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	91	49	42	49
Anesthésiologie	826	49	477	349
Biochimie médicale	51	58	29	22
C.C.V.T.	59	57	52	7
Cardiologie	506	52	355	151
Chirurgie	553	50	323	230
Chirurgie orthopédique	390	51	304	86
Chirurgie plastique	128	50	76	52
Chirurgie vasculaire	55	49	34	21
Dermatologie	216	47	64	152
Endocrinologie	213	51	68	145
Gastro-entérologie	290	48	156	134
Génétique médicale	42	54	23	19
Gériatrie	162	45	52	110
Hématologie et oncologie	410	48	190	220
Microbiologie et infectiologie	208	50	99	109
Médecine d'urgence	226	48	142	84
Médecine interne	772	47	402	370
Médecine nucléaire	118	51	86	32
Médecine préventive	182	55	76	106
Neurochirurgie	95	51	77	18
Neurologie	330	51	170	160
Néphrologie	243	50	105	138
Obstétrique-gynécologie	516	49	118	398
Ophtalmologie	345	50	184	161
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	246	51	147	99
Pathologie	279	50	131	148
Physiatrie	105	49	40	65
Pneumologie	305	49	149	156
Psychiatrie	1295	49	535	760
Pédiatrie	800	48	209	591
Radio-oncologie	145	49	66	79
Radiologie diagnostique	709	49	417	292
Rhumatologie	166	48	61	105
Soins intensifs	139	48	111	28
Urologie	200	49	146	54
Total	11416	50	5716	5700

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	246
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	331
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1393
Mauricie (04)	355
Estrie (05)	649
Montréal (06)	4660
Outaouais (07)	306
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	155
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	101
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	425
Laval (13)	381
Lanaudière (14)	404
Laurentides (15)	516
Montérégie (16)	1253
Centre-du-Québec (17)	157

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5700	49.93
Male	5716	50.07

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	706	6.18
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8353	73.17
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2357	20.65

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.