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	84	49	38	46
Anesthésiologie	812	48	467	345
Biochimie médicale	53	58	31	22
C.C.V.T.	65	58	57	8
Cardiologie	494	52	348	146
Chirurgie	549	49	328	221
Chirurgie orthopédique	382	50	301	81
Chirurgie plastique	115	49	71	44
Chirurgie vasculaire	52	49	32	20
Dermatologie	207	48	63	144
Endocrinologie	210	50	67	143
Gastro-entérologie	285	47	155	130
Génétique médicale	41	54	22	19
Gériatrie	153	44	52	101
Hématologie et oncologie	390	48	184	206
Microbiologie et infectiologie	214	50	104	110
Médecine d'urgence	213	47	132	81
Médecine interne	724	46	379	345
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	81	32
Médecine préventive	178	54	73	105
Neurochirurgie	91	51	74	17
Neurologie	317	50	167	150
Néphrologie	241	49	102	139
Obstétrique-gynécologie	522	48	124	398
Ophtalmologie	341	49	186	155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	247	50	147	100
Pathologie	274	50	129	145
Physiatrie	98	49	38	60
Pneumologie	281	49	143	138
Psychiatrie	1268	49	537	731
Pédiatrie	775	48	210	565
Radio-oncologie	147	49	69	78
Radiologie diagnostique	684	49	404	280
Rhumatologie	161	48	62	99
Soins intensifs	130	47	103	27
Urologie	188	49	142	46
Total	11099	50	5622	5477

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	242
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	322
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1341
Mauricie (04)	343
Estrie (05)	634
Montréal (06)	4541
Outaouais (07)	295
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	153
Côte-Nord (09)	62
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	105
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	413
Laval (13)	379
Lanaudière (14)	390
Laurentides (15)	487
Montérégie (16)	1215
Centre-du-Québec (17)	163

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5477	49.35
Male	5622	50.65

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	678	6.11
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8095	72.93
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2326	20.96

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.