North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2022 Version 1.0

62 - Health care and social assistance

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing health care by diagnosis and treatment, providing residential care for medical and social reasons, and providing social assistance, such as counselling, welfare, child protection, community housing and food services, vocational rehabilitation and child care, to those requiring such assistance.

624 - Social assistance

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing a wide variety of assistance services directly to their clients. These services do not include residential or accommodation services, except on a short-stay basis.

6241 - Individual and family services

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing non-residential social assistance services for individual and families.

62411 - Child and youth services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing non-residential social assistance services for children and youth.

624110 - Child and youth services^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing non-residential social assistance services for children and youth.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • adoption services
  • big brother services
  • big sister services
  • child support services
  • friendship and counselling offered to young people

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • homes for children in need of protection (See 623999 All other residential care facilities)
  • providing day-care services for children (See 624410 Child day-care services)