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	790	48	453	337
Biochimie médicale	55	58	33	22
C.C.V.T.	63	58	57	6
Cardiologie	489	51	347	142
Chirurgie	550	49	328	222
Chirurgie orthopédique	379	50	300	79
Chirurgie plastique	113	49	71	42
Chirurgie vasculaire	49	49	31	18
Dermatologie	206	48	63	143
Endocrinologie	210	50	66	144
Gastro-entérologie	278	47	150	128
Génétique médicale	41	53	22	19
Gériatrie	143	44	47	96
Hématologie et oncologie	380	48	181	199
Microbiologie et infectiologie	207	50	99	108
Médecine d'urgence	210	47	134	76
Médecine interne	703	46	374	329
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	82	31
Médecine préventive	178	54	73	105
Neurochirurgie	88	51	72	16
Neurologie	315	50	167	148
Néphrologie	235	49	101	134
Obstétrique-gynécologie	518	48	123	395
Ophtalmologie	341	49	186	155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	244	50	145	99
Pathologie	280	50	130	150
Physiatrie	96	49	39	57
Pneumologie	277	49	141	136
Psychiatrie	1224	50	517	707
Pédiatrie	763	48	206	557
Radio-oncologie	146	48	69	77
Radiologie diagnostique	674	48	399	275
Rhumatologie	153	48	57	96
Soins intensifs	118	46	95	23
Urologie	180	49	136	44
Total	10891	49	5532	5359

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	236
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	323
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1309
Mauricie (04)	339
Estrie (05)	611
Montréal (06)	4457
Outaouais (07)	291
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	152
Côte-Nord (09)	61
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	103
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	406
Laval (13)	372
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	478
Montérégie (16)	1197
Centre-du-Québec (17)	160

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5359	49.21
Male	5532	50.79

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	652	5.99
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7928	72.79
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2311	21.22

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.