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	85	49	39	46
Anesthésiologie	815	49	466	349
Biochimie médicale	53	58	31	22
C.C.V.T.	65	58	57	8
Cardiologie	494	52	348	146
Chirurgie	552	49	329	223
Chirurgie orthopédique	381	50	300	81
Chirurgie plastique	115	49	71	44
Chirurgie vasculaire	53	49	33	20
Dermatologie	208	48	63	145
Endocrinologie	211	50	68	143
Gastro-entérologie	285	47	155	130
Génétique médicale	41	54	22	19
Gériatrie	156	44	52	104
Hématologie et oncologie	393	48	186	207
Microbiologie et infectiologie	214	50	104	110
Médecine d'urgence	213	47	132	81
Médecine interne	732	46	382	350
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	81	32
Médecine préventive	179	54	74	105
Neurochirurgie	91	51	74	17
Neurologie	318	50	167	151
Néphrologie	240	49	102	138
Obstétrique-gynécologie	523	48	124	399
Ophtalmologie	341	49	186	155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	249	50	149	100
Pathologie	277	50	132	145
Physiatrie	99	49	39	60
Pneumologie	286	49	145	141
Psychiatrie	1266	49	531	735
Pédiatrie	781	48	210	571
Radio-oncologie	147	49	69	78
Radiologie diagnostique	687	49	408	279
Rhumatologie	164	48	64	100
Soins intensifs	131	47	104	27
Urologie	190	49	144	46
Total	11148	50	5641	5507

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	243
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	321
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1351
Mauricie (04)	347
Estrie (05)	637
Montréal (06)	4552
Outaouais (07)	296
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	154
Côte-Nord (09)	62
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	104
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	415
Laval (13)	380
Lanaudière (14)	391
Laurentides (15)	495
Montérégie (16)	1224
Centre-du-Québec (17)	161

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5507	49.4
Male	5641	50.6

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	677	6.07
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8137	72.99
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2334	20.94

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.