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Table B.1
Industry definitions
Industry definitions
| Workplace and Employee Survey (WES) industry codes |
Industry descriptions | North American Industry Classification System (NAICS2002) codes |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial activities included in WES 1 | ||
| 1 | Forestry, mining, oil and gas extraction | 113, 115 (except 1151, 1152), 211, 212, 213 |
| 2 | Labour-intensive tertiary manufacturing | 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 337, 339 |
| 3 | Primary product manufacturing | 321, 322, 324, 327, 331 |
| 4 | Secondary product manufacturing | 325, 326, 332 |
| 5 | Capital-intensive tertiary manufacturing | 323, 333, 334, 335, 336 |
| 6 | Construction | 231, 232 |
| 7 | Transportation, warehousing and wholesale trade | 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 493 |
| 8 | Communication and other utilities | 221, 491, 492, 562 |
| 9 | Retail trade and consumer services | 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 451, 452, 453, 454, 713, 721, 722, 811, 812 |
| 10 | Finance and insurance | 521, 522, 523, 524, 526 |
| 11 | Real estate, rental, leasing operations | 531, 532 |
| 12 | Business services | 533, 541, 551, 561 |
| 13 | Education and health services | 611, 621, 622, 623, 624, 813 (except 8131) |
| 14 | Information and cultural industries | 511, 512, 513, 514, 711, 712 |
| Industrial activities excluded from WES | ||
| 1 | Crop and animal production and support | 111, 112, 1151, 1152 |
| 1 | Fishing, hunting and trapping | 114 |
| 13 | Religious organizations | 8131 |
| 9 | Private households | 814 |
| Federal government public administration | 911 | |
| Provincial and territorial public administration | 912 | |
| Local, municipal and regional public administration | 913 | |
| Aboriginal public administration | 914 | |
| 1. On the basis of its principal activity, each establishment is assigned an industry code. For analytical purposes, these industry groupings are based on industry homogeneity and number of sampled records that in all cases, except in manufacturing, conformed to the 1997 and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). | ||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Workplace and Employee Survey. | ||
