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Standard Industrial Classification - Establishments (SIC-E) 1980
Classification
| O | Educational Service Industries |
| 85 | Educational Service Industries |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing formal academic or technical training to students through classroom or correspondence instruction. Libraries, museums and other repositories are included in this Division. | |
| 851 | Elementary and Secondary Education |
| 8511 | Elementary and Secondary Education |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing education at the elementary and secondary school levels, that is from kindergarten to senior matriculation. This industry includes school boards or boards of education operating primary or secondary school systems as well as private, public or sectarian schools at those levels. Also included are correspondence schools primarily engaged in offering general elementary and secondary education and schools for handicapped or exceptional children. Establishments primarily engaged in providing pre-kindergarten training such as nursery schools are classified in 8641 - Child Day-Care and Nursery School Services. | |
| 852 | Post-Secondary Non-University Education |
| 8521 | Post-Secondary Non-University Education |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing education at the post-secondary school level but excluding university education. Industrial schools, by whatever name they are known, are classified in 8222 - Correctional Services, provincial. Schools where the emphasis is on recreation or sports instruction rather than education are classified in Major Group 96 - Amusement and Recreational Service Industries. | |
| 853 | University Education |
| 8531 | University Education |
| Establishments primarily engaged in operating universities and degree-granting institutions. Included in this industry are such institutions as professional schools, theological colleges and seminaries. | |
| 854 | Library Services |
| 8541 | Library Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing library services. Establishments primarily engaged in retail dealing in books are classified in 6511 - Book and Stationery Stores or 6591 - Second-Hand Merchandise Stores n.e.c. and those primarily engaged in operating motion picture film libraries are classified in 9619 - Other Motion Picture, Audio and Video Services. | |
| 855 | Museums and Archives |
| 8551 | Museums and Archives |
| Establishments primarily engaged in operating museums and archives. Heritage villages and public art galleries are included here. Establishments primarily engaged in operating wax museums are classified in 9699 - Other Amusement and Recreational Services n.e.c. | |
| 859 | Other Educational Services |
| 8599 | Other Educational Services |
| Establishments primarily engaged in providing educational services not elsewhere classified. Establishments primarily engaged in teaching flying are classified in 4513 - Non-scheduled Air Transport, Specialty, Industry and those primarily engaged in providing services where the emphasis is on recreation and sports instruction rather than education are classified in Major Group 96 - Amusement and Recreational Service Industries. | |
