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 50 41 40
Anesthésiologie 819 48 487 332
Biochimie médicale 57 57 34 23
C.C.V.T. 67 58 61 6
Cardiologie 486 51 353 133
Chirurgie 537 49 317 220
Chirurgie orthopédique 382 50 304 78
Chirurgie plastique 116 48 75 41
Chirurgie vasculaire 52 49 34 18
Dermatologie 201 47 66 135
Endocrinologie 199 50 66 133
Gastro-entérologie 278 47 156 122
Génétique médicale 38 52 20 18
Gériatrie 135 43 41 94
Hématologie et oncologie 362 48 178 184
Microbiologie et infectiologie 215 50 105 110
Médecine d'urgence 209 46 138 71
Médecine interne 765 45 419 346
Médecine nucléaire 111 50 84 27
Médecine préventive 187 53 78 109
Neurochirurgie 84 50 67 17
Neurologie 313 50 171 142
Néphrologie 224 49 101 123
Obstétrique-gynécologie 540 49 143 397
Ophtalmologie 344 49 189 155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie 253 50 154 99
Pathologie 270 50 123 147
Physiatrie 92 50 36 56
Pneumologie 295 49 165 130
Psychiatrie 1226 50 514 712
Pédiatrie 780 48 214 566
Radio-oncologie 142 48 66 76
Radiologie diagnostique 682 48 399 283
Rhumatologie 159 47 58 101
Urologie 195 48 148 47
Total 10896 49 5605 5291
Geographical data
Region Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01) 242
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02) 320
Capitale-Nationale (03) 1318
Mauricie (04) 337
Estrie (05) 619
Montréal (06) 4487
Outaouais (07) 310
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08) 154
Côte-Nord (09) 61
Nord-du-Québec (10) 12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11) 98
Chaudière-Appalaches (12) 402
Laval (13) 377
Lanaudière (14) 385
Laurentides (15) 444
Montérégie (16) 1169
Centre-du-Québec (17) 161
Distribution by gender
Gender Number of medical specialists %
Female 5291 48.56
Male 5605 51.44
Types of practice
Types of practice Number of medical specialists %
Medical specialists with an office practice only 686 6.3
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only 7834 71.9
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office) 2376 21.81

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.