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	79	51	41	38
Anesthésiologie	792	47	476	316
Biochimie médicale	58	55	35	23
C.C.V.T.	65	56	59	6
Cardiologie	477	51	351	126
Chirurgie	544	49	331	213
Chirurgie orthopédique	377	50	301	76
Chirurgie plastique	118	48	73	45
Chirurgie vasculaire	52	49	34	18
Dermatologie	197	48	65	132
Endocrinologie	191	49	65	126
Gastro-entérologie	270	47	154	116
Génétique médicale	35	52	19	16
Gériatrie	118	44	37	81
Hématologie et oncologie	336	48	165	171
Microbiologie et infectiologie	212	49	107	105
Médecine d'urgence	201	46	137	64
Médecine interne	704	45	401	303
Médecine nucléaire	106	50	82	24
Médecine préventive	182	54	75	107
Neurochirurgie	82	50	65	17
Neurologie	308	49	171	137
Néphrologie	214	48	100	114
Obstétrique-gynécologie	537	49	145	392
Ophtalmologie	342	50	193	149
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	244	51	152	92
Pathologie	253	50	115	138
Physiatrie	81	50	33	48
Pneumologie	278	49	159	119
Psychiatrie	1189	51	520	669
Pédiatrie	746	48	214	532
Radio-oncologie	134	48	64	70
Radiologie diagnostique	661	48	380	281
Rhumatologie	143	48	54	89
Urologie	183	49	138	45
Total	10509	49	5511	4998

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	234
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	312
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1264
Mauricie (04)	322
Estrie (05)	517
Montréal (06)	4336
Outaouais (07)	294
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	152
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	10
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	96
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	386
Laval (13)	367
Lanaudière (14)	378
Laurentides (15)	416
Montérégie (16)	1210
Centre-du-Québec (17)	148

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	4998	47.56
Male	5511	52.44

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	631	6
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7469	71.07
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2409	22.92

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.