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	53	58	31	22
C.C.V.T.	63	58	57	6
Cardiologie	489	51	345	144
Chirurgie	545	49	326	219
Chirurgie orthopédique	380	50	300	80
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	148	44	51	97
Hématologie et oncologie	389	48	183	206
Microbiologie et infectiologie	207	50	100	107
Médecine d'urgence	205	47	129	76
Médecine interne	711	46	375	336
Médecine nucléaire	112	50	81	31
Médecine préventive	177	54	73	104
Neurochirurgie	91	51	74	17
Neurologie	315	50	166	149
Néphrologie	240	49	102	138
Obstétrique-gynécologie	522	48	124	398
Ophtalmologie	338	49	183	155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	245	50	146	99
Pathologie	274	50	129	145
Physiatrie	100	49	41	59
Pneumologie	279	49	142	137
Psychiatrie	1241	50	521	720
Pédiatrie	769	48	208	561
Radio-oncologie	147	49	69	78
Radiologie diagnostique	679	49	403	276
Rhumatologie	155	48	58	97
Soins intensifs	129	47	102	27
Urologie	186	49	140	46
Total	10971	50	5559	5412

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	239
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	319
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1322
Mauricie (04)	337
Estrie (05)	624
Montréal (06)	4496
Outaouais (07)	293
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	153
Côte-Nord (09)	62
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	104
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	408
Laval (13)	372
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	482
Montérégie (16)	1202
Centre-du-Québec (17)	162

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5412	49.33
Male	5559	50.67

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	666	6.07
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7985	72.78
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2320	21.15

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.