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	801	48	464	337
Biochimie médicale	55	58	33	22
C.C.V.T.	64	57	58	6
Cardiologie	491	51	349	142
Chirurgie	554	49	329	225
Chirurgie orthopédique	376	50	298	78
Chirurgie plastique	113	49	71	42
Chirurgie vasculaire	49	49	31	18
Dermatologie	206	48	63	143
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	377	48	180	197
Microbiologie et infectiologie	207	50	99	108
Médecine d'urgence	216	47	138	78
Médecine interne	768	46	423	345
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	82	31
Médecine préventive	178	54	73	105
Neurochirurgie	88	51	72	16
Neurologie	316	50	168	148
Néphrologie	234	49	102	132
Obstétrique-gynécologie	516	48	124	392
Ophtalmologie	339	49	186	153
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	242	50	144	98
Pathologie	280	50	130	150
Physiatrie	94	49	39	55
Pneumologie	290	49	153	137
Psychiatrie	1219	50	516	703
Pédiatrie	761	48	204	557
Radio-oncologie	146	48	69	77
Radiologie diagnostique	672	48	397	275
Rhumatologie	152	47	56	96
Soins intensifs	3	52	3	0
Urologie	180	49	136	44
Total	10849	50	5511	5338

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	235
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	320
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1301
Mauricie (04)	339
Estrie (05)	608
Montréal (06)	4438
Outaouais (07)	293
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	151
Côte-Nord (09)	61
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	103
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	405
Laval (13)	370
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	475
Montérégie (16)	1195
Centre-du-Québec (17)	159

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5338	49.2
Male	5511	50.8

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	644	5.94
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7895	72.77
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2310	21.29

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.