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	83	49	39	44
Anesthésiologie	788	48	469	319
Biochimie médicale	56	57	33	23
C.C.V.T.	63	57	57	6
Cardiologie	489	51	351	138
Chirurgie	527	49	310	217
Chirurgie orthopédique	372	50	296	76
Chirurgie plastique	113	48	72	41
Chirurgie vasculaire	48	48	31	17
Dermatologie	198	47	64	134
Endocrinologie	198	50	66	132
Gastro-entérologie	270	47	148	122
Génétique médicale	39	53	21	18
Gériatrie	134	44	41	93
Hématologie et oncologie	363	48	174	189
Microbiologie et infectiologie	213	50	104	109
Médecine d'urgence	212	47	138	74
Médecine interne	742	45	405	337
Médecine nucléaire	108	50	81	27
Médecine préventive	182	54	78	104
Neurochirurgie	85	50	68	17
Neurologie	304	50	167	137
Néphrologie	229	48	102	127
Obstétrique-gynécologie	520	48	127	393
Ophtalmologie	340	49	185	155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	249	49	151	98
Pathologie	266	49	119	147
Physiatrie	91	49	37	54
Pneumologie	285	49	156	129
Psychiatrie	1198	50	510	688
Pédiatrie	759	48	215	544
Radio-oncologie	139	48	65	74
Radiologie diagnostique	668	48	392	276
Rhumatologie	153	47	57	96
Urologie	187	49	143	44
Total	10671	49	5472	5199

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	240
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	315
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1290
Mauricie (04)	337
Estrie (05)	606
Montréal (06)	4379
Outaouais (07)	289
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	156
Côte-Nord (09)	64
Nord-du-Québec (10)	11
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	98
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	390
Laval (13)	368
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	441
Montérégie (16)	1148
Centre-du-Québec (17)	157

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5199	48.72
Male	5472	51.28

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	636	5.96
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7711	72.26
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2324	21.78

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.