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	51	42	39
Anesthésiologie	806	47	485	321
Biochimie médicale	58	56	35	23
C.C.V.T.	65	57	59	6
Cardiologie	481	51	353	128
Chirurgie	554	49	335	219
Chirurgie orthopédique	385	50	308	77
Chirurgie plastique	117	48	72	45
Chirurgie vasculaire	53	49	35	18
Dermatologie	204	47	66	138
Endocrinologie	198	49	66	132
Gastro-entérologie	277	47	158	119
Génétique médicale	38	51	20	18
Gériatrie	122	43	39	83
Hématologie et oncologie	344	48	171	173
Microbiologie et infectiologie	215	50	109	106
Médecine d'urgence	209	46	141	68
Médecine interne	749	45	414	335
Médecine nucléaire	113	49	85	28
Médecine préventive	190	54	76	114
Neurochirurgie	84	49	67	17
Neurologie	312	50	174	138
Néphrologie	218	49	100	118
Obstétrique-gynécologie	545	49	148	397
Ophtalmologie	344	50	193	151
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	255	50	157	98
Pathologie	265	50	118	147
Physiatrie	86	49	34	52
Pneumologie	286	49	164	122
Psychiatrie	1226	50	530	696
Pédiatrie	763	48	212	551
Radio-oncologie	137	48	65	72
Radiologie diagnostique	674	48	391	283
Rhumatologie	152	47	56	96
Urologie	190	48	143	47
Total	10796	49	5621	5175

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	239
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	325
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1306
Mauricie (04)	333
Estrie (05)	530
Montréal (06)	4437
Outaouais (07)	298
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	160
Côte-Nord (09)	69
Nord-du-Québec (10)	10
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	98
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	396
Laval (13)	370
Lanaudière (14)	383
Laurentides (15)	439
Montérégie (16)	1252
Centre-du-Québec (17)	151

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5175	47.93
Male	5621	52.07

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	655	6.07
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7720	71.51
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2421	22.42

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.