Variant of NAICS 1997 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

44619 - Other Health and Personal Care Stores

This industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in retailing health and personal care items. Establishments primarily engaged in retailing health and personal care items, such as vitamin supplements, hearing aids, and medical equipment and supplies are included.

446191 - Food (Health) Supplement Stores

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing food supplement products, such as vitamins, nutrition supplements and body enhancing supplements. These establishments may also retail a limited line of health food products.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • retailing organic foods, such as fruits and vegetables, dairy products, and cereals and grains (See 445 Food and Beverage Stores)
  • retailing prescription and non-prescription drugs (See 446110 Pharmacies and Drug Stores)

• Example Activities:

  • Body enhanceing supplements, retail
  • Food (i.e., health) supplements, retail
  • Nutrition supplements, retail

446199 - All Other Health and Personal Care Stores

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in retailing specialized lines of health and personal care merchandise. These establishments may provide fitting services in addition to retailing.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • retailing prescription or non-prescription drugs and medicines (See 446110 Pharmacies and Drug Stores)
  • retailing food supplement products (See 446191 Food (Health) Supplement Stores)

• Example Activities:

  • Artificial limb stores, retail
  • Health appliance stores
  • Health appliance stores selling primarily to other businesses but also selling to household consumers
  • Hearing aids, retail
  • Orthopaedic aids, retail
  • Orthopedic and artificial limb stores-retail
  • Oxygen tent sales and medical gas supplying, retail store