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	81	50	41	40
Anesthésiologie	819	48	487	332
Biochimie médicale	57	57	34	23
C.C.V.T.	67	58	61	6
Cardiologie	485	51	352	133
Chirurgie	536	49	316	220
Chirurgie orthopédique	382	50	304	78
Chirurgie plastique	116	48	75	41
Chirurgie vasculaire	52	49	34	18
Dermatologie	201	47	66	135
Endocrinologie	199	50	66	133
Gastro-entérologie	278	47	156	122
Génétique médicale	38	52	20	18
Gériatrie	135	43	41	94
Hématologie et oncologie	361	48	178	183
Microbiologie et infectiologie	215	50	105	110
Médecine d'urgence	209	46	138	71
Médecine interne	763	45	420	343
Médecine nucléaire	111	49	84	27
Médecine préventive	187	53	78	109
Neurochirurgie	84	50	67	17
Neurologie	313	50	171	142
Néphrologie	224	49	101	123
Obstétrique-gynécologie	540	49	143	397
Ophtalmologie	346	49	190	156
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	254	50	155	99
Pathologie	270	50	123	147
Physiatrie	92	50	36	56
Pneumologie	295	49	165	130
Psychiatrie	1227	50	515	712
Pédiatrie	782	48	215	567
Radio-oncologie	142	48	66	76
Radiologie diagnostique	682	48	399	283
Rhumatologie	159	47	58	101
Urologie	195	48	148	47
Total	10897	49	5608	5289

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	242
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	320
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1318
Mauricie (04)	337
Estrie (05)	618
Montréal (06)	4480
Outaouais (07)	310
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	154
Côte-Nord (09)	62
Nord-du-Québec (10)	12
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	99
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	401
Laval (13)	377
Lanaudière (14)	386
Laurentides (15)	444
Montérégie (16)	1176
Centre-du-Québec (17)	161

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5289	48.54
Male	5608	51.46

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	687	6.3
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7834	71.89
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2376	21.8

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.