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	81	49	38	43
Anesthésiologie	797	48	463	334
Biochimie médicale	55	57	33	22
C.C.V.T.	63	57	58	5
Cardiologie	488	51	347	141
Chirurgie	555	49	330	225
Chirurgie orthopédique	370	49	293	77
Chirurgie plastique	110	48	68	42
Chirurgie vasculaire	47	49	31	16
Dermatologie	201	47	62	139
Endocrinologie	208	50	66	142
Gastro-entérologie	275	47	149	126
Génétique médicale	39	54	21	18
Gériatrie	137	44	44	93
Hématologie et oncologie	373	48	178	195
Microbiologie et infectiologie	207	50	98	109
Médecine d'urgence	213	47	135	78
Médecine interne	762	46	422	340
Médecine nucléaire	112	50	81	31
Médecine préventive	178	53	74	104
Neurochirurgie	87	51	71	16
Neurologie	313	50	166	147
Néphrologie	229	49	101	128
Obstétrique-gynécologie	513	48	124	389
Ophtalmologie	339	49	187	152
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	242	50	144	98
Pathologie	277	50	127	150
Physiatrie	94	49	39	55
Pneumologie	289	49	153	136
Psychiatrie	1217	50	520	697
Pédiatrie	760	48	206	554
Radio-oncologie	143	48	66	77
Radiologie diagnostique	662	48	393	269
Rhumatologie	154	48	56	98
Urologie	182	49	138	44
Total	10772	49	5482	5290

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	235
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	318
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1299
Mauricie (04)	341
Estrie (05)	600
Montréal (06)	4395
Outaouais (07)	290
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	156
Côte-Nord (09)	62
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	100
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	403
Laval (13)	369
Lanaudière (14)	379
Laurentides (15)	463
Montérégie (16)	1188
Centre-du-Québec (17)	159

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5290	49.11
Male	5482	50.89

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	634	5.89
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7857	72.94
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2281	21.18

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.