Healthcare & Social Services
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Nanaimo is the central Island’s regional health service centre with an ever-expanding hospital and private healthcare facilities and services. The Healthcare and Social Services sector is the largest employment sector in Nanaimo providing 7,460 jobs (Esri 2022) for area residents. The Nanaimo Regional General Hospital serves a catchment area of approximately 300,000 people. Over 600 private businesses are licensed in this sector.
Business Type | Count | % of sector |
---|---|---|
6211 - Offices of physicians | 99 | 14% |
6212 - Offices of dentists | 51 | 7% |
6213 - Offices of other health practitioners | 191 | 28% |
62139 - Offices of all other health practitioners | 2 | 0% |
6214 - Out-patient care centres | 1 | 0% |
62141-Family planning centres | 3 | 0% |
6215 - Medical & diagnostic laboratories | 15 | 2% |
6216 - Home health care services | 15 | 2% |
6219 - Other ambulatory health care services | 2 | 0% |
623 - Nursing & residential care facilities | 33 | 5% |
624 - Social assistance | 130 | 19% |
6241 - Individual & family services | 3 | 0% |
62412-Services for the elderly & disabled persons | 8 | 1% |
62419 - Other individual & family services | 6 | 1% |
6242-Community food & housing & emerg., etc. serv. | 4 | 1% |
6244 - Child day-care services | 125 | 18% |
Total | 688 | 100% |
Last updated: June 20, 2024
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