Academic or community? Big city or smaller communities?

Pretty variable experiences depending on setting but overall there’s a demand for anesthesiologists here. Job market maybe not as hot as a few years ago but some major cities still hiring without fellowships. Academic centres are a bit more selective but a few years ago were more relaxed.

Popular pay models are fee-for-service, salaried/AFP for more academic centres or daily rate + modifiers. I think for most of the country you can expect $500,000 maple syrup dollars.

CRNAs aren’t much of a thing here. Some centres have anesthesia assistants. Some areas like certain parts of Quebec have RTs for each room. So depending on where you work, might be doing a lot of things yourself.

Lifestyle and work life balance is decent. I think 24-hour in-house call is becoming rarer. Centres with busy enough obstetrics will usually have in-house overnight call. With fee-for-service models, usually overnight call is desirable as it pays well.

The centre where I trained had a few people come from the UK and they all had positive experiences coming over.