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	793	48	455	338
Biochimie médicale	55	58	33	22
C.C.V.T.	63	58	57	6
Cardiologie	488	51	345	143
Chirurgie	549	49	328	221
Chirurgie orthopédique	379	50	300	79
Chirurgie plastique	115	49	72	43
Chirurgie vasculaire	50	49	31	19
Dermatologie	205	48	62	143
Endocrinologie	210	50	66	144
Gastro-entérologie	279	47	150	129
Génétique médicale	41	54	22	19
Gériatrie	144	44	47	97
Hématologie et oncologie	385	48	183	202
Microbiologie et infectiologie	208	50	100	108
Médecine d'urgence	207	47	131	76
Médecine interne	706	46	373	333
Médecine nucléaire	113	50	82	31
Médecine préventive	178	54	73	105
Neurochirurgie	90	51	74	16
Neurologie	316	50	167	149
Néphrologie	237	49	101	136
Obstétrique-gynécologie	521	48	123	398
Ophtalmologie	341	49	186	155
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	247	50	147	100
Pathologie	279	50	130	149
Physiatrie	101	48	41	60
Pneumologie	278	49	142	136
Psychiatrie	1229	50	519	710
Pédiatrie	773	48	208	565
Radio-oncologie	146	49	69	77
Radiologie diagnostique	676	48	401	275
Rhumatologie	153	48	57	96
Soins intensifs	129	47	102	27
Urologie	183	49	139	44
Total	10951	50	5554	5397

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	237
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	322
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1314
Mauricie (04)	342
Estrie (05)	619
Montréal (06)	4489
Outaouais (07)	293
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	154
Côte-Nord (09)	61
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	104
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	407
Laval (13)	374
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	478
Montérégie (16)	1201
Centre-du-Québec (17)	160

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5397	49.28
Male	5554	50.72

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	661	6.04
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7970	72.78
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2320	21.19

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.