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	91	49	42	49
Anesthésiologie	825	49	476	349
Biochimie médicale	51	58	29	22
C.C.V.T.	59	57	52	7
Cardiologie	505	52	354	151
Chirurgie	552	50	323	229
Chirurgie orthopédique	387	51	302	85
Chirurgie plastique	128	49	76	52
Chirurgie vasculaire	55	49	34	21
Dermatologie	214	48	64	150
Endocrinologie	213	51	68	145
Gastro-entérologie	290	48	156	134
Génétique médicale	42	54	23	19
Gériatrie	161	45	52	109
Hématologie et oncologie	408	48	189	219
Microbiologie et infectiologie	208	50	99	109
Médecine d'urgence	226	48	142	84
Médecine interne	761	47	399	362
Médecine nucléaire	118	51	86	32
Médecine préventive	181	55	76	105
Neurochirurgie	94	51	77	17
Neurologie	329	51	170	159
Néphrologie	242	50	104	138
Obstétrique-gynécologie	517	49	118	399
Ophtalmologie	345	50	185	160
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	245	51	146	99
Pathologie	276	50	130	146
Physiatrie	105	49	40	65
Pneumologie	305	49	150	155
Psychiatrie	1286	49	534	752
Pédiatrie	795	48	208	587
Radio-oncologie	145	49	66	79
Radiologie diagnostique	707	49	416	291
Rhumatologie	166	48	61	105
Soins intensifs	139	48	111	28
Urologie	198	49	144	54
Total	11369	50	5702	5667

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	247
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	328
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1393
Mauricie (04)	351
Estrie (05)	646
Montréal (06)	4642
Outaouais (07)	304
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	154
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	101
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	423
Laval (13)	382
Lanaudière (14)	403
Laurentides (15)	510
Montérégie (16)	1245
Centre-du-Québec (17)	156

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5667	49.85
Male	5702	50.15

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	703	6.18
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8312	73.11
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2354	20.71

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.