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	785	49	451	334
Biochimie médicale	52	58	30	22
C.C.V.T.	58	57	52	6
Cardiologie	494	52	347	147
Chirurgie	543	50	319	224
Chirurgie orthopédique	372	50	291	81
Chirurgie plastique	110	49	66	44
Chirurgie vasculaire	51	49	32	19
Dermatologie	205	48	61	144
Endocrinologie	208	51	67	141
Gastro-entérologie	288	48	155	133
Génétique médicale	41	54	23	18
Gériatrie	148	45	51	97
Hématologie et oncologie	394	48	183	211
Microbiologie et infectiologie	202	50	95	107
Médecine d'urgence	209	47	128	81
Médecine interne	724	47	377	347
Médecine nucléaire	114	51	82	32
Médecine préventive	177	54	73	104
Neurochirurgie	90	51	73	17
Neurologie	319	50	164	155
Néphrologie	237	49	101	136
Obstétrique-gynécologie	503	48	115	388
Ophtalmologie	343	50	186	157
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	238	50	140	98
Pathologie	272	50	128	144
Physiatrie	102	49	38	64
Pneumologie	293	49	145	148
Psychiatrie	1243	49	526	717
Pédiatrie	764	48	201	563
Radio-oncologie	143	49	66	77
Radiologie diagnostique	680	49	399	281
Rhumatologie	158	48	61	97
Soins intensifs	137	48	110	27
Urologie	196	48	144	52
Total	10983	50	5522	5461

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	243
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	311
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1333
Mauricie (04)	347
Estrie (05)	616
Montréal (06)	4481
Outaouais (07)	293
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	148
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	99
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	411
Laval (13)	370
Lanaudière (14)	388
Laurentides (15)	495
Montérégie (16)	1216
Centre-du-Québec (17)	150

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5461	49.72
Male	5522	50.28

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	650	5.92
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8050	73.3
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2283	20.79

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.