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	825	49	476	349
Biochimie médicale	51	58	29	22
C.C.V.T.	59	57	52	7
Cardiologie	505	52	354	151
Chirurgie	553	50	324	229
Chirurgie orthopédique	390	51	305	85
Chirurgie plastique	128	49	76	52
Chirurgie vasculaire	55	49	34	21
Dermatologie	214	48	64	150
Endocrinologie	213	51	68	145
Gastro-entérologie	290	48	156	134
Génétique médicale	42	54	23	19
Gériatrie	161	45	52	109
Hématologie et oncologie	409	48	189	220
Microbiologie et infectiologie	210	50	100	110
Médecine d'urgence	229	48	145	84
Médecine interne	761	47	399	362
Médecine nucléaire	118	51	86	32
Médecine préventive	181	55	76	105
Neurochirurgie	94	51	77	17
Neurologie	330	51	171	159
Néphrologie	242	50	104	138
Obstétrique-gynécologie	517	49	118	399
Ophtalmologie	345	50	185	160
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	248	51	149	99
Pathologie	276	50	130	146
Physiatrie	105	49	40	65
Pneumologie	309	50	154	155
Psychiatrie	1286	49	534	752
Pédiatrie	795	48	208	587
Radio-oncologie	145	49	66	79
Radiologie diagnostique	708	49	417	291
Rhumatologie	166	48	61	105
Soins intensifs	139	48	111	28
Urologie	199	49	145	54
Total	11389	50	5720	5669

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	247
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	328
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1397
Mauricie (04)	352
Estrie (05)	647
Montréal (06)	4646
Outaouais (07)	307
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	154
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	101
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	424
Laval (13)	382
Lanaudière (14)	403
Laurentides (15)	512
Montérégie (16)	1248
Centre-du-Québec (17)	157

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5669	49.78
Male	5720	50.22

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	707	6.21
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8320	73.05
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2362	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.