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	38	44
Anesthésiologie	793	48	473	320
Biochimie médicale	55	57	33	22
C.C.V.T.	65	57	58	7
Cardiologie	495	51	357	138
Chirurgie	530	49	312	218
Chirurgie orthopédique	384	50	306	78
Chirurgie plastique	115	49	73	42
Chirurgie vasculaire	49	48	31	18
Dermatologie	200	47	66	134
Endocrinologie	203	50	68	135
Gastro-entérologie	274	47	148	126
Génétique médicale	39	53	21	18
Gériatrie	136	44	41	95
Hématologie et oncologie	373	48	176	197
Microbiologie et infectiologie	211	50	103	108
Médecine d'urgence	212	47	138	74
Médecine interne	754	46	409	345
Médecine nucléaire	107	51	80	27
Médecine préventive	183	54	77	106
Neurochirurgie	86	50	69	17
Neurologie	307	50	167	140
Néphrologie	230	48	102	128
Obstétrique-gynécologie	529	48	128	401
Ophtalmologie	341	49	185	156
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	249	50	151	98
Pathologie	268	50	120	148
Physiatrie	91	49	36	55
Pneumologie	287	49	155	132
Psychiatrie	1212	50	513	699
Pédiatrie	770	48	214	556
Radio-oncologie	143	48	67	76
Radiologie diagnostique	674	48	396	278
Rhumatologie	153	47	57	96
Urologie	187	49	144	43
Total	10787	49	5512	5275

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	238
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	316
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1306
Mauricie (04)	339
Estrie (05)	615
Montréal (06)	4428
Outaouais (07)	291
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	155
Côte-Nord (09)	64
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	98
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	394
Laval (13)	375
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	450
Montérégie (16)	1170
Centre-du-Québec (17)	154

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5275	48.9
Male	5512	51.1

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	651	6.04
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7778	72.11
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2358	21.86

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.