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	76	51	42	34
Anesthésiologie	791	47	475	316
Biochimie médicale	59	55	36	23
C.C.V.T.	65	56	59	6
Cardiologie	471	51	346	125
Chirurgie	540	48	333	207
Chirurgie orthopédique	381	49	304	77
Chirurgie plastique	120	48	74	46
Chirurgie vasculaire	48	50	32	16
Dermatologie	198	49	68	130
Endocrinologie	182	50	63	119
Gastro-entérologie	259	47	153	106
Génétique médicale	34	51	18	16
Gériatrie	111	44	36	75
Hématologie et oncologie	334	48	167	167
Microbiologie et infectiologie	215	50	109	106
Médecine d'urgence	194	47	135	59
Médecine interne	687	45	393	294
Médecine nucléaire	110	50	84	26
Médecine préventive	182	54	76	106
Neurochirurgie	81	49	65	16
Neurologie	310	49	174	136
Néphrologie	207	48	98	109
Obstétrique-gynécologie	532	48	147	385
Ophtalmologie	337	50	189	148
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	244	50	154	90
Pathologie	253	50	116	137
Physiatrie	78	49	33	45
Pneumologie	275	49	162	113
Psychiatrie	1190	51	523	667
Pédiatrie	733	48	212	521
Radio-oncologie	133	47	62	71
Radiologie diagnostique	648	47	371	277
Rhumatologie	142	48	52	90
Urologie	176	48	135	41
Total	10396	49	5496	4900

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	235
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	306
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1270
Mauricie (04)	319
Estrie (05)	514
Montréal (06)	4295
Outaouais (07)	287
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	141
Côte-Nord (09)	68
Nord-du-Québec (10)	11
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	92
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	386
Laval (13)	351
Lanaudière (14)	377
Laurentides (15)	413
Montérégie (16)	1183
Centre-du-Québec (17)	148

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	4900	47.13
Male	5496	52.87

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	624	6
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7388	71.07
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2384	22.93

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.