Soins de santé et assistance sociale
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This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing health care services, directly or indirectly, to ambulatory patients.
This subsector comprises establishments, licensed as hospitals, primarily engaged in providing diagnostic and medical treatment services, a...
This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing residential care combined with either nursing, supervisory or other...
This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing a wide variety of assistance services directly to their clients.
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.
Official classification fields taken from the current StatCan source bundle.
| Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
| Official title | Health care and social assistance |
| Classification | NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 |
| Publishing authority | Statistics Canada |
| Hierarchical level | Sector |
| Parent code | Top-level sector |
| 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 | Health Canada and provincial colleges of physicians and health professionals |
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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 chair schedules, patient recall, dental billing, and office administration. It helps confirm whether 62 Health care and social assistance 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 in-home care rosters, service assignments, support visits, and case coordination. It helps confirm whether 62 Health care and social assistance 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 physician schedules, patient intake, clinic billing, and care operations. It helps confirm whether 62 Health care and social assistance 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 counseling programs, outreach support, referrals, and community caseloads. It helps confirm whether 62 Health care and social assistance 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.
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 h...
It is a sector page in the NAICS Canada 2026 hierarchy.
This page sits at the top sector level and has no parent page above it.
4 lower-level item(s) sit under this branch: Ambulatory health care services, Hospitals, Nursing and residential care facilities, Social assistance.
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 Hospitals, Home health, Residential care, Clinical services, Social assistance.
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.