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	51	42	39
Anesthésiologie	801	48	480	321
Biochimie médicale	58	56	35	23
C.C.V.T.	65	57	59	6
Cardiologie	484	51	354	130
Chirurgie	543	49	329	214
Chirurgie orthopédique	386	50	307	79
Chirurgie plastique	117	48	72	45
Chirurgie vasculaire	53	49	35	18
Dermatologie	204	48	66	138
Endocrinologie	198	49	66	132
Gastro-entérologie	283	47	160	123
Génétique médicale	39	52	20	19
Gériatrie	124	44	39	85
Hématologie et oncologie	351	48	173	178
Microbiologie et infectiologie	218	50	110	108
Médecine d'urgence	210	47	142	68
Médecine interne	736	45	409	327
Médecine nucléaire	113	49	85	28
Médecine préventive	188	54	75	113
Neurochirurgie	84	50	67	17
Neurologie	309	50	172	137
Néphrologie	225	49	102	123
Obstétrique-gynécologie	546	49	148	398
Ophtalmologie	340	50	191	149
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	254	50	155	99
Pathologie	265	50	119	146
Physiatrie	86	50	34	52
Pneumologie	290	49	165	125
Psychiatrie	1220	51	526	694
Pédiatrie	763	48	212	551
Radio-oncologie	138	48	65	73
Radiologie diagnostique	678	48	393	285
Rhumatologie	154	47	55	99
Urologie	191	49	144	47
Total	10795	49	5606	5189

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	234
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	323
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1306
Mauricie (04)	331
Estrie (05)	523
Montréal (06)	4453
Outaouais (07)	302
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	156
Côte-Nord (09)	66
Nord-du-Québec (10)	10
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	96
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	394
Laval (13)	374
Lanaudière (14)	384
Laurentides (15)	438
Montérégie (16)	1254
Centre-du-Québec (17)	151

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5189	48.07
Male	5606	51.93

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	655	6.07
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7719	71.51
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2421	22.43

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.