Data quality, concepts and methodology: Terms and definitions
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Enterprise: An enterprise is any business or institution whether incorporated or not; it comprises sole proprietorships, partnerships, companies and other forms of organizations. An enterprise is considered to be simple if all its establishments operate in the same province/industry classification; otherwise, an enterprise is classified as complex.
Establishment: For statistical purposes it is the smallest entity capable of reporting statistics of economic production, typically a factory, a mine, a store or a similar unit.
Industry classifications: the North American Industry Classification System 2007 (NAICS) is based on the supply side or on production oriented principles. Each establishment is assigned an industry code according to the NAICS. A description of the various industries and groups of industries is contained in the "North American Industrial Classification System" manual, Catalogue no. 12-501-XPE. For analytical purposes, we have created special groupings that are not part of the NAICS classification.
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