill PGME online fellowship application fee: $143.82 as printed, non-refundable, payable by credit card; only one submitted application is charged. The source does not explicitly label the dollar currency. This does not establish a fee for the separate formation complémentaire route.

Not stated: the recorded non-profit sponsorship requirement does not establish programme-paid salary. Required external support and its original amount remain under Funding; this is not a guaranteed programme award.

McGill PGME institutional admission policy: acceptable non-profit scholarship/sponsorship must meet at least the R-1 equivalent (minimum CAD 61,000 per year, explicitly identified as CAD in the sponsor-letter checklist) and additionally cover tuition and student services fees. Self-funding and unfunded training are refused. Some programmes may offer internal funding; pediatrics applicants may check bursaries. This is an admission support requirement, not a programme salary offer.

Institution policy: clinical fellows must be funded (department or sponsoring agency); FEAC recommends pay at least equal to PGY1 on the PARO salary scale, and foreign nationals must be paid at a rate commensurate with a Canadian in the same role

Apply 18 months before intended start; applications close 9 months before start. Listed: July 2027 closes 30 Sept 2026; February 2028 closes 1 Feb 2027; August 2028 closes 1 Aug 2027

Institution policy: Fellowships funded by department, sponsoring agency or external source; PGME guidelines recommend at least PARO PGY1-equivalent remuneration and pay commensurate with a Canadian in the same role for visa trainees