North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 1997

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, individual and family, social assistance services.

62411 - Child and Youth Services

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

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • providing day-care services for children (See 62441 Child Day-Care Services)
  • youth recreation services and provision of facilities (See 71394 Fitness and Recreational Sports Centres)

624110 - Child and Youth Services

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

• Example Activities:

  • Adoption services
  • Aid to families with dependent children (AFDC)
  • Big Brother services
  • Big Sister services
  • Child support services
  • Children's aid services
  • Family location services
  • Friendship and counselling offered to young people
  • Youth centres
  • Youth self-help organizations