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	782	48	452	330
Biochimie médicale	52	58	30	22
C.C.V.T.	57	57	51	6
Cardiologie	490	52	345	145
Chirurgie	542	49	319	223
Chirurgie orthopédique	368	50	288	80
Chirurgie plastique	106	49	64	42
Chirurgie vasculaire	50	49	31	19
Dermatologie	204	48	61	143
Endocrinologie	207	51	67	140
Gastro-entérologie	287	47	154	133
Génétique médicale	41	54	23	18
Gériatrie	147	45	51	96
Hématologie et oncologie	393	48	184	209
Microbiologie et infectiologie	205	50	97	108
Médecine d'urgence	208	47	127	81
Médecine interne	716	47	372	344
Médecine nucléaire	112	50	80	32
Médecine préventive	176	54	73	103
Neurochirurgie	89	51	72	17
Neurologie	315	50	162	153
Néphrologie	235	49	101	134
Obstétrique-gynécologie	499	48	114	385
Ophtalmologie	343	50	187	156
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	242	50	143	99
Pathologie	270	50	129	141
Physiatrie	102	49	38	64
Pneumologie	290	48	143	147
Psychiatrie	1237	49	520	717
Pédiatrie	761	48	201	560
Radio-oncologie	143	49	66	77
Radiologie diagnostique	678	48	399	279
Rhumatologie	157	48	61	96
Soins intensifs	133	48	106	27
Urologie	188	49	141	47
Total	10915	50	5494	5421

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	245
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	314
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1321
Mauricie (04)	344
Estrie (05)	617
Montréal (06)	4439
Outaouais (07)	292
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	152
Côte-Nord (09)	66
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	102
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	408
Laval (13)	370
Lanaudière (14)	387
Laurentides (15)	486
Montérégie (16)	1204
Centre-du-Québec (17)	154

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5421	49.67
Male	5494	50.33

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	636	5.83
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8041	73.67
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2238	20.5

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.