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	794	48	456	338
Biochimie médicale	54	58	32	22
C.C.V.T.	63	58	57	6
Cardiologie	488	51	345	143
Chirurgie	547	49	327	220
Chirurgie orthopédique	378	50	299	79
Chirurgie plastique	114	49	71	43
Chirurgie vasculaire	50	49	31	19
Dermatologie	203	48	61	142
Endocrinologie	209	50	66	143
Gastro-entérologie	281	47	152	129
Génétique médicale	41	54	22	19
Gériatrie	147	44	50	97
Hématologie et oncologie	388	48	183	205
Microbiologie et infectiologie	207	50	100	107
Médecine d'urgence	206	47	130	76
Médecine interne	710	46	374	336
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	82	31
Médecine préventive	178	54	73	105
Neurochirurgie	90	51	74	16
Neurologie	316	50	167	149
Néphrologie	240	49	102	138
Obstétrique-gynécologie	521	48	123	398
Ophtalmologie	341	49	186	155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	246	50	146	100
Pathologie	275	50	130	145
Physiatrie	101	48	41	60
Pneumologie	278	49	142	136
Psychiatrie	1235	50	520	715
Pédiatrie	773	48	208	565
Radio-oncologie	146	49	69	77
Radiologie diagnostique	676	49	401	275
Rhumatologie	154	48	57	97
Soins intensifs	129	47	102	27
Urologie	183	49	139	44
Total	10959	50	5556	5403

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	238
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	321
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1318
Mauricie (04)	339
Estrie (05)	622
Montréal (06)	4492
Outaouais (07)	293
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	154
Côte-Nord (09)	62
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	105
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	406
Laval (13)	373
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	478
Montérégie (16)	1202
Centre-du-Québec (17)	160

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5403	49.3
Male	5556	50.7

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	7985	72.86
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2316	21.13

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.