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	824	48	484	340
Biochimie médicale	55	57	33	22
C.C.V.T.	67	56	60	7
Cardiologie	502	51	360	142
Chirurgie	546	49	326	220
Chirurgie orthopédique	391	50	310	81
Chirurgie plastique	119	49	75	44
Chirurgie vasculaire	51	48	32	19
Dermatologie	209	47	66	143
Endocrinologie	209	50	70	139
Gastro-entérologie	280	47	153	127
Génétique médicale	39	53	21	18
Gériatrie	144	43	46	98
Hématologie et oncologie	386	48	184	202
Microbiologie et infectiologie	214	50	104	110
Médecine d'urgence	220	47	141	79
Médecine interne	789	46	433	356
Médecine nucléaire	116	50	84	32
Médecine préventive	188	54	80	108
Neurochirurgie	90	50	73	17
Neurologie	322	50	172	150
Néphrologie	234	49	103	131
Obstétrique-gynécologie	535	48	129	406
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	1262	50	535	727
Pédiatrie	784	48	216	568
Radio-oncologie	146	48	70	76
Radiologie diagnostique	682	48	403	279
Rhumatologie	155	48	58	97
Urologie	191	49	146	45
Total	11100	49	5665	5435

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	241
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	327
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1348
Mauricie (04)	348
Estrie (05)	634
Montréal (06)	4545
Outaouais (07)	301
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	157
Côte-Nord (09)	63
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	99
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	411
Laval (13)	378
Lanaudière (14)	389
Laurentides (15)	468
Montérégie (16)	1217
Centre-du-Québec (17)	160

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5435	48.96
Male	5665	51.04

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	679	6.12
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8056	72.58
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2365	21.31

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.