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	83	49	39	44
Anesthésiologie	788	48	469	319
Biochimie médicale	56	57	33	23
C.C.V.T.	64	57	58	6
Cardiologie	490	51	352	138
Chirurgie	528	49	311	217
Chirurgie orthopédique	372	50	296	76
Chirurgie plastique	113	48	72	41
Chirurgie vasculaire	48	48	31	17
Dermatologie	199	47	64	135
Endocrinologie	198	50	66	132
Gastro-entérologie	270	47	147	123
Génétique médicale	39	53	21	18
Gériatrie	136	44	41	95
Hématologie et oncologie	370	48	175	195
Microbiologie et infectiologie	211	50	103	108
Médecine d'urgence	212	47	138	74
Médecine interne	745	45	406	339
Médecine nucléaire	108	50	81	27
Médecine préventive	183	54	78	105
Neurochirurgie	86	50	69	17
Neurologie	307	50	167	140
Néphrologie	229	48	102	127
Obstétrique-gynécologie	521	48	127	394
Ophtalmologie	341	49	185	156
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	249	50	151	98
Pathologie	266	49	119	147
Physiatrie	91	49	36	55
Pneumologie	286	49	156	130
Psychiatrie	1203	50	510	693
Pédiatrie	763	48	214	549
Radio-oncologie	141	48	67	74
Radiologie diagnostique	670	48	392	278
Rhumatologie	153	47	57	96
Urologie	186	49	143	43
Total	10705	49	5476	5229

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	239
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	315
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1298
Mauricie (04)	337
Estrie (05)	613
Montréal (06)	4392
Outaouais (07)	289
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	156
Côte-Nord (09)	64
Nord-du-Québec (10)	11
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	98
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	390
Laval (13)	368
Lanaudière (14)	382
Laurentides (15)	445
Montérégie (16)	1152
Centre-du-Québec (17)	156

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5229	48.85
Male	5476	51.15

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	643	6.01
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	7730	72.21
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2332	21.78

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.