Medical staff

Medical specialists in Quebec are available throughout the province to treat you. Thanks to medical staff plans (MSP), they are distributed among the province's institutions according to priority needs, in order to promote access to specialized medical services for the population in each region.

Some statistics

Demographic data

By speciality (from associations)	Number	Average age	Men	Women
Allergie et immunologie	83	49	39	44
Anesthésiologie	788	48	469	319
Biochimie médicale	56	57	33	23
C.C.V.T.	63	57	57	6
Cardiologie	489	51	351	138
Chirurgie	527	49	310	217
Chirurgie orthopédique	372	50	296	76
Chirurgie plastique	113	48	72	41
Chirurgie vasculaire	48	48	31	17
Dermatologie	198	47	64	134
Endocrinologie	198	50	66	132
Gastro-entérologie	270	47	147	123
Génétique médicale	39	53	21	18
Gériatrie	134	44	41	93
Hématologie et oncologie	363	48	174	189
Microbiologie et infectiologie	211	50	103	108
Médecine d'urgence	212	47	138	74
Médecine interne	744	45	407	337
Médecine nucléaire	108	50	81	27
Médecine préventive	182	54	78	104
Neurochirurgie	86	50	69	17
Neurologie	304	50	167	137
Néphrologie	229	48	102	127
Obstétrique-gynécologie	520	48	127	393
Ophtalmologie	341	49	185	156
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	249	49	151	98
Pathologie	266	49	119	147
Physiatrie	90	49	36	54
Pneumologie	286	49	156	130
Psychiatrie	1198	50	510	688
Pédiatrie	759	48	214	545
Radio-oncologie	139	48	65	74
Radiologie diagnostique	667	48	391	276
Rhumatologie	153	47	57	96
Urologie	186	49	143	43
Total	10671	49	5470	5201

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	239
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	314
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1295
Mauricie (04)	337
Estrie (05)	607
Montréal (06)	4378
Outaouais (07)	289
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	156
Côte-Nord (09)	64
Nord-du-Québec (10)	11
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	98
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	390
Laval (13)	367
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	442
Montérégie (16)	1146
Centre-du-Québec (17)	156

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5201	48.74
Male	5470	51.26

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	639	5.99
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7705	72.21
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2327	21.81

Details on the methodology

The data in these tables include only physicians currently in practice (under the Quebec health insurance plan) who have at least one main place of practice in a hospital centre or private medical clinic.

Even though the data is updated daily, it is possible that a disparity exists between the information collected and managed by the FMSQ and that of other institutions in the health network (Collège des médecins du Québec, Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec, Canadian Institute for Health Information, etc.).

Incomplete information on a physician's chart can also result in inaccurate overall statistics. For example, if a physician has not provided their date of birth, the age entered in the database will be 0, which will have an impact on the overall average age, both for their specialty and for all medical specialists.