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	91	49	42	49
Anesthésiologie	818	49	471	347
Biochimie médicale	51	58	29	22
C.C.V.T.	59	57	52	7
Cardiologie	504	52	353	151
Chirurgie	545	50	318	227
Chirurgie orthopédique	378	51	296	82
Chirurgie plastique	116	49	69	47
Chirurgie vasculaire	53	49	34	19
Dermatologie	210	48	63	147
Endocrinologie	212	51	67	145
Gastro-entérologie	290	48	156	134
Génétique médicale	42	54	23	19
Gériatrie	161	45	52	109
Hématologie et oncologie	404	48	187	217
Microbiologie et infectiologie	207	50	98	109
Médecine d'urgence	217	47	133	84
Médecine interne	756	47	396	360
Médecine nucléaire	117	51	85	32
Médecine préventive	178	55	74	104
Neurochirurgie	91	51	74	17
Neurologie	325	51	167	158
Néphrologie	241	50	103	138
Obstétrique-gynécologie	509	49	116	393
Ophtalmologie	344	50	185	159
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	242	51	143	99
Pathologie	273	50	127	146
Physiatrie	102	49	38	64
Pneumologie	301	49	147	154
Psychiatrie	1276	49	529	747
Pédiatrie	784	48	207	577
Radio-oncologie	144	49	66	78
Radiologie diagnostique	702	49	413	289
Rhumatologie	164	48	61	103
Soins intensifs	139	47	111	28
Urologie	198	49	144	54
Total	11244	50	5629	5615

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	247
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	322
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1376
Mauricie (04)	347
Estrie (05)	633
Montréal (06)	4598
Outaouais (07)	300
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	153
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	99
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	420
Laval (13)	374
Lanaudière (14)	397
Laurentides (15)	503
Montérégie (16)	1235
Centre-du-Québec (17)	156

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5615	49.94
Male	5629	50.06

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	675	6
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8237	73.26
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2332	20.74

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.