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	82	49	37	45
Anesthésiologie	824	48	484	340
Biochimie médicale	55	57	33	22
C.C.V.T.	67	57	60	7
Cardiologie	503	52	360	143
Chirurgie	551	49	329	222
Chirurgie orthopédique	390	50	309	81
Chirurgie plastique	119	49	75	44
Chirurgie vasculaire	51	49	32	19
Dermatologie	208	47	65	143
Endocrinologie	211	50	71	140
Gastro-entérologie	280	47	153	127
Génétique médicale	39	54	21	18
Gériatrie	145	44	46	99
Hématologie et oncologie	388	48	182	206
Microbiologie et infectiologie	214	50	104	110
Médecine d'urgence	220	47	141	79
Médecine interne	793	46	434	359
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	82	31
Médecine préventive	188	54	79	109
Neurochirurgie	91	51	74	17
Neurologie	323	50	172	151
Néphrologie	235	49	103	132
Obstétrique-gynécologie	538	48	130	408
Ophtalmologie	340	49	186	154
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	250	50	149	101
Pathologie	282	50	129	153
Physiatrie	98	49	41	57
Pneumologie	298	49	158	140
Psychiatrie	1264	50	534	730
Pédiatrie	791	48	217	574
Radio-oncologie	147	49	70	77
Radiologie diagnostique	682	48	403	279
Rhumatologie	156	48	58	98
Urologie	190	49	145	45
Total	11126	50	5666	5460

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	242
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	328
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1349
Mauricie (04)	349
Estrie (05)	637
Montréal (06)	4551
Outaouais (07)	301
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	157
Côte-Nord (09)	63
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	100
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	412
Laval (13)	379
Lanaudière (14)	389
Laurentides (15)	472
Montérégie (16)	1223
Centre-du-Québec (17)	160

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5460	49.07
Male	5666	50.93

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	682	6.13
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8069	72.52
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2375	21.35

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.