What are my chances?

To be honest, with scores in the 95th percentile, research with a possible publication, and likely to do well on away rotations, you'd be a lock...if you were at an American medical school. I think less than 10% of all people who matched Ortho were foreign medical graduates. However, this should not discourage you. If ortho is what you want to do then you'll find a way. You may have no problems at all. It just seems to be harder for foreign medical grads. Good luck and work hard.
--On a somewhat related note: my grandmother was born and raised just outside Beirut.

I agree with A.T. All I would add is this. You may very well be a superstar, but I would first get those high board scores before telling people you're sure to score in the top 5%. Maybe it's just me, but that can come off as arrogant, which will not impress any program. Second, if you really are a star, every program is going to be wondering what was wrong with our US med schools that you had to go to the Mid East.

Thank you AT & DJ for your comments... I just want to clarify something to DJ. I'm not claiming that I am a superstar , it's just that I think that I can score really high IF I WORK HARD...who knows, maybe I'll even fail or get really bad grades, but I think that confidence & hard work are both as important . As for yhe mid-east , well I've lived here for a long time, long before graduating from high-school...so there's nothing wrong with your med schools, on the contrary...
I would appreciate any more comments or advices, like for example what are the credentials of these less than 10 % foreign medical grads who DO get accepted in ortho residency programs....and if being canadian is considered like any oyher foreign medical grad...any advice concerning some good elective rotations I could apply to....& if there are some of you interested in canadian programs, I would also appreciate some advice about those.
thanks guys...

PS: by the way AT, I also live just outside beirut ...do you know where exactly was your grandma?maybe we're neighbors, or even family!!!
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If you'll pardon my americanized butchering of what is an Arabic city name, I believe it is spelled Xahle (pronunciation is Zah lay). My grandmother's (arabic- sittie ) family goes many generation back to lebanon, she moved to the US with what became my grandfather in the late 40s taking a boat from Greece to NY. I think she has 1 brother left in lebanon and a few nieces and nephews. Her other sisters and brothers (9 total kids) have all passed away.