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	85	49	39	46
Anesthésiologie	813	49	465	348
Biochimie médicale	53	58	31	22
C.C.V.T.	66	58	57	9
Cardiologie	499	52	351	148
Chirurgie	550	50	328	222
Chirurgie orthopédique	383	50	301	82
Chirurgie plastique	120	49	72	48
Chirurgie vasculaire	52	49	32	20
Dermatologie	212	48	64	148
Endocrinologie	212	50	69	143
Gastro-entérologie	287	47	157	130
Génétique médicale	41	54	22	19
Gériatrie	158	44	53	105
Hématologie et oncologie	398	48	187	211
Microbiologie et infectiologie	216	50	104	112
Médecine d'urgence	215	47	134	81
Médecine interne	743	46	387	356
Médecine nucléaire	114	50	82	32
Médecine préventive	181	54	75	106
Neurochirurgie	92	51	75	17
Neurologie	323	50	166	157
Néphrologie	242	49	105	137
Obstétrique-gynécologie	524	48	122	402
Ophtalmologie	343	49	186	157
Oto-rhino-laryngologie	250	50	150	100
Pathologie	281	50	133	148
Physiatrie	103	49	39	64
Pneumologie	292	48	145	147
Psychiatrie	1278	49	534	744
Pédiatrie	785	48	210	575
Radio-oncologie	148	49	69	79
Radiologie diagnostique	697	49	414	283
Rhumatologie	165	48	65	100
Soins intensifs	135	47	107	28
Urologie	190	49	144	46
Total	11246	50	5674	5572

Geographical data

Region	Number of medical specialists
Bas-Saint-Laurent (01)	245
Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean (02)	323
Capitale-Nationale (03)	1365
Mauricie (04)	348
Estrie (05)	644
Montréal (06)	4594
Outaouais (07)	298
Abitibi-Témiscamingue (08)	156
Côte-Nord (09)	62
Nord-du-Québec (10)	13
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine (11)	105
Chaudière-Appalaches (12)	421
Laval (13)	384
Lanaudière (14)	397
Laurentides (15)	494
Montérégie (16)	1236
Centre-du-Québec (17)	159

Distribution by gender

Gender	Number of medical specialists	%
Female	5572	49.55
Male	5674	50.45

Types of practice

Types of practice	Number of medical specialists	%
Medical specialists with an office practice only	688	6.12
Medical specialists with a hospital practice only	8230	73.18
Medical specialists with mixed practice (both hospital and office)	2328	20.7

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.