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Industry (based on the North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] 2012). 'Industry' refers to a generally homogeneous group of economic producing units, primarily engaged in a specific set of activities. An activity is a particular method of combining goods and services inputs, labour and capital to produce one or more goods and/or services (products). In most cases, the activities that define an industry are homogeneous with respect to the production processes used.
Values (English)
Total - Industry - North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2012
11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
111 - 112 Farms
113 Forestry and logging
114 Fishing, hunting and trapping
115 Support activities for agriculture and forestry
21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction
211 Oil and gas extraction
212 Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas)
213 Support activities for mining and oil and gas extraction
22 Utilities
221 Utilities
23 Construction
236 Construction of buildings
237 Heavy and civil engineering construction
238 Specialty trade contractors
31-33 Manufacturing
311 Food manufacturing
312 Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
313 Textile mills
314 Textile product mills
315 Clothing manufacturing
316 Leather and allied product manufacturing
321 Wood product manufacturing
322 Paper manufacturing
323 Printing and related support activities
324 Petroleum and coal product manufacturing
325 Chemical manufacturing
326 Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
327 Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing
331 Primary metal manufacturing
332 Fabricated metal product manufacturing
333 Machinery manufacturing
334 Computer and electronic product manufacturing
335 Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing
336 Transportation equipment manufacturing
337 Furniture and related product manufacturing
339 Miscellaneous manufacturing
41 Wholesale trade
411 Farm product merchant wholesalers
412 Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers
413 Food, beverage and tobacco merchant wholesalers
414 Personal and household goods merchant wholesalers
415 Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories merchant wholesalers
416 Building material and supplies merchant wholesalers
417 Machinery, equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
418 Miscellaneous merchant wholesalers
419 Business-to-business electronic markets, and agents and brokers
44-45 Retail trade
441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers
442 Furniture and home furnishings stores
443 Electronics and appliance stores
444 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
445 Food and beverage stores
446 Health and personal care stores
447 Gasoline stations
448 Clothing and clothing accessories stores
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores
452 General merchandise stores
453 Miscellaneous store retailers
454 Non-store retailers
48-49 Transportation and warehousing
481 Air transportation
482 Rail transportation
483 Water transportation
484 Truck transportation
485 Transit and ground passenger transportation
486 Pipeline transportation
487 Scenic and sightseeing transportation
488 Support activities for transportation
491 Postal service
492 Couriers and messengers
493 Warehousing and storage
51 Information and cultural industries
511 Publishing industries (except Internet)
512 Motion picture and sound recording industries
515 Broadcasting (except Internet)
517 Telecommunications
518 Data processing, hosting, and related services
519 Other information services
52 Finance and insurance
521 Monetary authorities - central bank
522 Credit intermediation and related activities
523 Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investment and related activities
524 Insurance carriers and related activities
526 Funds and other financial vehicles
53 Real estate and rental and leasing
531 Real estate
532 Rental and leasing services
533 Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
54 Professional, scientific and technical services
541 Professional, scientific and technical services
55 Management of companies and enterprises
551 Management of companies and enterprises
56 Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services
561 Administrative and support services
562 Waste management and remediation services
61 Educational services
611 Educational services
62 Health care and social assistance
621 Ambulatory health care services
622 Hospitals
623 Nursing and residential care facilities
624 Social assistance
71 Arts, entertainment and recreation
711 Performing arts, spectator sports and related industries
712 Heritage institutions
713 Amusement, gambling and recreation industries
72 Accommodation and food services
721 Accommodation services
722 Food services and drinking places
81 Other services (except public administration)
811 Repair and maintenance
812 Personal and laundry services
813 Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations
814 Private households
91 Public administration
911 Federal government public administration
912 Provincial and territorial public administration
913 Local, municipal and regional public administration
914 Aboriginal public administration
919 International and other extra-territorial public administration