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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	37	45
Anesthésiologie	823	48	484	339
Biochimie médicale	55	57	33	22
C.C.V.T.	68	56	61	7
Cardiologie	504	51	361	143
Chirurgie	540	49	321	219
Chirurgie orthopédique	388	50	308	80
Chirurgie plastique	119	49	75	44
Chirurgie vasculaire	51	48	32	19
Dermatologie	208	47	66	142
Endocrinologie	208	50	70	138
Gastro-entérologie	281	47	153	128
Génétique médicale	39	53	21	18
Gériatrie	140	44	42	98
Hématologie et oncologie	383	48	182	201
Microbiologie et infectiologie	215	50	105	110
Médecine d'urgence	220	47	141	79
Médecine interne	783	46	427	356
Médecine nucléaire	114	50	83	31
Médecine préventive	183	54	77	106
Neurochirurgie	89	50	72	17
Neurologie	319	50	172	147
Néphrologie	231	49	102	129
Obstétrique-gynécologie	535	48	130	405
Ophtalmologie	341	49	185	156
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	250	50	149	101
Pathologie	281	49	128	153
Physiatrie	98	49	41	57
Pneumologie	298	49	158	140
Psychiatrie	1252	50	532	720
Pédiatrie	781	48	215	566
Radio-oncologie	146	48	70	76
Radiologie diagnostique	683	48	404	279
Rhumatologie	155	48	58	97
Urologie	191	49	146	45
Total	11054	49	5641	5413

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	243
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	325
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1340
Mauricie (04)	348
Estrie (05)	628
Montréal (06)	4526
Outaouais (07)	298
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	157
Côte-Nord (09)	62
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	99
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	410
Laval (13)	378
Lanaudière (14)	388
Laurentides (15)	467
Montérégie (16)	1210
Centre-du-Québec (17)	161

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5413	48.97
Male	5641	51.03

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	675	6.11
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8012	72.48
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2367	21.41

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.