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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 82 49 37 45
Anesthésiologie 824 48 484 340
Biochimie médicale 55 57 33 22
C.C.V.T. 67 56 60 7
Cardiologie 503 51 360 143
Chirurgie 546 49 326 220
Chirurgie orthopédique 391 50 310 81
Chirurgie plastique 119 49 75 44
Chirurgie vasculaire 51 48 32 19
Dermatologie 209 47 66 143
Endocrinologie 209 50 70 139
Gastro-entérologie 280 47 153 127
Génétique médicale 39 53 21 18
Gériatrie 144 43 46 98
Hématologie et oncologie 386 48 184 202
Microbiologie et infectiologie 214 50 104 110
Médecine d'urgence 220 47 141 79
Médecine interne 790 46 433 357
Médecine nucléaire 116 50 84 32
Médecine préventive 188 54 80 108
Neurochirurgie 90 50 73 17
Neurologie 322 50 172 150
Néphrologie 234 49 103 131
Obstétrique-gynécologie 535 48 129 406
Ophtalmologie 341 49 185 156
Oto-rhino-laryngologie 250 50 149 101
Pathologie 281 49 128 153
Physiatrie 98 49 41 57
Pneumologie 298 49 158 140
Psychiatrie 1261 50 534 727
Pédiatrie 783 48 216 567
Radio-oncologie 146 48 70 76
Radiologie diagnostique 682 48 403 279
Rhumatologie 155 48 58 97
Urologie 191 49 146 45
Total 11100 49 5664 5436
Geographical data
Region Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) 242
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02) 327
Capitale-Nationale (03) 1349
Mauricie (04) 348
Estrie (05) 634
Montréal (06) 4546
Outaouais (07) 301
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) 157
Côte-Nord (09) 63
Nord-du-Québec (10) 13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) 99
Chaudière-Appalaches (12) 411
Laval (13) 378
Lanaudière (14) 389
Laurentides (15) 468
Montérégie (16) 1214
Centre-du-Québec (17) 160
Distribution by gender
Gender Number of medical specialists %
Female 5436 48.97
Male 5664 51.03
Types of practice
Types of practice Number of medical specialists %
Medical specialists with an office practice only 678 6.11
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only 8055 72.57
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office) 2367 21.32

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.