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	82	49	38	44
Anesthésiologie	792	48	454	338
Biochimie médicale	55	58	33	22
C.C.V.T.	63	58	57	6
Cardiologie	488	51	345	143
Chirurgie	549	49	328	221
Chirurgie orthopédique	379	50	300	79
Chirurgie plastique	115	49	72	43
Chirurgie vasculaire	49	49	31	18
Dermatologie	205	48	62	143
Endocrinologie	210	50	66	144
Gastro-entérologie	278	47	150	128
Génétique médicale	41	54	22	19
Gériatrie	144	44	47	97
Hématologie et oncologie	382	48	181	201
Microbiologie et infectiologie	207	50	99	108
Médecine d'urgence	207	47	131	76
Médecine interne	702	46	372	330
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	82	31
Médecine préventive	178	54	73	105
Neurochirurgie	90	51	74	16
Neurologie	316	50	167	149
Néphrologie	236	49	101	135
Obstétrique-gynécologie	520	48	123	397
Ophtalmologie	341	49	186	155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	244	50	145	99
Pathologie	280	50	130	150
Physiatrie	100	48	40	60
Pneumologie	278	49	142	136
Psychiatrie	1227	50	518	709
Pédiatrie	768	48	207	561
Radio-oncologie	146	49	69	77
Radiologie diagnostique	674	48	399	275
Rhumatologie	153	48	57	96
Soins intensifs	129	47	102	27
Urologie	180	49	136	44
Total	10921	50	5539	5382

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	237
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	323
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1311
Mauricie (04)	341
Estrie (05)	617
Montréal (06)	4469
Outaouais (07)	292
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	152
Côte-Nord (09)	61
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	103
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	407
Laval (13)	373
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	479
Montérégie (16)	1200
Centre-du-Québec (17)	160

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5382	49.28
Male	5539	50.72

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	654	5.99
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7952	72.81
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2315	21.2

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.