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Standard Industrial Classification - Establishments (SIC-E) 1980
Classification
| M | Business Service Industries |
| 77 | Business Service Industries |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing services more to the business community than to the general public. Included in this Major Group are employment agencies and personnel suppliers computer services accounting and bookkeeping services advertising services architectural, engineering and other scientific services lawyer and notary services management consulting services and business services not elsewhere classified. | |
| 771 | Employment Agencies and Personnel Suppliers |
| Establishments primarily engaged in operating a placement service or in acting as agents providing personnel on either a permanent or temporary basis on contract. Employment placement services operated by governments are classified in Industry Groups 813 - Labour, Employment and Immigration Services in the case of a federal agency or 823 - Labour and Employment Services, in the case of provincial agencies. | |
| 7711 | Employment Agencies |
| Establishments primarily engaged in listing employment vacancies and in selecting, referring and placing applicants in employment on either a permanent or temporary basis. Establishments primarily engaged in supplying their own workers to clients' offices or plants are classified in 7712 - Personnel Suppliers. The Public Service Commissions of governments are classified in 8159 or 8259 - Other General Administrative Services, federal and provincial, respectively. | |
| 7712 | Personnel Suppliers |
| Establishments primarily engaged in placing their own employees in clients' offices or plants on a temporary or permanent basis for a fee. Labour contractors which supply labour to only one industry and which represent the labour portion of that industry are classified in that industry. | |
| 772 | Computer and Related Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing computer services and in the maintenance and repair of computer equipment. | |
| 7721 | Computer Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing computer facilities on a rental, leasing or time sharing basis and such activities as programming, planning and systems work. Establishments primarily engaged in financial leasing are classified in 7124 - Financial Leasing Companies. | |
| 7722 | Computer Equipment Maintenance and Repair |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing computer equipment maintenance and repair services. | |
| 773 | Accounting and Bookkeeping Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing auditing, accounting and bookkeeping services. | |
| 7731 | Offices of Chartered and Certified Accountants |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing auditing and accounting services. These establishments are headed by one or several accountants who are members of a professional accounting organization. | |
| 7739 | Other Accounting and Bookkeeping Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing accounting and bookkeeping services not elsewhere classified. Establishments primarily engaged in income tax compilation are included here. | |
| 774 | Advertising Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in operating advertising agencies acting as media representatives renting space on outdoor displays and billboards and providing other advertising services. | |
| 7741 | Advertising Agencies |
| Establishments primarily engaged in creating and/or placing advertising with the publications, radio and television media. | |
| 7742 | Media Representatives |
| Establishments primarily engaged in selling time and space for various media. | |
| 7743 | Outdoor Display and Billboard Advertising |
| Establishments primarily engaged in the rental of space on signs, displays and billboards of all kinds whether of own construction or manufactured by others. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing neon signs, non-electric signs or other sign materials are classified in 3971 - Sign and Display Industry. | |
| 7749 | Other Advertising Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in advertising services not elsewhere classified. Own-account portrait and landscape artists are classified in 9999 - Other Services n.e.c. | |
| 775 | Architectural, Engineering and Other Scientific and Technical Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing architectural, consulting engineering and other scientific and technical services. Establishments primarily engaged in construction project management are classified in 4411 - Project Management, construction. | |
| 7751 | Offices of Architects |
| Establishments primarily engaged in the planning and designing of buildings and structures. | |
| 7752 | Offices of Engineers |
| Establishments primarily engaged in various disciplines of consulting engineering. Excluded are all establishments in which construction is the main source of revenue. Establishments primarily engaged in constructing engineering structures are classified in Major Group 41 - Industrial and Heavy (Engineering) Construction Industries. | |
| 7759 | Other Scientific and Technical Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in scientific and technical services not elsewhere classified. Medical laboratories are classified in Industry Group 868 - Medical and Other Health Laboratories. | |
| 776 | Offices of Lawyers and Notaries |
| 7761 | Offices of Lawyers and Notaries |
| Establishments primarily engaged in the provision of legal advice or legal services. | |
| 777 | Management Consulting Services |
| 7771 | Management Consulting Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing business and management consulting services. Establishments primarily engaged in market research are classified in 7799 - Other Business Services n.e.c. and those primarily engaged in construction management are classified in 4411 - Project Management, Construction. | |
| 779 | Other Business Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing security and investigation, credit bureau, collection agency, customs broker, telephone answering, duplicating and business services not elsewhere classified. | |
| 7791 | Security and Investigation Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing detective and investigation services, patrolling, guard, armoured car and burglar alarm services. These services are mainly for business but may be offered to individuals. Government police forces are classified in 8123 , 8223 or 8323 - Police Services, federal, provincial or local, respectively. | |
| 7792 | Credit Bureau Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in reporting credit ratings of persons or firms. | |
| 7793 | Collection Agencies |
| Establishments primarily engaged in collecting accounts, cheques, contracts or notes. | |
| 7794 | Customs Brokers |
| Establishments primarily engaged in the clearing of goods through customs for other businesses. Establishments primarily engaged in customs consulting but which are not customs brokers are classified in 7771 - Management Consulting Services. | |
| 7795 | Telephone Answering Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing a telephone answering service. Establishments primarily engaged in providing a paging service are classified in 4839 - Other Telecommunication Industries. | |
| 7796 | Duplicating Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing duplicating services. | |
| 7799 | Other Business Services n.e.c. |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing business services not elsewhere classified. Establishments primarily engaged in insurance claim adjusting or in appraising real estate are classified in 7611 - Insurance and Real Estate Agencies. | |
