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This industry comprises establishments, known as pharmacies and drug stores, primarily engaged in retailing prescription or non-prescription drugs and medicines. These establishments also typically retail snacks, cosmetics, personal hygiene products, greeting cards and stationery, and health aids, and may also retail confectionery, tobacco products, novelties and giftware, and cameras and photographic supplies.
Official classification fields taken from the current StatCan source bundle.
| Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
| Official title | Pharmacies and drug stores |
| Classification | NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 |
| Publishing authority | Statistics Canada |
| Hierarchical level | Industry |
| Parent code | 4561 - Health and personal care retailers |
| International correspondence | ISIC Rev. 4; harmonized with US and Mexico NAICS at higher levels. |
| Source | https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects/standard/naics/2022/v1/index |
| Source verification | 2026-05-05 |
Canada-wide business, tax, and filing context from the local country pack and tax pack.
| Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
| Tax authority | Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) |
| Business identifier | Business Number (BN): 9-digit identifier with program account suffixes such as RT0001 for GST/HST, RP0001 for payroll, and RC0001 for corporate income tax. |
| Filing requirements | Business Number registration; Form T2125 (Statement of Business or Professional Activities) attached to T1; Form T2 (Corporation Income Tax Return); Form T5013; Form GST34 |
| Sector authority | No cluster authority recorded in the local country pack. |
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Professions specific to this sector are linked to this part of the Canadian classifier so the page speaks to real work teams.
Use this page when the file covers online retail listings, SKU curation, marketplace feeds, and digital promotions. It helps confirm whether 45611 Pharmacies and drug stores is the closest NAICS Canada branch before BN registration, GST/HST review, banking onboarding, procurement notes, or internal classification work.
Use this page when the file covers clothing assortments, seasonal buying, store sales, and online-to-store inventory. It helps confirm whether 45611 Pharmacies and drug stores is the closest NAICS Canada branch before BN registration, GST/HST review, banking onboarding, procurement notes, or internal classification work.
Use this page when the file covers food retail shelves, perishables buying, in-store merchandising, and checkout operations. It helps confirm whether 45611 Pharmacies and drug stores is the closest NAICS Canada branch before BN registration, GST/HST review, banking onboarding, procurement notes, or internal classification work.
Use this page when the file covers device sales, warranty counters, accessory merchandising, and in-store demos. It helps confirm whether 45611 Pharmacies and drug stores is the closest NAICS Canada branch before BN registration, GST/HST review, banking onboarding, procurement notes, or internal classification work.
A rotating set of business activity examples linked to this part of the Canadian hierarchy.
This page mirrors the source row from the structure CSV and the matching rows from the elements and crosswalk files.
Pharmacies and drug stores: This industry comprises establishments, known as pharmacies and drug stores, primarily engaged in retailing prescription or non-prescription drugs and medicines. These establishments also typically retail snacks, cosmetics, personal hygiene products, greeting...
It is a industry page in the NAICS Canada 2026 hierarchy.
It rolls up to 4561 Health and personal care retailers.
1 lower-level item(s) sit under this branch: Pharmacies and drug stores.
No inclusion rows are attached to this page in the local elements file.
No exclusion rows are attached to this page in the local elements file.
No example rows are attached on this page in the local elements file.
Examples in this branch include Trade brokers, Consumer sales, E-commerce sellers, Retail storefronts, Inventory operations, Wholesale distribution.
No ISIC correspondence row is attached to this page.
No same-code US NAICS reference row is attached on this page.
NAICS Canada is bilingual, so the page keeps both language titles visible for comparison and lookup.
From the local StatCan structure file, elements file, ISIC crosswalk, and the bundled US 6-digit reference workbook.