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	790	49	455	335
Biochimie médicale	52	58	30	22
C.C.V.T.	57	56	51	6
Cardiologie	495	52	348	147
Chirurgie	543	50	319	224
Chirurgie orthopédique	374	50	293	81
Chirurgie plastique	112	49	67	45
Chirurgie vasculaire	51	49	32	19
Dermatologie	205	48	61	144
Endocrinologie	208	51	67	141
Gastro-entérologie	290	48	156	134
Génétique médicale	41	54	23	18
Gériatrie	150	45	51	99
Hématologie et oncologie	396	48	183	213
Microbiologie et infectiologie	202	50	95	107
Médecine d'urgence	209	47	128	81
Médecine interne	728	47	381	347
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	82	31
Médecine préventive	177	54	73	104
Neurochirurgie	90	51	73	17
Neurologie	319	50	164	155
Néphrologie	238	49	102	136
Obstétrique-gynécologie	504	48	116	388
Ophtalmologie	344	50	186	158
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	237	50	139	98
Pathologie	273	50	128	145
Physiatrie	102	49	38	64
Pneumologie	295	49	145	150
Psychiatrie	1248	49	528	720
Pédiatrie	768	48	202	566
Radio-oncologie	143	49	66	77
Radiologie diagnostique	684	49	401	283
Rhumatologie	160	48	61	99
Soins intensifs	139	48	112	27
Urologie	196	48	144	52
Total	11024	50	5542	5482

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	243
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	311
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1339
Mauricie (04)	345
Estrie (05)	621
Montréal (06)	4499
Outaouais (07)	297
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	151
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	99
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	411
Laval (13)	373
Lanaudière (14)	388
Laurentides (15)	495
Montérégie (16)	1220
Centre-du-Québec (17)	150

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5482	49.73
Male	5542	50.27

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	655	5.94
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8067	73.18
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2302	20.88

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.