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

7 - Services-Producing Sector

14 - Health Care and Social Assistance

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.

621 - Ambulatory Health Care Services

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing health care services, directly or indirectly, to ambulatory patients. Health practitioners in this subsector provide out-patient services, in which the facilities and equipment are not usually the most significant part of the production process.

6219 - Other Ambulatory Health Care Services

This industry group comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry group, primarily engaged in providing ambulatory health care services, such as ambulance services, blood banks, blood donor stations, organ banks, blood pressure screening services, hearing testing services and physical examination services, except by health practitioners.

62191 - Ambulance Services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the ground or air transportation of patients and the provision of emergency medical care. The vehicles are equipped with life-saving equipment operated by trained personnel.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • transporting the disabled or elderly, without medical care (See 48599 Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation)
621911 - Ambulance (except Air Ambulance) Services

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the ground transportion of patients and the provision of emergency medical care. The vehicles are equipped with life-saving equipment operated by trained personnel.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • transporting the disabled or elderly, without medical care (See 485990 Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation)
  • Example Activities:

    • Ambulance service, road
621912 - Air Ambulance Services

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the air transportation of patients and the provision of emergency medical care. The vehicles are equipped with life-saving equipment operated by trained personnel.

  • Example Activities:

    • Ambulance services, air
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