Objectives, uses and users
Concepts, variables and classifications
Coverage and frames
Sampling
Questionnaire design
Response and non-response
Data collection and capture operations
Editing
Imputation
Estimation
Revisions and seasonal adjustment
Data quality evaluation
Disclosure control

1. Objectives, uses and users

1.1. Objective

The Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) provides information on the performance of the retail trade sector on a monthly basis, and when combined with other statistics, represents an important indicator of the state of the Canadian economy.

1.2. Uses

The estimates provide a measure of the health and performance of the retail trade sector. Information collected is used to estimate level and monthly trend for retail sales. At the end of each year, the estimates provide a preliminary look at annual retail sales and performance.

1.3. Users

A variety of organizations, sector associations, and levels of government make use of the information. Retailers rely on the survey results to compare their performance against similar types of businesses, as well as for marketing purposes. Retail associations are able to monitor industry performance and promote their retail industries. Investors can monitor industry growth, which can result in better access to investment capital by retailers. Governments are able to understand the role of retailers in the economy, which aids in the development of policies and tax incentives. As an important industry in the Canadian economy, governments are able to better determine the overall health of the economy through the use of the estimates in the calculation of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

2. Concepts, variables and classifications

2.1. Concepts

The retail trade sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise.

The retailing process is the final step in the distribution of merchandise; retailers are therefore organized to sell merchandise in small quantities to the general public. This sector comprises two main types of retailers, that is, store and non-store retailers. The MRTS covers only store retailers. Their main characteristics are described below. Store retailers operate fixed point-of-sale locations, located and designed to attract a high volume of walk-in customers. In general, retail stores have extensive displays of merchandise and use mass-media advertising to attract customers. They typically sell merchandise to the general public for personal or household consumption, but some also serve business and institutional clients. These include establishments such as office supplies stores, computer and software stores, gasoline stations, building material dealers, plumbing supplies stores and electrical supplies stores.

In addition to selling merchandise, some types of store retailers are also engaged in the provision of after-sales services, such as repair and installation. For example, new automobile dealers, electronic and appliance stores and musical instrument and supplies stores often provide repair services, while floor covering stores and window treatment stores often provide installation services. As a general rule, establishments engaged in retailing merchandise and providing after sales services are classified in this sector. Catalogue sales showrooms, gasoline service stations, and mobile home dealers are treated as store retailers.

2.2. Variables

Sales are defined as the sales of all goods purchased for resale, net of returns and discounts. This includes commission revenue and fees earned from selling goods and services on account of others, such as selling lottery tickets, bus tickets, and phone cards. It also includes parts and labour revenue from repair and maintenance; revenue from rental and leasing of goods and equipment; revenues from services, including food services; sales of goods manufactured as a secondary activity; and the proprietor’s withdrawals, at retail, of goods for personal use. Other revenue from rental of real estate, placement fees, operating subsidies, grants, royalties and franchise fees are excluded.

Trading Location is the physical location(s) in which business activity is conducted in each province and territory, and for which sales are credited or recognized in the financial records of the company. For retailers, this would normally be a store.

Constant Dollars: The value of retail trade is measured in two ways; including the effects of price change on sales and net of the effects of price change. The first measure is referred to as retail trade in current dollars and the latter as retail trade in constant dollars. The method of calculating the current dollar estimate is to aggregate the weighted value of sales for all retail outlets. The method of calculating the constant dollar estimate is to first adjust the sales values to a base year, using the Consumer Price Index, and then sum up the resulting values.

2.3. Classification

The Monthly Retail Trade Survey is based on the definition of retail trade under the NAICS (North American Industry Classification System). NAICS is the agreed upon common framework for the production of comparable statistics by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. The agreement defines the boundaries of twenty sectors. NAICS is based on a production-oriented, or supply based conceptual framework in that establishments are groups into industries according to similarity in production processes used to produce goods and services.

Estimates appear for 21 industries based on special aggregations of the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries. The 21 industries are further aggregated to 11 sub-sectors.

Geographically, sales estimates are produced for Canada and each province and territory.

3. Coverage and frames

Statistics Canada’s Business Register ( BR) provides the frame for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey. The BR is a structured list of businesses engaged in the production of goods and services in Canada. It is a centrally maintained database containing detailed descriptions of most business entities operating within Canada. The BR includes all incorporated businesses, with or without employees. For unincorporated businesses, the BR includes all employers with businesses, and businesses with no employees with annual sales that have a Goods and Services Tax (GST) or annual revenue that declares individual taxes.  annual sales greater than $30,000 that have a Goods and Services Tax (GST) account (the BR does not include unincorporated businesses with no employees and with annual sales less than $30,000).

The businesses on the BR are represented by a hierarchical structure with four levels, with the statistical enterprise at the top, followed by the statistical company, the statistical establishment and the statistical location. An enterprise can be linked to one or more statistical companies, a statistical company can be linked to one or more statistical establishments, and a statistical establishment to one or more statistical locations.

The target population for the MRTS consists of all statistical establishments on the BR that are classified to the retail sector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (approximately 200,000 establishments). The NAICS code range for the retail sector is 441100 to 453999. A statistical establishment is the production entity or the smallest grouping of production entities which: produces a homogeneous set of goods or services; does not cross provincial boundaries; and provides data on the value of output, together with the cost of principal intermediate inputs used, along with the cost and quantity of labour used to produce the output. The production entity is the physical unit where the business operations are carried out. It must have a civic address and dedicated labour.

The exclusions to the target population are ancillary establishments (producers of services in support of the activity of producing goods and services for the market of more than one establishment within the enterprise, and serves as a cost centre or a discretionary expense centre for which data on all its costs including labour and depreciation can be reported by the business), future establishments, establishments with a missing or a zero gross business income (GBI) value on the BR and establishments in the following non-covered NAICS:

• 4541 (electronic shopping and mail-order houses)
• 4542 (vending machine operators)
• 45431 (fuel dealers)
• 45439 (other direct selling establishments)

4. Sampling

The MRTS sample consists of 10,000 groups of establishments (clusters) classified to the Retail Trade sector selected from the Statistics Canada Business Register. A cluster of establishments is defined as all establishments belonging to a statistical enterprise that are in the same industrial group and geographical region. The MRTS uses a stratified design with simple random sample selection in each stratum. The stratification is done by industry groups (the mainly, but not only four digit level NAICS), and the geographical regions consisting of the provinces and territories, as well as three provincial sub-regions. We further stratify the population by size.

The size measure is created using a combination of independent survey data and three administrative variables: the annual profiled revenue, the GST sales expressed on an annual basis, and the declared tax revenue (T1 or T2). The size strata consist of one take-all (census), at most, two take-some (partially sampled) strata, and one take-none (non-sampled) stratum. Take-none strata serve to reduce respondent burden by excluding the smaller businesses from the surveyed population. These businesses should represent at most ten percent of total sales. Instead of sending questionnaires to these businesses, the estimates are produced through the use of administrative data.

The sample was allocated optimally in order to reach target coefficients of variation at the national, provincial/territorial, industrial, and industrial groups by province/territory levels. The sample was also inflated to compensate for dead, non-responding, and misclassified units.

MRTS is a repeated survey with maximisation of monthly sample overlap. The sample is kept month after month, and every month new units are added (births) to the sample.  MRTS births, i.e., new clusters of establishment(s), are identified every month via the BR’s latest universe. They are stratified according to the same criteria as the initial population. A sample of these births is selected according to the sampling fraction of the stratum to which they belong and is added to the monthly sample. Deaths occur on a monthly basis. A death can be a cluster of establishment(s) that have ceased their activities (out-of-business) or whose major activities are no longer in retail trade (out-of-scope). The status of these businesses is updated on the BR using administrative sources and survey feedback, including feedback from the MRTS. Methods to treat dead units and misclassified units are part of the sample and population update procedures.

5. Questionnaire design

The Monthly Retail Trade Survey incorporates the following sub-surveys:

Monthly Retail Trade Survey - R8

Monthly Retail Trade Survey (with inventories) – R8

Survey of Sales and Inventories of Alcoholic Beverages

The questionnaires collect monthly data on retail sales and the number of trading locations by province or territory and inventories of goods owned and intended for resale from a sample of retailers. The items on the questionnaires have remained unchanged for several years. For the 2004 redesign, the general questionnaires were subject to cosmetic changes only. The questionnaire for Sales and Inventories of Alcoholic Beverages underwent more extensive changes. The modifications were discussed withstakeholders and the respondents were given an opportunity to comment before the new questionnaire was finalized. If further changes are needed to any of the questionnaires, proposed changes would go through a review committee and a field test with respondents and data users to ensure its relevancy.

6. Response and non-response

6.1. Response and non-response

Despite the best efforts of survey managers and operations staff to maximize response in the MRTS, some non-response will occur. For statistical establishments to be classified as responding, the degree of partial response (where an accurate response is obtained for only some of the questions asked a respondent) must meet a minimum threshold level below which the response would be rejected and considered a unit non-response.  In such an instance, the business is classified as not having responded at all.

Non-response has two effects on data: first it introduces bias in estimates when non-respondents differ from respondents in the characteristics measured; and second, it contributes to an increase in the sampling variance of estimates because the effective sample size is reduced from that originally sought.

The degree to which efforts are made to get a response from a non-respondent is based on budget and time constraints, its impact on the overall quality and the risk of non-response bias.

The main method to reduce the impact of non-response at sampling is to inflate the sample size through the use of over-sampling rates that have been determined from similar surveys.

Besides the methods to reduce the impact of non-response at sampling and collection, the non-responses to the survey that do occur are treated through imputation. In order to measure the amount of non-response that occurs each month, various response rates are calculated. For a given reference month, the estimation process is run at least twice (a preliminary and a revised run). Between each run, respondent data can be identified as unusable and imputed values can be corrected through respondent data. As a consequence, response rates are computed following each run of the estimation process.

For the MRTS, two types of rates are calculated (un-weighted and weighted). In order to assess the efficiency of the collection process, un-weighted response rates are calculated. Weighted rates, using the estimation weight and the value for the variable of interest, assess the quality of estimation. Within each of these types of rates, there are distinct rates for units that are surveyed and for units that are only modeled from administrative data that has been extracted from GST files.

To get a better picture of the success of the collection process, two un-weighted rates called the ‘collection results rate’ and the ‘extraction results rate’ are computed. They are computed by dividing the number of respondents by the number of units that we tried to contact or tried to receive extracted data for them. Non-monthly reporters (respondents with special reporting arrangements where they do not report every month but for whom actual data is available in subsequent revisions) are excluded from both the numerator and denominator for the months where no contact is performed.

In summary, the various response rates are calculated as follows:

Weighted rates:

Survey Response rate (estimation) =
Sum of weighted sales of units with response status i / Sum of survey weighted sales

where i = units that have either reported data that will be used in estimation or are converted refusals, or have reported data that has not yet been resolved for estimation.

Admin Response rate (estimation) =
Sum of weighted sales of units with response status ii / Sum of administrative weighted sales

where ii = units that have data that was extracted from administrative files and are usable for estimation.

Total Response rate (estimation) =
Sum of weighted sales of units with response status i or response status ii / Sum of all weighted sales

Un-weighted rates:

Survey Response rate (collection) =
Number of questionnaires with response status iii/ Number of questionnaires with response status iv

where iii = units that have either reported data (unresolved, used or not used for estimation) or are converted refusals.

where iv = all of the above plus units that have refused to respond, units that were not contacted and other types of non-respondent units.

Admin Response rate (extraction) =
Number of questionnaires with response status vi/ Number of questionnaires with response status vii

where vi = in-scope units that have data (either usable or non-usable) that was extracted from administrative files

where vii = all of the above plus units that have refused to report to the administrative data source, units that were not contacted and other types of non-respondent units.

(% of questionnaire collected over all in-scope questionnaires)

Collection Results Rate =
Number of questionnaires with response status iii / Number of questionnaires with response status viii

where iii = same as iii defined above

where viii = same as iv except for the exclusion of units that were contacted because their response is unavailable for a particular month since they are non-monthly reporters.

Extraction Results Rate =
Number of questionnaires with response status ix / Number of questionnaires with response status vii

where ix = same as vi with the addition of extracted units that have been imputed or were out of scope

where vii = same as vii defined above

(% of questionnaires collected over all questionnaire in-scope we tried to collect)

All the above weighted and un-weighted rates are provided at the industrial group, geography and size group level or for any combination of these levels.

Use of Administrative Data

Managing response burden is an ongoing challenge for Statistics Canada. In an attempt to alleviate response burden and survey costs, especially for smaller businesses, the MRTS has reduced the number of simple establishments in the sample that are surveyed directly and instead derives sales data for these establishments from Goods and Service Tax (GST) files using a statistical model. The model accounts for differences between sales and revenue (reported for GST purposes) as well as for the time lag between the survey reference period and the reference period of the GST file.

For more information on the methodology used for modeling sales from administrative data sources, refer to ‘Monthly Retail Trade Survey: Use of Administrative Data’ under ‘Documentation’ of the IMDB.

Table 1 contains the weighted response rates for all industry groups as well as for total retail trade for each province and territory. For more detailed weighted response rates, please contact the Marketing and Dissemination Section at (613) 951-3549, toll free: 1-877-421-3067 or by e-mail at retailinfo@statcan.

6.2. Methods used to reduce non-response at collection

Significant effort is spent trying to minimize non-response during collection. Methods used, among others, are interviewer techniques such as probing and persuasion, repeated re-scheduling and call-backs to obtain the information, and procedures dealing with how to handle non-compliant (refusal) respondents.

If data are unavailable at the time of collection, a respondent's best estimates are also accepted, and are subsequently revised once the actual data become available.

To minimize total non-response for all variables, partial responses are accepted. In addition, questionnaires are customized for the collection of certain variables, such as inventory, so that collection is timed for those months when the data are available.

Finally, to build trust and rapport between the interviewers and respondents, cases are generally assigned to the same interviewer each month. This action establishes a personal relationship between interviewer and respondent, and builds respondent trust.

7. Data collection and capture operations

Collection of the data is performed by Statistics Canada’s Regional Offices.

Weighted Response Rates

Respondents are sent a questionnaire or are contacted by telephone to obtain their sales and inventory values, as well as to confirm the opening or closing of business trading locations. Collection of the data begins approximately 7 working days after the end of the reference month and continues for the duration of that month.

New entrants to the survey are introduced to the survey via an introductory letter that informs the respondent that a representative of Statistics Canada will be calling. This call is to introduce the respondent to the survey, confirm the respondent's business activity, establish and begin data collection, as well as to answer any questions that the respondent may have.

8. Editing

Data editing is the application of checks to detect missing, invalid or inconsistent entries or to point to data records that are potentially in error. In the survey process for the MRTS, data editing is done at two different time periods.

First of all, editing is done during data collection. Once data are collected via the telephone, or via the receipt of completed mail-in questionnaires, the data are captured using customized data capture applications. All data are subjected to data editing. Edits during data collection are referred to as field edits and generally consist of validity and some simple consistency edits. They are used to detect mistakes made during the interview by the respondent or the interviewer and to identify missing information during collection in order to reduce the need for follow-up later on. Another purpose of the field edits is to clean up responses. In the MRTS, the current month’s responses are edited against the respondent’s previous month’s responses and/or the previous year’s responses for the current month. Field edits are also used to identify problems with data collection procedures and the design of the questionnaire, as well as the need for more interviewer training.

Follow-up with respondents occurs to validate potential erroneous data following any failed preliminary edit check of the data. Once validated, the collected data is regularly transmitted to the head office in Ottawa.

Secondly, editing known as statistical editing is also done after data collection and this is more empirical in nature. Statistical editing is run prior to imputation in order to identify the data that will be used as a basis to impute non-respondents. Large outliers that could disrupt a monthly trend are excluded from trend calculations by the statistical edits. It should be noted that adjustments are not made at this stage to correct the reported outliers.

The first step in the statistical editing is to identify which responses will be subjected to the statistical edit rules. Reported data for the current reference month will go through various edit checks.

The first set of edit checks is based on the Hidiriglou-Berthelot method whereby a ratio of the respondent’s current month data over historical (last month, same month last year) or auxiliary data is analyzed. When the respondent’s ratio differs significantly from ratios of respondents who are similar in terms of industry and/or geography group, the response is deemed an outlier.

The second set of edits consists of an edit known as the share of market edit. With this method, one is able to edit all respondents, even those where historical and auxiliary data is unavailable. The method relies on current month data only. Therefore, within a group of respondents, that are similar in terms of industrial group and/or geography, if the weighted contribution of a respondent to the group’s total is too large, it will be flagged as an outlier.

For edit checks based on the Hidiriglou-Berthelot method, data that are flagged as an outlier will not be included in the imputation models (those based on ratios). Also, data that are flagged as outliers in the share of market edit will not be included in the imputation models where means and medians are calculated to impute for responses that have no historical responses.

In conjunction with the statistical editing after data collection of reported data, there is also error detection done on the extracted GST data. Modeled data based on the GST are also subject to an extensive series of processing steps which thoroughly verify each record that is the basis for the model as well as the record being modeled. Edits are performed at a more aggregate level (industry by geography level) to detect records which deviate from the expected range, either by exhibiting large month-to-month change, or differing significantly from the remaining units. All data which fail these edits are subject to manual inspection and possible corrective action.

9. Imputation

Imputation in the MRTS is the process used to assign replacement values for missing data. This is done by assigning values when they are missing on the record being edited to ensure that estimates are of high quality and that a plausible, internal consistency is created. Due to concerns of response burden, cost and timeliness, it is generally impossible to do all follow-ups with the respondents in order to resolve missing responses. Since it is desirable to produce a complete and consistent microdata file, imputation is used to handle the remaining missing cases.

In the MRTS, imputation is based on historical data or administrative data (GST sales). The appropriate method is selected according to a strategy that is based on whether historical data is available, auxiliary data is available and/or which reference month is being processed.

There are three types of historical imputation methods. The first type is a general trend that uses one historical data source (previous month, data from next month or data from same month previous year). The second type is a regression model where data from previous month and same month, previous year are used simultaneously. The third type uses the historical data as a direct replacement value for a non-respondent. Depending upon the particular reference month, there is an order of preference that exists so that top quality imputation can result. The historical imputation method that was labelled as the third type above is always the last option in the order for each reference month.

The imputation method using administrative data is automatically selected when historical information is unavailable for a non-respondent. Trends are then applied to the administrative data source (monthly size) depending on whether the structure is simple, e.g. enterprises with only one establishment, or the unit has a more complex structure.

10. Estimation

Estimation is a process that approximates unknown population parameters using only part of the population that is included in a sample. Inferences about these unknown parameters are then made, using the sample data and associated survey design. This stage uses Statistics Canada's Generalized Estimation System (GES).

For retail sales, the population is divided into a survey portion (take-all and take-some strata) and a non-survey portion (take-none stratum). From the sample that is drawn from the survey portion, an estimate for the population is determined through the use of a Horvitz-Thompson estimator where responses for sales are weighted by using the inverses of the inclusion probabilities of the sampled units. Such weights (called sampling weights) can be interpreted as the number of times that each sampled unit should be replicated to represent the entire population. The calculated weighted sales values are summed by domain, to produce the total sales estimates by each industrial group / geographic area combination. A domain is defined as the most recent classification values available from the BR for the unit and the survey reference period. These domains may differ from the original sampling strata because units may have changed size, industry or location. Changes in classification are reflected immediately in the estimates and do not accumulate over time. For the non-survey portion, the sales are estimated with statistical models using monthly GST sales.

For more information on the methodology for modeling sales from administrative data sources which also contributes to the estimates of the survey portion, refer to ‘Monthly Retail Survey: Use of Administrative Data’ under ‘Documentation’ of the IMDB.

The measure of precision used for the MRTS to evaluate the quality of a population parameter estimate and to obtain valid inferences is the variance. The variance from the survey portion is derived directly from a stratified simple random sample without replacement.

Sample estimates may differ from the expected value of the estimates. However, since the estimate is based on a probability sample, the variability of the sample estimate with respect to its expected value can be measured. The variance of an estimate is a measure of the precision of the sample estimate and is defined as the average, over all possible samples, of the squared difference of the estimate from its expected value.

11. Revisions and seasonal adjustment

Revisions in the raw data are required to correct known non-sampling errors. These normally include replacing imputed data with reported data, corrections to previously reported data, and estimates for new births that were not known at the time of the original estimates.

Raw data are revised, on a monthly basis, for the month immediately prior to the current reference month being published. That is, when data for December are being published for the first time, there will also be revisions, if necessary, to the raw data for November. In addition, revisions are made once a year, with the initial release of the February data, for all months in the previous years. The purpose is to correct any significant problems that have been found that apply for an extended period. The actual period of revision depends on the nature of the problem identified, but rarely exceeds three years. The revision period can be extended when historical revisions or restratitfication are done.

Retail trade data are seasonally adjusted using the X12-ARIMA method. This consists of extrapolating a year's worth of raw data with the ARIMA model (auto-regressive integrated moving average model), and of seasonally adjusting the raw time series. Finally, the annual totals of the seasonally adjusted series are forced to the annual totals of the original series.

The seasonally adjusted data also need to be revised. In part, they need to reflect the revisions identified for the raw data. Also, the seasonally adjusted estimates are calculated using X-12-ARIMA, and are sensitive to the most recent values reported in the raw data. For this reason, with the release of each month of new data, the seasonally adjusted values for the previous three months are revised.  A seasonally adjusted time series is a time series that has been modified to eliminate the effect of seasonal and calendar influences. For this reason, the seasonally adjusted data allows for more meaningful comparisons of economic conditions from month to month.

Once a year, seasonal adjustments options are reviewed to take into account the most recent data. Revised seasonally adjusted estimates for each month in the previous years are released at the same time as the annual revision to the raw data. The actual period of revision depends on the number years the raw data was revised.

12. Data quality evaluation

The methodology of this survey has been designed to control errors and to reduce their potential effects on estimates. However, the survey results remain subject to errors, of which sampling error is only one component of the total survey error. Sampling error results when observations are made only on a sample and not on the entire population. All other errors arising from the various phases of a survey are referred to as nonsampling errors. For example, these types of errors can occur when a respondent provides incorrect information or does not answer certain questions; when a unit in the target population is omitted or covered more than once; when GST data for records being modeled for a particular month are not representative of the actual record for various reasons; when a unit that is out of scope for the survey is included by mistake or when errors occur in data processing, such as coding or capture errors.

Prior to publication, combined survey results are analyzed for comparability; in general, this includes a detailed review of individual responses (especially for large businesses), general economic conditions and historical trends.

A common measure of data quality for surveys is the coefficient of variation (CV). The coefficient of variation, defined as the standard error divided by the sample estimate, is a measure of precision in relative terms. Since the coefficient of variation is calculated from responses of individual units, it also measures some non-sampling errors.

The formula used to calculate coefficients of variation (CV) as percentages is:

CV (X) = S(X) * 100% / X
where X denotes the estimate and S(X) denotes the standard error of X.

Confidence intervals can be constructed around the estimates using the estimate and the CV. Thus, for our sample, it is possible to state with a given level of confidence that the expected value will fall within the confidence interval constructed around the estimate. For example, if an estimate of $12,000,000 has a CV of 2%, the standard error will be $240,000 (the estimate multiplied by the CV). It can be stated with 68% confidence that the expected values will fall within the interval whose length equals the standard deviation about the estimate, i.e. between $11,760,000 and $12,240,000.

Alternatively, it can be stated with 95% confidence that the expected value will fall within the interval whose length equals two standard deviations about the estimate, i.e. between $11,520,000 and $12,480,000.

Finally, due to the small contribution of the non-survey portion to the total estimates, bias in the non-survey portion has a negligible impact on the CVs. Therefore, the CV from the survey portion is used for the total estimate that is the summation of estimates from the surveyed and non-surveyed portions.

13. Disclosure control

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any data which would divulge information obtained under the Statistics Act that relates to any identifiable person, business or organization without the prior knowledge or the consent in writing of that person, business or organization. Various confidentiality rules are applied to all data that are released or published to prevent the publication or disclosure of any information deemed confidential. If necessary, data are suppressed to prevent direct or residual disclosure of identifiable data.

Confidentiality analysis includes the detection of possible "direct disclosure", which occurs when the value in a tabulation cell is composed of a few respondents or when the cell is dominated by a few companies.

The concordance table presented here shows the relationship between NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.1 (first three columns: code, title, status code) and NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.2 (last fourth columns: p (part of), code, title, explanatory notes) only for those areas of the classification which have changed in terms of structure and content.

How to Read the NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.2 Concordance Tables

NC - NAPCS 2012 v1.1 code not used for 2012 v1.2, but content the same; NU - NAPCS 2012 v1.1 code not reused; R - NAPCS 2012 v1.1 code reused, but with different content; * - part of 2012 v1.2 category

Concordance: North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2012 v1.1 to North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2012 v1.2

NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.1			NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.2
Code	Title	Status code	P (part of)	Code	Title	Explanatory Notes
1111111	Beef cattle	R	*	1111111	Cattle	beef cattle
			*	1111112	Calves	beef calves
1111112	Dairy cattle	R	*	1111111	Cattle	dairy cattle
			*	1111112	Calves	dairy calves
1111411	Sheep	R	*	1111411	Sheep and lambs	sheep
1111412	Lambs	R	*	1111411	Sheep and lambs	lambs
1111413	Goats	NC		1111412	Goats
111143	Horses and other equines	R	*	111143	Other miscellaneous live animals	horses and other equines
1111431	Horses	R	*	1111434	Other live animals, n.e.c.	horses
1111432	Ponies	R	*	1111434	Other live animals, n.e.c.	ponies
1111433	Mules	R	*	1111434	Other live animals, n.e.c.	mules
1111434	Donkeys	R	*	1111434	Other live animals, n.e.c.	donkeys
111144	Other miscellaneous live animals	NU	*	111143	Other miscellaneous live animals	except horses and other equines
1111441	Other live animals for meat or hair	NC		1111431	Other live animals for meat and for hair
1111442	Pet and laboratory animals	NC		1111432	Pets and laboratory animals
1111443	Bees	NU		1111433	Bees and pollinating insects
1111444	Other live animals, not elsewhere classified	NU	*	1111434	Other live animals, n.e.c.	except horses, ponies, mules and donkeys
1111445	Semen	NC		1111435	Semen
1111446	Animal embryos	NC		1111436	Animal embryos
1121111	Spring wheat	R	*	1121111	Spring and winter wheat	spring wheat
1121113	Winter wheat	NU	*	1121111	Spring and winter wheat	winter wheat
1151362	Maple butter	R	*	1151362	Other maple products	maple butter
1151363	Maple sugar	NU	*	1151362	Other maple products	maple sugar
1151381	Legume hay	R	*	1151381	Tame hay and forage seeds	legume hay
1151382	Grass hay	R	*	1151381	Tame hay and forage seeds	grass hay
1151383	Other tame hay	R	*	1151381	Tame hay and forage seeds	except legume hay and grass hay
1151384	Corn fodder	NC		1151382	Fodder corn
1151385	Forage seeds	NU	*	1151381	Tame hay and forage seeds	forage seeds
1151386	Unworked straw	NC		1151383	Unworked straw
				116134	Pregnant mare urine	new category in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; no match at subclass level of version 1.1
				1161341	Pregnant mare urine	new category in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; no match at detail level of version 1.1
1211111	Live salmon	R	*	1211111	Live fish	live salmon
1211112	Live rainbow trout	R	*	1211111	Live fish	live rainbow trout
1211113	Live pickerel	R	*	1211111	Live fish	live pickerel
1211114	Other live fish	R	*	1211111	Live fish	except live salmon, live rainbow trout and live pickerel
1211115	Live roe	NC		1211112	Live roe
1211116	Live lobsters	NU	*	1211113	Live crustaceans	live lobsters
1211117	Live shrimp	NU	*	1211113	Live crustaceans	live shrimp
1211118	Live crabs	NU	*	1211113	Live crustaceans	live crabs
1211119	Other live shellfish	NU		1211114	Live shellfish
1211121	Salmon (except live)	R	*	1211121	Fish (except live)	salmon (except live)
1211122	Rainbow trout (except live)	NU	*	1211121	Fish (except live)	rainbow trout (except live)
1211123	Pickerel (except live)	NU	*	1211121	Fish (except live)	pickerel (except live)
1211124	Other fish (except live)	NU	*	1211121	Fish (except live)	except salmon (except live), rainbow trout (except live) and pickerel (except live)
1211131	Lobsters (except live)	R	*	1211131	Crustaceans (except live)	lobsters (except live)
1211132	Shrimp (except live)	R	*	1211131	Crustaceans (except live)	shrimp (except live)
1211133	Crabs (except live)	NU	*	1211131	Crustaceans (except live)	crabs (except live)
1211134	Other shellfish (except live)	NU		1211132	Shellfish (except live)
141	Crude oil and crude bitumen	R		141	Crude oil and crude bitumen
			*	264	Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products	synthetic crude oil
1411111	Conventional crude oil	R		1411111	Light crude oil
				1411112	Heavy crude oil
				1411113	Condensate
				1411114	Pentanes plus
14113	Synthetic crude oil	NC		26412	Synthetic crude oil
141131	Synthetic crude oil	NC		264121	Synthetic crude oil
1411311	Synthetic crude oil	NC		2641211	Synthetic crude oil
1431111	Natural gas liquids and related products	R		1431111	Ethane
				1431112	Propane
				1431113	Butane
				1431114	Other natural gas liquids (NGLs) products
1441111	Coal	R		1441111	Anthracite
				1441112	Metallurgical coal
				1441113	Thermal coal
				1441114	Sub-bituminous coal
				1441115	Lignite
2611111	Coke and other coke oven products	R		2611111	Coal coke
				2611112	Petroleum coke
				2611113	Other coke oven products
2613111	Jet fuel	R		2613111	Aviation gasoline
				2613112	Aviation turbo fuel (kerosene type)
				2613113	Aviation turbo fuel (naphtha type)
2613211	Kerosene (except jet fuel)	R		2613211	Kerosene (except jet fuel and stove oil)
				2613212	Stove oil
264	Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products	R	*	264	Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products	except synthetic crude oil
2711151	Argon and hydrogen	R		2711151	Argon
				2711152	Hydrogen
2711152	Other industrial gases, not elsewhere classified	R		2711153	Other industrial gases, n.e.c.
3622122	Audio equipment, not elsewhere classified	NU	*	3622125	Other audio and video equipment	audio equipment, n.e.c.
3622123	Personal audiovisual equipment	NU	*	3622125	Other audio and video equipment	personal audiovisual equipment
3622125	Consumer video equipment, not elsewhere classified	R	*	3622125	Other audio and video equipment	consumer video equipment, n.e.c.
4211111	Military aircraft	R		4211111	Military aircraft
			*	4211113	Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)	for military uses
4211112	Civilian aircraft	R		4211112	Civilian aircraft
			*	4211113	Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)	for civilian uses
4754235	Fabricated products, not elsewhere classified	R		4754235	Paintings, sculptures, and other art works
				4754236	Fabricated products, n.e.c.
481212	Other newspapers	R		481212	Community newspapers
				481213	Other newspapers
4812121	Other newspapers	R		4812121	Community newspapers
				4812131	Other newspapers
51211	Truck transportation services for general freight	R		51211	Truck transportation services for general freight
			*	51212	Truck transportation services for specialized freight	transportation of dry bulk and other goods by road
512111	Transportation of dry bulk by road	NC		512126	Transportation of dry bulk by road
5121111	Transportation of dry bulk by road	NC		5121261	Transportation of dry bulk by road
512113	Transportation of other goods by road	NC		512127	Transportation of other goods by road
5121131	Transportation of other goods by road	NC		5121271	Transportation of other goods by road
51212	Truck transportation services for specialized freight	R	*	51212	Truck transportation services for specialized freight	except transportation of dry bulk and other goods by road
5135111	Aerial crop dusting services	R	*	5135111	Air specialty services	aerial crop dusting services, using small general-purpose aircraft and helicopters
5135112	Aerial firefighting services	NU	*	5135111	Air specialty services	aerial firefighting services, using small general-purpose aircraft and helicopters
5135113	Aerial construction services	NU	*	5135111	Air specialty services	aerial construction services, using small general-purpose aircraft and helicopters
5135114	Aerial forestry support services	NU	*	5135111	Air specialty services	aerial forestry support services, using small general-purpose aircraft and helicopters
5135115	Aerial surveillance services	NU	*	5135111	Air specialty services	aerial surveillance services, using small general-purpose aircraft and helicopters
5135116	Air search and rescue services	NU	*	5135111	Air specialty services	air search and rescue services, using small general-purpose aircraft and helicopters
5135117	Aerial photography and film services, not elsewhere classified	NU	*	5135111	Air specialty services	aerial photography and film services, n.e.c., using small general-purpose aircraft and helicopters
5135118	Aerial advertising and skywriting service	NU	*	5135111	Air specialty services	aerial advertising and skywriting service, using small general-purpose aircraft and helicopters
5135119	Other air specialty services	NU	*	5135111	Air specialty services	other air specialty services, using small general-purpose aircraft and helicopters
611	Land and biological resources	NU				out of scope
61121	Improved land	NU				out of scope
611211	Improved land	NU				out of scope
6112111	Improved land	NU				out of scope
61131	Tree, crop, and plant resources	NU				out of scope
611311	Tree, crop, and plant resources	NU				out of scope
6113111	Tree, crop, and plant resources	NU				out of scope
61141	Animal resources	NU				out of scope
611411	Animal resources	NU				out of scope
6114111	Animal resources	NU				out of scope
631	Intellectual property and related products	R		631	Intellectual property and related products	class 63141, subclasses 631215, 631411, 631412 and 631413, and detail level 6312151, 6312152, 6312154, 6314111, 6314121 and 6314131 have been removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; mainly moved to group 651
63121	Intellectual property works protected by copyright (except software and databases)	R		63121	Intellectual property works protected by copyright (except software and databases)	subclass 631215 has been removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
631213	Dramatic works protected by copyright	R		631213	Dramatic works protected by copyright	detail product "Audiovisual works protected by copyright" (6312153) has been moved here in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
6312131	Dramatic works protected by copyright	R	*	6312131	Dramatic works protected by copyright	dramatic works protected by copyright
631215	Other related intellectual property works protected by copyright	NU				does not exist or not defined in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; and audiovisual works are part of dramatic works protected by copyright
6312151	Performer's performances protected by copyright	NU				does not exist or not defined in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
6312152	Communication signals protected by copyright	NU				does not exist or not defined in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
6312153	Audiovisual works protected by copyright	NU	*	6312131	Dramatic works protected by copyright	except dramatic works protected by copyright
6312154	Other related intellectual property works protected by copyright, not elsewhere classified	NU				does not exist or not defined in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
63141	Products related to intellectual property	NU	*	65111	Licensing of rights to non-financial intangible assets (except software and other copyright licensing)	products related to intellectual property
631411	Franchise agreements	NU	*	651111	Licensing of industrial property rights and franchise licensing	franchise agreements
6314111	Franchise agreements	NU	*	6511113	Franchising agreement	franchise agreements
631412	Rights to explore for or exploit natural resources	NU	*	651112	Licensing of rights to explore for or exploit renewable and non-renewable resources	rights to explore for or exploit natural resources
6314121	Rights to explore for or exploit natural resources	NU	*	6511121	Licensing of rights to explore for or exploit renewable and non-renewable resources	rights to explore for or exploit natural resources
631413	Rights to exploit other intangible assets	NU	*	651113	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets	rights to exploit other intangible assets
6314131	Rights to exploit other intangible assets	NU	*	6511131	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets	rights to exploit other intangible assets
64211	Research and development services	NC		64221	Research and development services
642111	Basic research services	NU	*	642211	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	basic research services in natural and engineering science and technologies
			*	642212	Research and development services in social sciences and humanities	basic research services in social sciences and humanities
6421111	Basic research services in natural and exact sciences (except biological sciences)	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	basic research services in natural and exact sciences (except biological sciences)
6421112	Basic research services in engineering and technology	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	basic research services in engineering and technology
6421113	Basic research services in biological sciences	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	basic research services in biological sciences
6421114	Basic research services in medical and health sciences	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	basic research services in medical and health sciences
6421115	Basic research services in agricultural, veterinary, and environmental sciences	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	basic research services in agricultural, veterinary, and environmental sciences
6421116	Basic research services in social sciences and humanities	NU	*	6422121	Research and development services in social sciences and humanities	basic research services in social sciences and humanities
642112	Applied research services	NU	*	642211	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	applied research services in natural and engineering science and technologies
			*	642212	Research and development services in social sciences and humanities	applied research services in social sciences and humanities
6421121	Applied research services in natural and exact sciences (except biological sciences)	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	applied research services in natural and exact sciences (except biological sciences)
6421122	Applied research services in engineering and technology	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	applied research services in engineering and technology
6421123	Applied research services in biological sciences	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	applied research services in biological sciences
6421124	Applied research services in medical and health sciences	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	applied research services in medical and health sciences
6421125	Applied research services in agricultural, veterinary, and environmental sciences	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	applied research services in agricultural, veterinary, and environmental sciences
6421126	Applied research services in social sciences and humanities	NU	*	6422121	Research and development services in social sciences and humanities	applied research services in social sciences and humanities
642113	Development services	NU	*	642211	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	development services in natural and engineering science and technologies
			*	642212	Research and development services in social sciences and humanities	development services in social sciences and humanities
6421131	Development services in natural and exact sciences (except biological sciences)	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	development services in natural and exact sciences (except biological sciences)
6421132	Development services in engineering and technology	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	development services in engineering and technology
6421133	Development services in biological sciences	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	development services in biological sciences
6421134	Development services in medical and health sciences	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	development services in medical and health sciences
6421135	Development services in agricultural, veterinary, and environmental sciences	NU	*	6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	development services in agricultural, veterinary, and environmental sciences
6421136	Development services in social sciences and humanities	NU	*	6422121	Research and development services in social sciences and humanities	development services in social sciences and humanities
65111	Licensing of rights to non-financial intangible assets (except software and other copyright licensing)	R	*	65111	Licensing of rights to non-financial intangible assets (except software and other copyright licensing)	except products related to intellectual property
651111	Licensing of industrial property rights and franchise licensing	R	*	651111	Licensing of industrial property rights and franchise licensing	except franchise agreements
6511113	Franchisor services	R	*	6511113	Franchising agreement	franchisor services
651112	Licensing of rights to subsoil assets	R	*	651112	Licensing of rights to explore for or exploit renewable and non-renewable resources	except rights to explore for or exploit natural resources
6511121	Licensing of rights to subsoil assets	R	*	6511121	Licensing of rights to explore for or exploit renewable and non-renewable resources	except rights to explore for or exploit natural resources
651113	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets	R	*	651113	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets	except rights to exploit other intangible assets
6511131	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets	R	*	6511131	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets	except rights to exploit other intangible assets
66111	Support services for crop production	R	*	66111	Support services for crop production	except custom work services for crop production
661111	Support services for crop production	R	*	661111	Support services for crop production	except custom work services for crop production
6611111	Support services for crop production	R	*	6611111	Support services for crop production	except custom work services for crop production
66112	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	R	*	66112	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	except custom work services for animal production, hunting and fishing
661121	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	R	*	661121	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	except custom work services for animal production, hunting and fishing
6611211	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	R	*	6611211	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	except custom work services for animal production, hunting and fishing
66114	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	R	*	66111	Support services for crop production	custom work services for crop production
			*	66112	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	custom work services for animal production, hunting and fishing
				66114	Custom work services for forestry
661141	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	R	*	661111	Support services for crop production	custom work services for crop production
			*	661121	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	custom work services for animal production, hunting and fishing
				661141	Custom work services for forestry
6611411	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	R	*	6611111	Support services for crop production	custom work services for crop production
			*	6611211	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	custom work services for animal production, hunting and fishing
				6611411	Custom work services for forestry
672	Repair construction services	R	*	672	Construction services	repair construction services
67211	Repair construction services	R	*	67211	Construction services	repair construction services
672111	Repair construction services	R	*	672111	Construction services	repair construction services
6721111	Repair construction services	R	*	6721111	Construction services	repair construction services
673	Construction services (except repair)	NU	*	672	Construction services	except repair construction services
67311	Construction services (except repair)	NU	*	67211	Construction services	except repair construction services
673111	Construction services (except repair)	NU	*	672111	Construction services	except repair construction services
6731111	Construction services (except repair)	NU	*	6721111	Construction services	except repair construction services
6814181	Custom furniture manufacturing	R	*	6814181	Furniture manufacturing services	custom furniture manufacturing
6814182	Other contract furniture manufacturing services	NU	*	6814181	Furniture manufacturing services	except custom furniture manufacturing
711112	Advertising space in other newspapers	R		711112	Advertising space in printed community newspapers
				711113	Advertising space in other printed newspapers
7111121	Advertising space in other newspapers	R		7111121	Advertising space in printed community newspapers
				7111131	Advertising space in other printed newspapers
7111241	Advertising space in directories	R	*	7111241	Advertising space in printed directories	advertising space in printed directories
7111242	Advertising space in databases	NU	*	7111241	Advertising space in printed directories	advertising space in printed databases
7231121	Local and access fixed telecommunications services (except Internet access), at wholesale	R	*	7231121	Wholesale fixed telecommunications services (except Internet access)	local and access fixed telecommunications services (except Internet access), at wholesale
7231122	Switching and aggregation services	NU	*	7231121	Wholesale fixed telecommunications services (except Internet access)	switching and aggregation services
7231123	Unbundled local loops	NU	*	7231121	Wholesale fixed telecommunications services (except Internet access)	unbundled local loops
7231124	Telecommunication facilities co-location services	NU	*	7231121	Wholesale fixed telecommunications services (except Internet access)	telecommunication facilities co-location services
7231125	Other wholesale fixed telecommunications services	NU	*	7231121	Wholesale fixed telecommunications services (except Internet access)	other wholesale fixed telecommunications services
73111	Cable, satellite and other program distribution services	R	*	73111	Cable, satellite and other program distribution services	except online subscriptions to audiovisual content, including adult content
731112	Mobile program distribution services	R	*	731112	Mobile program distribution services	mobile television services
7311122	Mobile television services	R	*	7311122	Television and movie streaming services	mobile television services
74111	Subscriptions for online content	R	*	73111	Cable, satellite and other program distribution services	online subscriptions to audiovisual content, including adult content
				74111	Online content
			*	85151	Other personal and personal care services	online subscriptions to personals and dating services
741111	Online subscriptions to news	R	*	741111	Online news and information	online subscriptions to news
7411111	Online subscriptions to news	R	*	7411111	Online news and information	online subscriptions to news
741113	Online subscriptions to audiovisual content (except adult content)	NU	*	731112	Mobile program distribution services	online subscriptions to audiovisual content (except adult content)
7411131	Online subscriptions to audiovisual content (except adult content)	NU	*	7311122	Television and movie streaming services	online subscriptions to audiovisual content (except adult content)
741114	Online subcriptions to business and investment information	NU	*	741111	Online news and information	online subcriptions to business and investment information
7411141	Online subcriptions to business and investment information	NU	*	7411111	Online news and information	online subcriptions to business and investment information
741115	Online subscriptions to personals and dating services	NU	*	851517	Other personal services	online subscriptions to personals and dating services
7411151	Online subscriptions to personals and dating services	NU	*	8515171	Dating services	online subscriptions to personals and dating services
741116	Online subscriptions to archival and reference information	NU	*	741111	Online news and information	online subscriptions to databases, directories, and to archival and reference information, n.e.c.
7411161	Online subscriptions to databases	NU	*	7411111	Online news and information	online subscriptions to databases
7411162	Online subscriptions to directories	NU	*	7411111	Online news and information	online subscriptions to directories
7411163	Online subscriptions to archival and reference information, not elsewhere classified	NU	*	7411111	Online news and information	online subscriptions to archival and reference information, n.e.c.
741118	Online subscriptions to adult content	R	*	731112	Mobile program distribution services	online subscriptions to adult content
7411181	Online subscriptions to adult content	R	*	7311122	Television and movie streaming services	online subscriptions to adult content
741119	Online subscriptions for online content, not elsewhere classified	R		741118	Online subscriptions to software
				741119	Other online content
7411191	Online subscriptions to art prints, posters, greeting cards, postcards, calendars and other consumer publications	NU	*	7411195	Other online content	online subscriptions to art prints, posters, greeting cards, postcards, calendars and other consumer publications
7411192	Online subscriptions to catalogues, diaries, time schedulers, brochures and other business, trade and professional publications	NU	*	7411195	Other online content	online subscriptions to catalogues, diaries, time schedulers, brochures and other business, trade and professional publications
7411193	Online subscriptions for other online content, not elsewhere classified	NU		7411181	Online subscriptions to software
			*	7411195	Other online content	except online subscriptions to software
751111	Website hosting services	R	*	751111	Website hosting services	except hosting services for travel data
7511111	Website hosting services	R	*	7511111	Website hosting services	except hosting services for travel data
7512113	Information search and retrieval	NU	*	7512114	Information services, n.e.c.	information search and retrieval
7512114	Information services, not elsewhere classified	R	*	7512114	Information services, n.e.c.	except information search and retrieval
761511	Financing related to securities	R	*	761511	Other credit financing products	other financing related to securities
7615113	Other financing related to securities	NU	*	7615114	Other credit financing products, n.e.c.	other financing related to securities
761512	Other credit financing products, not elsewhere classified	NU	*	761511	Other credit financing products	except other financing related to securities
7615121	Other credit financing products, not elsewhere classified	NU	*	7615114	Other credit financing products, n.e.c.	except other financing related to securities
771211	Auditing and other assurance services	R		771211	Auditing and other assurance services	product "Tax auditing" (7712112) has been removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
7712112	Tax auditing	NU				"Tax auditing" is removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
776134	Other professional, scientific and technical services, not elsewhere classified	R	*	776134	Other professional, scientific and technical services, n.e.c.	except auctioneering services
7761347	Miscellaneous professional, scientific and technical services	R	*	7761347	Miscellaneous professional, scientific and technical services	except auctioneering services
781232	Other support services	R	*	776134	Other professional, scientific and technical services, n.e.c.	auctioneering services
				781232	Other support services
7812323	Auctioneering services	R	*	7761347	Miscellaneous professional, scientific and technical services	auctioneering services
7812324	Other support services, not elsewhere classified	NC		7812323	Other support services, n.e.c.
8431112	Reservation service for bus seats and airport shuttle services	NU	*	8431116	Reservation service for passenger transportation, n.e.c.	reservation service for bus seats and airport shuttle services
8431113	Reservation service for rail seats	NU	*	8431116	Reservation service for passenger transportation, n.e.c.	reservation service for rail seats
8431115	Reservation service for ferry transportation	NU	*	8431116	Reservation service for passenger transportation, n.e.c.	reservation service for ferry transportation
843114	Reservation service for packaged tours	R		843114	Reservation service for pre-packaged tours	detail product "Customized tour package service" (8431142) has been removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
8431142	Customized tour package service	NU				"Customized tour package service" is removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; overlap with a combination of different reservation services and trip planning services
843115	Event reservation, computerized reservation and travel data warehousing services	R		843115	Event reservation and access to global distribution systems
			*	751111	Website hosting services	hosting services for travel data
8431153	Travel data warehousing services	NU	*	7511111	Website hosting services	hosting services for travel data
85151	Other personal and personal care services	R	*	85151	Other personal and personal care services	except online subscriptions to personals and dating services
851517	Other personal services	R	*	851517	Other personal services	except online subscriptions to personals and dating services
8515171	Dating services	R	*	8515171	Dating services	except online subscriptions to personals and dating services
861411	Grant-making and giving services	NU	*	861414	Business, professional and other membership organization services	grant-making and giving services
8614111	Grant-making and giving services	NU	*	8614144	Other membership organization services, n.e.c.	grant-making and giving services
861414	Business, professional and other membership organization services	R	*	861414	Business, professional and other membership organization services	except grant-making and giving services
8614144	Other membership organization services, not elsewhere classified	R	*	8614144	Other membership organization services, n.e.c.	except grant-making and giving services

Canadian Health Measures Survey - Cycle 4 (2014-2015) – full sample

Average of the measured body mass index (kg/m²)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average of the measured body mass index (kg/m²). The information is grouped by Age group (appearing as row headers), Sex , Average(kg/m²) and c.v.(%) (appearing as column headers).

Age group	Sex	Average (kg/m2)	c.v. (%)
ages 3 to 5	Both sexes	16.11	0.8
ages 6 to 11	Males	17.76	1.6
ages 6 to 11	Females	17.54	1.4
ages 12 to 19	Males	22.25	1.4
ages 12 to 19	Females	23.07	2.4
ages 20 to 39	Males	27.37	1.5
ages 20 to 39	Females	26.57	2.9
ages 40 to 59	Males	28.40	1.3
ages 40 to 59	Females	28.07	1.7
ages 60 to 79	Males	28.39	0.9
ages 60 to 79	Females	28.12	1.5

Average High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) (mmol/L).
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) (mmol/L).. The information is grouped by Age group (appearing as row headers), Sex , Average (mmol/L) and c.v.(%) (appearing as column headers).

Age group	Sex	Average (mmol/L)	c.v. (%)
ages 3 to 5	Both sexes	1.30	1.6
ages 6 to 11	Males	1.46	2.1
ages 6 to 11	Females	1.40	1.7
ages 12 to 19	Males	1.25	1.7
ages 12 to 19	Females	1.37	2.2
ages 20 to 39	Males	1.17	1.7
ages 20 to 39	Females	1.48	3.2
ages 40 to 59	Males	1.17	2
ages 40 to 59	Females	1.49	1.6
ages 60 to 79	Males	1.23	1.7
ages 60 to 79	Females	1.54	2.2

Canadian Health Measures Survey - Cycle 4 (2014-2015) - fasted subsample

For the fasted subsample selected among the 6 to 79 year old full sample participants, here are some estimation and accuracy measures for a selected variable (glucose).

Average Glucose (mmol/L)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average Glucose (mmol/L). The information is grouped by Age group (appearing as row headers), Sex , Average (mmol/L) and c.v.(%) (appearing as column headers).

Age group	Sex	Average (mmol/L)	c.v. (%)
ages 6 to 11	Males	4.8	0.8
ages 6 to 11	Females	4.7	0.7
ages 12 to 19	Males	4.9	0.8
ages 12 to 19	Females	4.7	0.6
ages 20 to 39	Males	5.1	2.0
ages 20 to 39	Females	4.8	0.7
ages 40 to 59	Males	5.4	1.8
ages 40 to 59	Females	5.0	1.2
ages 60 to 79	Males	6.1	3.2
ages 60 to 79	Females	5.6	0.9

Canadian Health Measures Survey - Cycle 4 (2014-2015) – fatty acids subsample

For the fatty acids subsample selected among the 20 to 79 year old full sample participants, here are some accuracy measures for a selected variable (omega-3 index measured in % weight of total fatty acids).

Average of Omega-3 Index (measured in % weight of total fatty acids)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average of Omega-3 Index (measured in % weight of total fatty acids). The information is grouped by Age group (appearing as row headers), Sex , Average (of %) and c.v.(%) (appearing as column headers).

Age group	Sex	Average (of %)	c.v. (%)
ages 20 to 39	Males	4.17	2.8
ages 20 to 39	Females	4.27	4.4
ages 40 to 59	Males	4.40	2.1
ages 40 to 59	Females	4.54	3.3
ages 60 to 79	Males	5.09	3.1
ages 60 to 79	Females	5.19	2.3

Variants are commonly of three kinds. These have been named extension variants, aggregate variants or regrouping variants. There could exist other types of variants. A particular variant could include elements from more than one of these variant types.

Extension variant: An extension variant is a Statistical Classification that extends the base Statistical Classification with one or several new Levels at the bottom, creating a new lowest Level. An extension variant thus adds new lower Levels to the base Statistical Classification but does not otherwise alter its original structure.

Aggregate variant: An aggregate variant is a Statistical Classification that groups the categories of a linear Statistical Classification to create one or several aggregate level(s), thus creating a hierarchy.

Regrouping variant: A regrouping variant is a Statistical Classification that introduces additional or alternative aggregate levels by regrouping categories of the base statistical classification. Two types of regrouping variants have been identified:

• Regrouping variants which do not violate the structure of the base Statistical Classification: This type of regrouping variant introduces a new level or new levels on top of, or in between existing Levels of a hierarchical Statistical Classification without otherwise altering the original structure of the hierarchy. This regrouping variant consists of all classification Levels of the base Statistical Classification plus the new variant Level(s). The parent Level (if any) of the new variant Level can be either another variant Level or a Level from the base Statistical Classification.
• Regrouping variants which violate the structure of the base Statistical Classification: This type of regrouping variant introduces a new Level or new Levels on top of any but the topmost Level of a hierarchical Statistical Classification by regrouping categories of the base Statistical Classification in a way which violates its original order and structure. This regrouping variant consists of all classification Levels of the base Statistical Classification below the new variant Level(s) plus the new variant Level(s). In such a regrouping variant, a new variant Level cannot have a base Statistical Classification Level as parent Level.

Source(s): UNECE website "Generic Statistical Information Model (GSIM)" Version 1.1, Section 1: Introduction, 1.3 Classification and related concepts. (accessed: January 9, 2017).

According to Statistics Canada's Policy on standards, a standard must include a statement regarding the degree to which its application is compulsory. The different degrees are:

Departmental standard

A standard that has been approved by the Policy Committee, and the application of which is therefore mandatory, unless an exemption has been explicitly obtained under the terms of this policy.

Recommended standard

A standard that has been recognized by the Methods and Standards Committee as a recommended standard, with or without a trial period of a specified duration, after which it may be declared as a departmental standard.

Program-specific standard

A standard adopted by a statistical program, and which is registered with Standards Division, to ensure consistency in a series over time periods.

Source

Statistics Canada "Policy on standards", Section 1: Guidelines for the development and documentation of standards, C. Guidelines. (accessed: January 9, 2017).

January 16, 2017 (Previous notice)

This is an information notice.

This extension variant was approved as a departmental standard on November 21, 2016.

The manufacturing and logging variant is designed to be used for collection and dissemination of data for the Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries. The first use of the variant (variant version 1.0) was the data released on December 23, 2016 for reference years 2014 and 2015.

The variant consists of the addition of an extra 8-digit variant code (level 5), under the 7-digit standard classification's detail code (level 4).

Contact information

For more information, please contact Standards Division.

The concordance table presented here shows the relationship between NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.2 (first three columns: code, title, status code) and NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.1 (last fourth columns: p (part of), code, title, explanatory notes) only for those areas of the classification which have changed in terms of structure and content.

How to Read the NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.2 Concordance Tables

N - new NAPCS category for 2012 v1.2; NC - new NAPCS code for 2012 v1.2, but content same as 2012 v1.1; R - NAPCS 2012 v1.1 code reused with different content; *- part of 2012 v1.1 category

Concordance: North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2012 v1.2 to North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2012 v1.1

NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.2			NAPCS Canada 2012 v1.1
Code	Title	Status code	P (part of)	Code	Title	Explanatory Notes
1111111	Cattle	R	*	1111111	Beef cattle	except beef calves
			*	1111112	Dairy cattle	except dairy calves
1111112	Calves	R	*	1111111	Beef cattle	beef calves
			*	1111112	Dairy cattle	dairy calves
1111411	Sheep and lambs	R		1111411	Sheep
				1111412	Lambs
1111412	Goats	R		1111413	Goats
111143	Other miscellaneous live animals	R		111143	Horses amd other equines
				111144	Other miscellaneous live animals
1111431	Other live animals for meat and for hair	R		1111441	Other live animals for meat or hair
1111432	Pets and laboratory animals	R		1111442	Pet and laboratory animals
1111433	Bees and pollinating insects	R		1111443	Bees
1111434	Other live animals, n.e.c.	R		1111431	Horses
				1111432	Ponies
				1111433	Mules
				1111434	Donkeys
				1111444	Other live animals, not elsewhere classified
1111435	Semen	NC		1111445	Semen
1111436	Animal embryos	NC		1111446	Animal embryos
1121111	Spring and winter wheat	R		1121111	Spring wheat
				1121113	Winter wheat
1151362	Other maple products	R		1151362	Maple butter
				1151363	Maple sugar
1151381	Tame hay and forage seeds	R		1151381	Legume hay
				1151382	Grass hay
				1151383	Other tame hay
				1151385	Forage seeds
1151382	Fodder corn	R		1151384	Corn fodder
1151383	Unworked straw	R		1151386	Unworked straw
116134	Pregnant mare urine	N				new category in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; no match at subclass level of version 1.1
1161341	Pregnant mare urine	N				new category in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; no match at detail level of version 1.1
1211111	Live fish	R		1211111	Live salmon
				1211112	Live rainbow trout
				1211113	Live pickerel
				1211114	Other live fish
1211112	Live roe	R		1211115	Live roe
1211113	Live crustaceans	R		1211116	Live lobsters
				1211117	Live shrimp
				1211118	Live crabs
1211114	Live shellfish	R		1211119	Other live shellfish
1211121	Fish (except live)	R		1211121	Salmon (except live)
				1211122	Rainbow trout (except live)
				1211123	Pickerel (except live)
				1211124	Other fish (except live)
1211131	Crustaceans (except live)	R		1211131	Lobsters (except live)
				1211132	Shrimp (except live)
				1211133	Crabs (except live)
1211132	Shellfish (except live)	R		1211134	Other shellfish (except live)
141	Crude oil and crude bitumen	R	*	141	Crude oil and crude bitumen	except synthetic crude oil
1411111	Light crude oil	R	*	1411111	Conventional crude oil	light crude oil
1411112	Heavy crude oil	N	*	1411111	Conventional crude oil	heavy crude oil
1411113	Condensate	N	*	1411111	Conventional crude oil	condensate
1411114	Pentanes plus	N	*	1411111	Conventional crude oil	pentanes plus
1431111	Ethane	R	*	1431111	Natural gas liquids and related products	ethane
1431112	Propane	N	*	1431111	Natural gas liquids and related products	propane
1431113	Butane	N	*	1431111	Natural gas liquids and related products	butane
1431114	Other natural gas liquids (NGLs) products	N	*	1431111	Natural gas liquids and related products	except ethane, propane and butane
1441111	Anthracite	R	*	1441111	Coal	anthracite
1441112	Metallurgical coal	N	*	1441111	Coal	metallurgical coal
1441113	Thermal coal	N	*	1441111	Coal	thermal coal
1441114	Sub-bituminous coal	N	*	1441111	Coal	sub-bituminous coal
1441115	Lignite	N	*	1441111	Coal	lignite
2611111	Coal coke	R	*	2611111	Coke and other coke oven products	coal coke
2611112	Petroleum coke	N	*	2611111	Coke and other coke oven products	petroleum coke
2611113	Other coke oven products	N	*	2611111	Coke and other coke oven products	except coal coke and petroleum coke
2613111	Aviation gasoline	R	*	2613111	Jet fuel	aviation gasoline
2613112	Aviation turbo fuel (kerosene type)	N	*	2613111	Jet fuel	aviation turbo fuel (kerosene type)
2613113	Aviation turbo fuel (naphtha type)	N	*	2613111	Jet fuel	aviation turbo fuel (naphtha type)
2613211	Kerosene (except jet fuel and stove oil)	R	*	2613211	Kerosene (except jet fuel)	kerosene (except jet fuel and stove oil)
2613212	Stove oil	N	*	2613211	Kerosene (except jet fuel)	stove oil
264	Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products	R	*	141	Crude oil and crude bitumen	synthetic crude oil
				264	Lubricants and other petroleum refinery products
26412	Synthetic crude oil	NC		14113	Synthetic crude oil
264121	Synthetic crude oil	NC		141131	Synthetic crude oil
2641211	Synthetic crude oil	NC		1411311	Synthetic crude oil
2711151	Argon	R	*	2711151	Argon and hydrogen	argon
2711152	Hydrogen	R	*	2711151	Argon and hydrogen	hydrogen
2711153	Other industrial gases, n.e.c.	NC		2711152	Other industrial gases, not elsewhere classified
3622125	Other audio and video equipment	R		3622122	Audio equipment, not elsewhere classified
				3622123	Personal audiovisual equipment
				3622125	Consumer video equipment, not elsewhere classified
4211111	Military aircraft	R	*	4211111	Military aircraft	except drones for military uses
4211112	Civilian aircraft	R	*	4211112	Civilian aircraft	except drones for civilian uses
4211113	Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)	N	*	4211111	Military aircraft	drones for military uses
			*	4211112	Civilian aircraft	drones for civilian uses
4754235	Paintings, sculptures, and other art works	R	*	4754235	Fabricated products, not elsewhere classified	paintings, sculptures, and other art works
4754236	Fabricated products, n.e.c.	N	*	4754235	Fabricated products, not elsewhere classified	except paintings, sculptures, and other art works
481212	Community newspapers	R	*	481212	Other newspapers	community newspapers
4812121	Community newspapers	R	*	4812121	Other newspapers	community newspapers
481213	Other newspapers	N	*	481212	Other newspapers	except daily and community newspapers
4812131	Other newspapers	N	*	4812121	Other newspapers	except daily and community newspapers
51211	Truck transportation services for general freight	R	*	51211	Truck transportation services for general freight	except transportation of dry bulk and other goods by road
51212	Truck transportation services for specialized freight	R	*	51211	Truck transportation services for general freight	transportation of dry bulk and other goods by road
				51212	Truck transportation services for specialized freight
512126	Transportation of dry bulk by road	NC		512111	Transportation of dry bulk by road
5121261	Transportation of dry bulk by road	NC		5121111	Transportation of dry bulk by road
512127	Transportation of other goods by road	NC		512113	Transportation of other goods by road
5121271	Transportation of other goods by road	NC		5121131	Transportation of other goods by road
5135111	Air specialty services	R		5135111	Aerial crop dusting services
				5135112	Aerial firefighting services
				5135113	Aerial construction services
				5135114	Aerial forestry support services
				5135115	Aerial surveillance services
				5135116	Air search and rescue services
				5135117	Aerial photography and film services, not elsewhere classified
				5135118	Aerial advertising and skywriting service
				5135119	Other air specialty services
631	Intellectual property and related products	R		631	Intellectual property and related products	class 63141, subclasses 631215, 631411, 631412 and 631413, and detail level 6312151, 6312152, 6312154, 6314111, 6314121 and 6314131 have been removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; mainly moved to group 651
63121	Intellectual property works protected by copyright (except software and databases)	R		63121	Intellectual property works protected by copyright (except software and databases)	subclass 631215 has been removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
631213	Dramatic works protected by copyright	R		631213	Dramatic works protected by copyright	detail product "Audiovisual works protected by copyright" (6312153) has been moved here in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
6312131	Dramatic works protected by copyright	R		6312131	Dramatic works protected by copyright
				6312153	Audiovisual works protected by copyright
64221	Research and development services	NC		64211	Research and development services
642211	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	N	*	642111	Basic research services	basic research services in natural and engineering science and technologies
			*	642112	Applied research services	applied research services in natural and engineering science and technologies
			*	642113	Development services	development services in natural and engineering science and technologies
6422111	Research and development services in natural and engineering science and technologies	N		6421111	Basic research services in natural and exact sciences (except biological sciences)
				6421112	Basic research services in engineering and technology
				6421113	Basic research services in biological sciences
				6421114	Basic research services in medical and health sciences
				6421115	Basic research services in agricultural, veterinary, and environmental sciences
				6421121	Applied research services in natural and exact sciences (except biological sciences)
				6421122	Applied research services in engineering and technology
				6421123	Applied research services in biological sciences
				6421124	Applied research services in medical and health sciences
				6421125	Applied research services in agricultural, veterinary, and environmental sciences
				6421131	Development services in natural and exact sciences (except biological sciences)
				6421132	Development services in engineering and technology
				6421133	Development services in biological sciences
				6421134	Development services in medical and health sciences
				6421135	Development services in agricultural, veterinary, and environmental sciences
642212	Research and development services in social sciences and humanities	N	*	642111	Basic research services	basic research services in social sciences and humanities
			*	642112	Applied research services	applied research services in social sciences and humanities
			*	642113	Development services	development services in social sciences and humanities
6422121	Research and development services in social sciences and humanities	N		6421116	Basic research services in social sciences and humanities
				6421126	Applied research services in social sciences and humanities
				6421136	Development services in social sciences and humanities
65111	Licensing of rights to non-financial intangible assets (except software and other copyright licensing)	R		63141	Products related to intellectual property
				65111	Licensing of rights to non-financial intangible assets (except software and other copyright licensing)
651111	Licensing of industrial property rights and franchise licensing	R		631411	Franchise agreements
				651111	Licensing of industrial property rights and franchise licensing
6511113	Franchising agreement	R		6314111	Franchise agreements
				6511113	Franchisor services
651112	Licensing of rights to explore for or exploit renewable and non-renewable resources	R		631412	Rights to explore for or exploit natural resources
				651112	Licensing of rights to subsoil assets
6511121	Licensing of rights to explore for or exploit renewable and non-renewable resources	R		6314121	Rights to explore for or exploit natural resources
				6511121	Licensing of rights to subsoil assets
651113	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets	R		631413	Rights to exploit other intangible assets
				651113	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets
6511131	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets	R		6314131	Rights to exploit other intangible assets
				6511131	Licensing of rights to other non-financial intangible assets
66111	Support services for crop production	R		66111	Support services for crop production
			*	66114	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	custom work services for crop production
661111	Support services for crop production	R		661111	Support services for crop production
			*	661141	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	custom work services for crop production
6611111	Support services for crop production	R		6611111	Support services for crop production
			*	6611411	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	custom work services for crop production
66112	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	R		66112	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing
			*	66114	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	custom work services for animal production, hunting and fishing
661121	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	R		661121	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing
			*	661141	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	custom work services for animal production, hunting and fishing
6611211	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing	R		6611211	Support services for animal production, hunting and fishing
			*	6611411	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	custom work services for animal production, hunting and fishing
66114	Custom work services for forestry	R	*	66114	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	custom work services for forestry
661141	Custom work services for forestry	R	*	661141	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	custom work services for forestry
6611411	Custom work services for forestry	R	*	6611411	Custom work services for agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing	custom work services for forestry
672	Construction services	R		672	Repair construction services
				673	Construction services (except repair)
67211	Construction services	R		67211	Repair construction services
				67311	Construction services (except repair)
672111	Construction services	R		672111	Repair construction services
				673111	Construction services (except repair)
6721111	Construction services	R		6721111	Repair construction services
				6731111	Construction services (except repair)
6814181	Furniture manufacturing services	R		6814181	Custom furniture manufacturing
				6814182	Other contract furniture manufacturing services
711112	Advertising space in printed community newspapers	R	*	711112	Advertising space in other printed newspapers	advertising space in printed community newspapers
7111121	Advertising space in printed community newspapers	R	*	7111121	Advertising space in other printed newspapers	advertising space in printed community newspapers
711113	Advertising space in other printed newspapers	N	*	711112	Advertising space in other printed newspapers	except advertising space in printed daily and community newspapers
7111131	Advertising space in other printed newspapers	N	*	7111121	Advertising space in other printed newspapers	except advertising space in printed daily and community newspapers
7111241	Advertising space in printed directories	R		7111241	Advertising space in directories
				7111242	Advertising space in databases
7231121	Wholesale fixed telecommunications services (except Internet access)	R		7231121	Local and access fixed telecommunications services (except Internet access), at wholesale
				7231122	Switching and aggregation services
				7231123	Unbundled local loops
				7231124	Telecommunication facilities co-location services
				7231125	Other wholesale fixed telecommunications services
73111	Cable, satellite and other program distribution services	R		73111	Cable, satellite and other program distribution services
			*	74111	Subscriptions for online content	online subscriptions to audiovisual content, including adult content
731112	Mobile program distribution services	R		731112	Mobile program distribution services
				741113	Online subscriptions to audiovisual content (except adult content)
				741118	Online subscriptions to adult content
7311122	Television and movie streaming services	R		7311122	Mobile television services
				7411131	Online subscriptions to audiovisual content (except adult content)
				7411181	Online subscriptions to adult content
74111	Online content	R	*	74111	Subscriptions for online content	except online subscriptions to audiovisual content and adult content; and except online subscriptions to personals and dating services
741111	Online news and information	R		741111	Online subscriptions to news
				741114	Online subcriptions to business and investment information
				741116	Online subscriptions to archival and reference information
7411111	Online news and information	R		7411111	Online subscriptions to news
				7411141	Online subcriptions to business and investment information
				7411161	Online subscriptions to databases
				7411162	Online subscriptions to directories
				7411163	Online subscriptions to archival and reference information, not elsewhere classified
741118	Online subscriptions to software	R	*	741119	Online subscriptions for online content, not elsewhere classified	online subscriptions to software
7411181	Online subscriptions to software	R	*	7411193	Online subscriptions for other online content, not elsewhere classified	online subscriptions to software
741119	Other online content	R	*	741119	Online subscriptions for online content, not elsewhere classified	except online subscriptions to software
7411195	Other online content	N		7411191	Online subscriptions to art prints, posters, greeting cards, postcards, calendars and other consumer publications
				7411192	Online subscriptions to catalogues, diaries, time schedulers, brochures and other business, trade and professional publications
			*	7411193	Online subscriptions for other online content, not elsewhere classified	except online subscriptions to software
751111	Website hosting services	R		751111	Website hosting services
			*	843115	Event reservation, computerized reservation and travel data warehousing services	hosting services for travel data
7511111	Website hosting services	R		7511111	Website hosting services
				8431153	Travel data warehousing services
7512114	Information services, n.e.c.	R		7512113	Information search and retrieval
				7512114	Information services, not elsewhere classified
761511	Other credit financing products	R		761511	Financing related to securities
				761512	Other credit financing products, not elsewhere classified
7615114	Other credit financing products, n.e.c.	N		7615113	Other financing related to securities
				7615121	Other credit financing products, not elsewhere classified
771211	Auditing and other assurance services	R		771211	Auditing and other assurance services	product "Tax auditing" (7712112) has been removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
776134	Other professional, scientific and technical services, n.e.c.	R		776134	Other professional, scientific and technical services, not elsewhere classified
			*	781232	Other support services	auctioneering services
7761347	Miscellaneous professional, scientific and technical services	R		7761347	Miscellaneous professional, scientific and technical services
				7812323	Auctioneering services
781232	Other support services	R	*	781232	Other support services	except auctioneering services
7812323	Other support services, n.e.c.	R		7812324	Other support services, not elsewhere classified
8431116	Reservation service for passenger transportation, n.e.c.	N		8431112	Reservation service for bus seats and airport shuttle services
				8431113	Reservation service for rail seats
				8431115	Reservation service for ferry transportation
843114	Reservation service for pre-packaged tours	R		843114	Reservation service for packaged tours	detail product "Customized tour package service" (8431142) has been removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
843115	Event reservation and access to global distribution systems	R	*	843115	Event reservation, computerized reservation and travel data warehousing services	except hosting services for travel data
85151	Other personal and personal care services	R	*	74111	Subscriptions for online content	online subscriptions to personals and dating services
				85151	Other personal and personal care services
851517	Other personal services	R		741115	Online subscriptions to personals and dating services
				851517	Other personal services
8515171	Dating services	R		7411151	Online subscriptions to personals and dating services
				8515171	Dating services
861414	Business, professional and other membership organization services	R		861411	Grant-making and giving services
				861414	Business, professional and other membership organization services
8614144	Other membership organization services, n.e.c.	R		8614111	Grant-making and giving services
				8614144	Other membership organization services, not elsewhere classified
				611	Land and biological resources	out of scope
				61121	Improved land	out of scope
				611211	Improved land	out of scope
				6112111	Improved land	out of scope
				61131	Tree, crop, and plant resources	out of scope
				611311	Tree, crop, and plant resources	out of scope
				6113111	Tree, crop, and plant resources	out of scope
				61141	Animal resources	out of scope
				611411	Animal resources	out of scope
				6114111	Animal resources	out of scope
				631215	Other related intellectual property works protected by copyright	does not exist or not defined in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; and audiovisual works are part of dramatic works protected by copyright
				6312151	Performer's performances protected by copyright	does not exist or not defined in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
				6312152	Communication signals protected by copyright	does not exist or not defined in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
				6312154	Other related intellectual property works protected by copyright, not elsewhere classified	does not exist or not defined in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
				7712112	Tax auditing	"Tax auditing" is removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2
				8431142	Customized tour package service	"Customized tour package service" is removed in NAPCS 2012 version 1.2; overlap with a combination of different reservation services and trip planning services