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	90	49	42	48
Anesthésiologie	814	49	466	348
Biochimie médicale	53	58	31	22
C.C.V.T.	66	58	57	9
Cardiologie	501	52	351	150
Chirurgie	553	50	328	225
Chirurgie orthopédique	385	50	303	82
Chirurgie plastique	120	49	72	48
Chirurgie vasculaire	52	49	32	20
Dermatologie	211	48	64	147
Endocrinologie	212	51	69	143
Gastro-entérologie	290	48	157	133
Génétique médicale	41	54	22	19
Gériatrie	158	44	53	105
Hématologie et oncologie	407	48	193	214
Microbiologie et infectiologie	215	50	103	112
Médecine d'urgence	215	48	133	82
Médecine interne	741	47	387	354
Médecine nucléaire	114	50	82	32
Médecine préventive	181	54	75	106
Neurochirurgie	92	51	75	17
Neurologie	324	50	166	158
Néphrologie	246	49	105	141
Obstétrique-gynécologie	524	49	122	402
Ophtalmologie	344	49	186	158
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	250	51	150	100
Pathologie	281	50	133	148
Physiatrie	103	49	39	64
Pneumologie	293	49	146	147
Psychiatrie	1279	49	536	743
Pédiatrie	784	48	209	575
Radio-oncologie	148	49	69	79
Radiologie diagnostique	696	49	413	283
Rhumatologie	166	48	65	101
Soins intensifs	135	47	107	28
Urologie	192	49	145	47
Total	11276	50	5686	5590

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	245
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	326
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1368
Mauricie (04)	349
Estrie (05)	647
Montréal (06)	4603
Outaouais (07)	301
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	156
Côte-Nord (09)	63
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	104
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	422
Laval (13)	386
Lanaudière (14)	397
Laurentides (15)	496
Montérégie (16)	1239
Centre-du-Québec (17)	159

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5590	49.57
Male	5686	50.43

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	692	6.14
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8255	73.21
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2329	20.65

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.