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	72	51	37	35
Anesthésiologie	762	47	454	308
Biochimie médicale	54	56	33	21
C.C.V.T.	60	57	55	5
Cardiologie	460	51	337	123
Chirurgie	497	48	301	196
Chirurgie orthopédique	355	49	286	69
Chirurgie plastique	96	49	60	36
Chirurgie vasculaire	45	49	32	13
Dermatologie	183	48	62	121
Endocrinologie	186	50	64	122
Gastro-entérologie	251	46	143	108
Génétique médicale	35	53	19	16
Gériatrie	113	44	37	76
Hématologie et oncologie	322	48	163	159
Microbiologie et infectiologie	192	49	99	93
Médecine d'urgence	188	46	130	58
Médecine interne	662	46	377	285
Médecine nucléaire	101	50	78	23
Médecine préventive	155	54	66	89
Neurochirurgie	80	49	63	17
Neurologie	288	50	163	125
Néphrologie	208	48	96	112
Obstétrique-gynécologie	481	49	128	353
Ophtalmologie	312	49	178	134
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	240	50	150	90
Pathologie	246	50	114	132
Physiatrie	82	49	32	50
Pneumologie	269	49	150	119
Psychiatrie	1068	50	472	596
Pédiatrie	669	48	194	475
Radio-oncologie	131	48	62	69
Radiologie diagnostique	652	48	376	276
Rhumatologie	142	47	53	89
Urologie	168	49	130	38
Total	9825	49	5194	4631

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	221
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	301
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1169
Mauricie (04)	297
Estrie (05)	500
Montréal (06)	4025
Outaouais (07)	270
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	146
Côte-Nord (09)	62
Nord-du-Québec (10)	9
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	90
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	366
Laval (13)	333
Lanaudière (14)	351
Laurentides (15)	399
Montérégie (16)	1142
Centre-du-Québec (17)	144

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	4631	47.13
Male	5194	52.87

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	564	5.74
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7077	72.03
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2184	22.23

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.