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	80	51	42	38
Anesthésiologie	800	47	481	319
Biochimie médicale	58	55	35	23
C.C.V.T.	68	56	61	7
Cardiologie	477	51	350	127
Chirurgie	547	48	334	213
Chirurgie orthopédique	382	50	304	78
Chirurgie plastique	121	48	74	47
Chirurgie vasculaire	53	49	35	18
Dermatologie	205	49	69	136
Endocrinologie	190	49	64	126
Gastro-entérologie	262	48	155	107
Génétique médicale	35	51	19	16
Gériatrie	120	44	38	82
Hématologie et oncologie	340	48	169	171
Microbiologie et infectiologie	221	50	114	107
Médecine d'urgence	200	47	137	63
Médecine interne	708	45	401	307
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	86	27
Médecine préventive	188	54	78	110
Neurochirurgie	83	49	66	17
Neurologie	315	49	176	139
Néphrologie	211	48	101	110
Obstétrique-gynécologie	541	49	148	393
Ophtalmologie	342	50	193	149
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	245	50	154	91
Pathologie	254	50	117	137
Physiatrie	80	50	33	47
Pneumologie	281	49	163	118
Psychiatrie	1207	51	528	679
Pédiatrie	751	48	218	533
Radio-oncologie	136	47	64	72
Radiologie diagnostique	662	47	380	282
Rhumatologie	145	48	55	90
Urologie	181	49	137	44
Total	10602	49	5579	5023

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	238
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	314
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1287
Mauricie (04)	326
Estrie (05)	518
Montréal (06)	4369
Outaouais (07)	298
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	147
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	10
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	94
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	394
Laval (13)	367
Lanaudière (14)	380
Laurentides (15)	425
Montérégie (16)	1219
Centre-du-Québec (17)	149

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5023	47.38
Male	5579	52.62

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	641	6.05
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7575	71.45
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2386	22.51

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.