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	50	38	44
Anesthésiologie	801	48	464	337
Biochimie médicale	55	58	33	22
C.C.V.T.	64	57	58	6
Cardiologie	493	51	351	142
Chirurgie	556	49	331	225
Chirurgie orthopédique	376	50	298	78
Chirurgie plastique	113	48	71	42
Chirurgie vasculaire	49	49	31	18
Dermatologie	205	48	63	142
Endocrinologie	208	50	66	142
Gastro-entérologie	278	47	150	128
Génétique médicale	40	53	21	19
Gériatrie	141	44	46	95
Hématologie et oncologie	379	48	182	197
Microbiologie et infectiologie	209	50	100	109
Médecine d'urgence	216	47	138	78
Médecine interne	770	46	426	344
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	82	31
Médecine préventive	178	54	74	104
Neurochirurgie	88	51	72	16
Neurologie	316	50	168	148
Néphrologie	234	49	102	132
Obstétrique-gynécologie	520	48	125	395
Ophtalmologie	340	49	187	153
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	242	50	144	98
Pathologie	280	50	130	150
Physiatrie	94	49	39	55
Pneumologie	293	49	155	138
Psychiatrie	1225	50	519	706
Pédiatrie	763	48	206	557
Radio-oncologie	146	48	69	77
Radiologie diagnostique	671	48	397	274
Rhumatologie	155	48	57	98
Soins intensifs	3	52	3	0
Urologie	183	49	138	45
Total	10879	50	5534	5345

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	237
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	322
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1301
Mauricie (04)	343
Estrie (05)	611
Montréal (06)	4447
Outaouais (07)	295
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	154
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)	472
Montérégie (16)	1200
Centre-du-Québec (17)	159

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5345	49.13
Male	5534	50.87

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	648	5.96
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7920	72.8
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2311	21.24

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.