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	798	48	458	340
Biochimie médicale	54	58	32	22
C.C.V.T.	63	58	57	6
Cardiologie	488	51	345	143
Chirurgie	545	49	327	218
Chirurgie orthopédique	378	50	299	79
Chirurgie plastique	115	49	71	44
Chirurgie vasculaire	50	49	31	19
Dermatologie	203	48	61	142
Endocrinologie	210	50	67	143
Gastro-entérologie	281	47	152	129
Génétique médicale	41	54	22	19
Gériatrie	147	44	50	97
Hématologie et oncologie	389	48	183	206
Microbiologie et infectiologie	207	50	100	107
Médecine d'urgence	206	47	130	76
Médecine interne	714	46	376	338
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	82	31
Médecine préventive	177	54	73	104
Neurochirurgie	91	51	74	17
Neurologie	315	50	166	149
Néphrologie	240	49	102	138
Obstétrique-gynécologie	521	48	123	398
Ophtalmologie	338	49	183	155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	246	50	146	100
Pathologie	274	50	130	144
Physiatrie	101	48	41	60
Pneumologie	279	49	142	137
Psychiatrie	1240	50	521	719
Pédiatrie	770	48	208	562
Radio-oncologie	146	49	69	77
Radiologie diagnostique	679	49	403	276
Rhumatologie	154	48	57	97
Soins intensifs	129	47	102	27
Urologie	185	49	140	45
Total	10971	50	5561	5410

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	238
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	319
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1321
Mauricie (04)	338
Estrie (05)	624
Montréal (06)	4496
Outaouais (07)	294
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	154
Côte-Nord (09)	63
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	104
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	407
Laval (13)	372
Lanaudière (14)	383
Laurentides (15)	478
Montérégie (16)	1205
Centre-du-Québec (17)	161

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5410	49.31
Male	5561	50.69

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	658	6
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7994	72.86
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2319	21.14

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.