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	77	52	41	36
Anesthésiologie	786	47	472	314
Biochimie médicale	58	55	35	23
C.C.V.T.	64	56	58	6
Cardiologie	473	51	346	127
Chirurgie	545	49	331	214
Chirurgie orthopédique	377	50	302	75
Chirurgie plastique	117	48	72	45
Chirurgie vasculaire	52	49	34	18
Dermatologie	201	48	67	134
Endocrinologie	185	49	63	122
Gastro-entérologie	265	47	153	112
Génétique médicale	35	52	19	16
Gériatrie	119	44	37	82
Hématologie et oncologie	334	48	165	169
Microbiologie et infectiologie	210	49	106	104
Médecine d'urgence	200	46	137	63
Médecine interne	710	45	405	305
Médecine nucléaire	107	50	82	25
Médecine préventive	180	54	74	106
Neurochirurgie	82	49	65	17
Neurologie	308	49	171	137
Néphrologie	211	49	100	111
Obstétrique-gynécologie	528	48	140	388
Ophtalmologie	340	49	192	148
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	244	50	151	93
Pathologie	254	50	116	138
Physiatrie	80	50	33	47
Pneumologie	275	49	159	116
Psychiatrie	1177	51	516	661
Pédiatrie	745	48	216	529
Radio-oncologie	133	47	64	69
Radiologie diagnostique	661	48	380	281
Rhumatologie	144	48	55	89
Urologie	182	49	138	44
Total	10459	49	5495	4964

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	234
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	311
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1258
Mauricie (04)	321
Estrie (05)	514
Montréal (06)	4308
Outaouais (07)	294
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	152
Côte-Nord (09)	69
Nord-du-Québec (10)	10
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	96
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	387
Laval (13)	362
Lanaudière (14)	376
Laurentides (15)	416
Montérégie (16)	1204
Centre-du-Québec (17)	147

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	4964	47.46
Male	5495	52.54

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	622	5.95
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7437	71.11
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2400	22.95

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.