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	790	49	455	335
Biochimie médicale	52	58	30	22
C.C.V.T.	57	56	51	6
Cardiologie	495	52	347	148
Chirurgie	543	50	319	224
Chirurgie orthopédique	373	50	292	81
Chirurgie plastique	112	49	67	45
Chirurgie vasculaire	52	49	32	20
Dermatologie	207	48	61	146
Endocrinologie	209	51	67	142
Gastro-entérologie	289	48	156	133
Génétique médicale	41	54	23	18
Gériatrie	151	45	51	100
Hématologie et oncologie	398	48	182	216
Microbiologie et infectiologie	202	50	95	107
Médecine d'urgence	211	47	129	82
Médecine interne	731	47	381	350
Médecine nucléaire	113	51	82	31
Médecine préventive	177	54	73	104
Neurochirurgie	90	51	73	17
Neurologie	319	51	164	155
Néphrologie	238	49	102	136
Obstétrique-gynécologie	505	48	115	390
Ophtalmologie	344	50	186	158
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	238	50	140	98
Pathologie	273	50	128	145
Physiatrie	102	49	38	64
Pneumologie	295	49	145	150
Psychiatrie	1249	49	528	721
Pédiatrie	768	48	202	566
Radio-oncologie	144	49	66	78
Radiologie diagnostique	684	49	401	283
Rhumatologie	160	48	61	99
Soins intensifs	141	47	113	28
Urologie	196	48	144	52
Total	11040	50	5541	5499

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	244
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	311
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1343
Mauricie (04)	345
Estrie (05)	623
Montréal (06)	4511
Outaouais (07)	296
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	150
Côte-Nord (09)	67
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	99
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	410
Laval (13)	372
Lanaudière (14)	389
Laurentides (15)	495
Montérégie (16)	1220
Centre-du-Québec (17)	150

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5499	49.81
Male	5541	50.19

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	657	5.95
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8078	73.17
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2305	20.88

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.