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	78	51	40	38
Anesthésiologie	803	47	483	320
Biochimie médicale	58	56	35	23
C.C.V.T.	65	57	59	6
Cardiologie	477	51	351	126
Chirurgie	547	49	333	214
Chirurgie orthopédique	381	50	304	77
Chirurgie plastique	117	48	72	45
Chirurgie vasculaire	53	49	35	18
Dermatologie	197	48	65	132
Endocrinologie	193	49	66	127
Gastro-entérologie	271	47	154	117
Génétique médicale	38	51	20	18
Gériatrie	117	44	37	80
Hématologie et oncologie	336	48	165	171
Microbiologie et infectiologie	215	50	109	106
Médecine d'urgence	206	46	140	66
Médecine interne	734	45	410	324
Médecine nucléaire	111	49	84	27
Médecine préventive	188	54	76	112
Neurochirurgie	82	50	65	17
Neurologie	309	50	173	136
Néphrologie	217	49	100	117
Obstétrique-gynécologie	539	49	145	394
Ophtalmologie	341	50	192	149
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	247	51	154	93
Pathologie	256	50	115	141
Physiatrie	81	50	33	48
Pneumologie	283	50	163	120
Psychiatrie	1205	51	528	677
Pédiatrie	753	48	212	541
Radio-oncologie	137	48	65	72
Radiologie diagnostique	667	48	386	281
Rhumatologie	147	48	55	92
Urologie	186	49	139	47
Total	10635	49	5563	5072

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	238
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	319
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1292
Mauricie (04)	333
Estrie (05)	523
Montréal (06)	4371
Outaouais (07)	295
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	156
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	10
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	97
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	387
Laval (13)	368
Lanaudière (14)	375
Laurentides (15)	429
Montérégie (16)	1227
Centre-du-Québec (17)	148

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5072	47.69
Male	5563	52.31

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	645	6.06
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7576	71.24
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2414	22.7

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.