Archived - How to read a concordance table - NAICS Canada 1997and ISIC Rev. 3
The relationship between the North American Industry Classification System Canada 1997 (NAICS Canada) and the third revision of the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC Rev. 3) is shown below in a concordance table. The table shows the Canadian interpretation of the relationships between the two classifications.
The concordance is shown at the lowest level of both classifications, namely at the 6 digit level in NAICS Canada and the 4 digit level in ISIC. In the table, two NAICS Canada classes are related to an ISIC code Z0000. The code does not exist in ISIC but rather is used to explain that these NAICS Canada classes are not classifiable in ISIC.
The relationships between the two classifications can be simple or complex. The following examples are presented to illustrate how the table should be read.
In the first example, one NAICS Canada class relates to exactly one ISIC class.
| NAICS 1997 | ISIC Rev.3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title |
| 212210 | Iron Ore Mining | C1310 | Mining of iron ores |
In the second example, one ISIC class is equivalent to more than one NAICS Canada class. The asterisk (Partial Flag) indicates that part of ISIC D1543 is equivalent to each NAICS Canada class. The ISIC activities corresponding to each NAICS Canada class are listed in the column labelled "Link".
| NAICS 1997 | ISIC Rev.3 | Link | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 311320 | Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans | D1543 * | Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery | Chocolate and confectionery, made from cacao beans |
| 311330 | Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate | D1543 * | Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery | Confectionery, made from purchased chocolate |
| 311340 | Non-Chocolate Confectionery Manufacturing | D1543 * | Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery | Non-chocolate confectionery, manufacturing |
In the third example, one NAICS Canada class is equivalent to more than one ISIC class.
| NAICS 1997 | ISIC Rev.3 | Link | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 483213 | Inland Water Transportation (except by Ferries) | I6110 * | Sea and coastal water transport | Intracoastal water transportation |
| I6120 * | Inland water transport | Inland water transportation (except ferries) | ||
How to read a concordance table - NAICS 2002 and ISIC Rev. 3.1
The relationship between the North American Industry Classification System Canada 2002 (NAICS Canada) and revision 3.1 of the International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC Rev. 3.1) is shown below in a concordance table. The table shows the Canadian interpretation of the relationships between the two classifications.
The concordance is shown at the lowest level of both classifications, namely at the 6-digit level in NAICS Canada and the 4-digit level in ISIC . In the table, 14 NAICS Canada classes are related to an ISIC code Z0000. The code does not exist in ISIC but rather is used to explain that these NAICS Canada classes are not classifiable in ISIC .
The relationships between the two classifications can be simple or complex. The following examples are presented to illustrate how the table should be read.
In the first example, one NAICS Canada class relates to exactly one ISIC class.
| NAICS 2002 | ISIC Rev. 3.1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title |
| 212210 | Iron Ore Mining | C1310 | Mining of iron ores |
In the second example, one ISIC class is equivalent to more than one NAICS Canada class. The asterisk (Partial Flag) indicates that part of ISIC D1543 is equivalent to each NAICS Canada class. The ISIC activities corresponding to each NAICS Canada class are listed in the column labelled "Explanatory Notes".
| NAICS 2002 | ISIC Rev. 3.1 | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 311320 | Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans | D1543 * | Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery | Chocolate and confectionery, made from cacao beans |
| 311330 | Confectionery Manufacturing from Purchased Chocolate | D1543 * | Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery | Confectionery, made from purchased chocolate |
| 311340 | Non-Chocolate Confectionery Manufacturing | D1543 * | Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery | Non-chocolate confectionery, manufacturing |
In the third example, one NAICS Canada class is equivalent to more than one ISIC class.
| NAICS 2002 | ISIC Rev. 3.1 | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 483213 | Inland Water Transportation (except by Ferries) | I6110 * | Sea and coastal water transport | Intracoastal water transportation |
| I6120 * | Inland water transport | Inland water transportation (except ferries) | ||
Variant of NAICS 2002: Retail Trade and Wholesale Trade
Wholesale Trade
010
Farm Products
N
Petroleum Products
020
Petroleum Products
O
Food, Beverage and Tobacco products
030
Food Products
040
Alcohol and Tobacco
P
Personal and Household Goods
050
Apparel
060
Home and Personal Products
070
Pharmaceuticals
Q
Automotive Products
080
Motor Vehicles
090
Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories
R
Building Materials
100
Building Supplies
110
Metal Products
120
Lumber and Millwork
S
Machinery and Electronic Equipment
130
Machinery and Equipment
140
Computers and Other Electronic Equipment
41732
Electronic Components, Navigational and Communications Equipment and Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors
150
Office and Professional Equipment
T
Other Products
160
Other Products
U
Agents and Brokers
170
Agents and Brokers
* Also published without NAICS 411120 Oilseed and Grain Wholesaler-Distributors as: Trade Group Sector "Aa" Farm Products (excluding oilseeds and grains), comprising Trade Group 11 Farm Products (excluding oilseeds and grain).
Variant of NAICS 1997: Retail Trade and Wholesale Trade
Wholesale Trade
010
Farm Products
N
Petroleum Products
020
Petroleum Products
O
Food, Beverage and Tobacco products
030
Food Products
040
Alcohol and Tobacco
P
Personal and Household Goods
050
Apparel
060
Home and Personal Products
070
Pharmaceuticals
Q
Automotive Products
080
Motor Vehicles
090
Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories
R
Building Materials
100
Building Supplies
110
Metal Products
120
Lumber and Millwork
S
Machinery and Electronic Equipment
130
Machinery and Equipment
140
Computers and Other Electronic Equipment
41732
Electronic Components, Navigational and Communications Equipment and Supplies Wholesaler-Distributors
150
Office and Professional Equipment
T
Other Products
160
Other Products
U
Agents and Brokers
170
Agents and Brokers
* Also published without NAICS 411120 Oilseed and Grain Wholesaler-Distributors as: Trade Group Sector "Aa" Farm Products (excluding oilseeds and grains), comprising Trade Group 11 Farm Products (excluding oilseeds and grain).
Archived - Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) 2001 - Supplement no. 3
Supplement no. 3
Date: December 15, 2003
Supplement no. 3 is issued by Standards Division to inform users on (1) a change of the name of one geographic area and (2) how to report data for statistical areas that cross provincial boundaries.
1. Change of name - Census Agglomeration (CA)
On December 15, 2003 the Methods and Standards Committee approved the name change of one CA:
- Port Hope (formerly known as Port Hope and Hope).
Divisions releasing data for that CA are expected to implement the new name at the earliest opportunity. Users should be aware that its code and geographic boundary have not changed (i.e., it is the same boundary set up as of January 1, 2001).
2. Guidelines for reporting data for statistical areas that cross provincial boundaries
In the 2001 Standard Geographical Classification(SGC), there are some geographic areas that straddle provincial boundaries: the Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) of Ottawa – Gatineau at the CMA level, the Census Agglomerations (CAs) of Campbellton, Hawkesbury, Pembroke, and Lloydminster at the CA level, and the municipalities of Flin Flon and Lloydminster at the Census Subdivision (CSD) level. These guidelines only consider the statistical areas, namely CMAs and CAs. The Ottawa – Gatineau CMA will be used to illustrate the guideline.
The following applies to data released in print, through CANSIM or electronically.
For the statistical areas (CMAs and CAs) that straddle provincial boundaries, data should be presented for the total and the two provincial parts. Using the Ottawa – Gatineau CMA as example, we would have:
- Ottawa – Gatineau
- Ottawa – Gatineau, Ontario part
- Ottawa – Gatineau, Quebec part
Divisions releasing data for such geographic areas are expected to implement this at the earliest opportunity, subject to usual confidentiality and data quality requirements.
How to read the NAICS 2002 concordance tables - NAICS 2002 and NAICS 1997
The concordance is presented in the form of tables arranged in the sequence of each classification. The concordance is in the order of NAICS 2002, with the NAICS 2002 code shown on the left side. The second concordance is in the order of NAICS 1997, with the NAICS 1997 code shown on the left side of the table. The illustrative examples below were taken from the manual.
The NAICS 1997 and NAICS 2002 classes are identical, only the title has changed.
| NAICS 1997 | NAICS 2002 | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 511140 | Database and Directory Publishers | 511140 | Directory and Mailing List Publishers | |
A class in one classification is exactly equivalent to two classes in the other classification.
| NAICS 2002 | NAICS 1997 | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 238310 | Drywall and Insulation Contractors | 232410 | Drywall and Plaster Work | |
| 232440 | Insulation Work | |||
When the concordance relates one class on the left to only part of a class on the right, this partial relationship is denoted by an asterisk against the code on the right. (Note that the asterisk marked class will reappear against all the classes to which it partially relates.)
A class in one classification is equivalent to part of a class in the other classification.
| NAICS 2002 | NAICS 1997 | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 238320 | Painting and Wall Covering Contractors | 232450* | Building Painting and Paper Hanging Work | Except sandblasting building exteriors |
| NAICS 1997 | NAICS 2002 | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 232450 | Building Painting and Paper Hanging Work | 238320 | Painting and Wall Covering Contractors | |
| 238990* | All Other Specialty Trade Contractors | Sandblasting building exteriors | ||
A class in one classification is linked to more than one class in the other classification.
| NAICS 2002 | NAICS 1997 | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 516110 | Internet Publishing and Broadcasting | 511110* | Newspaper Publishers | Internet newspaper publishing |
| 511120* | Periodical Publishers | Internet periodical publishing | ||
| 511130* | Book Publishers | Internet book publishing | ||
| 511140* | Database and Directory Publishers | Internet data base, directory, mailing list, and shipping register publishing | ||
| 511190* | Other Publishers | Publishing maps, street guides and atlases (exclusively on Internet) | ||
| 511210* | Software Publishers | Internet software publishing | ||
| 514199* | All Other Information Services | Internet broadcasting | ||
Users are cautioned that data coded to one classification cannot automatically be converted to the other with the help of these concordance tables.
Data can be automatically converted from the codes of one classification to the codes of the other only for those classes that are identical. For the rest, in order to convert records relating to businesses or establishments from one classification to the other, it is necessary to know the principal activity of the business or establishment and to recode each one to the other classification with the help of the explanatory notes of the concordance or with the help of a detailed alphabetical index of activity descriptions coded to both classifications.
Archived - How to read a concordance table in the NAICS manual - NAICS 1997 and SIC 1980
The relationship between the 1980 SIC and NAICS Canada is shown using two concordance tables. The first table shows the relationship of NAICS Canada to the 1980 SIC. The second table shows the relationship in the other sequence, that is, the 1980 SIC to NAICS Canada. The two tables, taken together, provide a cross-reference of the relationships between the two classifications. (Note that statistically insignificant links have been omitted from these concordance tables).
These concordances are shown first at a high level of aggregation, relating Sectors in NAICS to Divisions in the 1980 SIC (Tables 1 and 2). The information provided allows users to see which activities have moved into and out of the categories of each classification, when compared to the other classification at a broad level of aggregation. For example, the explanatory notes for the Division to Sector concordance shows that Veterinary Services, which are part of Division A, Agriculture and Related Service Industries in the 1980 SIC, have moved to NAICS Sector 54, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services. Similarly, Logging, which was part of Division C, Logging and Forestry Industries in the 1980 SIC has moved to NAICS Sector 11, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting. Users will find these tables useful in comparing aggregate data compiled on the basis of the old and new classifications.
The concordance tables are also shown at the lowest level of both classifications, namely at the 4 digit level in the 1980 SIC and the 6 digit level in NAICS Canada (Tables 3 and 4). These tables highlight the differences and similarities between the most detailed industry classes of the two classifications, information that is useful when converting data from one classification to the other.
NAICS Canada is substantially different from the 1980 SIC. Only 220 classes at the lowest level of detail remain the same in the two classifications. Though some 1980 SIC classes were simply split or combined, very often particular activities from different 1980 SIC industries were removed and recombined into new NAICS Canada industries. A case in point is that of Repair Services, which were taken out of the many 1980 SIC industries in which they were to be found and brought together to create a group of NAICS Canada industries called Repair and Maintenance.
In the Tables, two NAICS Canada classes are related to a code of --- in the column for the 1980 SIC. The code --- is used to indicate that the NAICS Canada class is related to a very small part of a large number of 1980 SIC classes, too many to show in the concordance.
In the 1980 SIC, the convention with respect to ancillary units (producing units that manage or provide services to other establishments of the same enterprise), was to code them to the predominant industry of the establishments managed or served. In NAICS Canada, an industry code is provided for the service provided by administrative Head Offices but it is related to code --- in the column for the 1980 SIC, because of the large number of 1980 SIC industries to which the activity would have been coded.
There are a number of classes, the content of which has not changed. However, when one 1980 SIC class relates to parts of one or more NAICS Canada classes, and vice versa, an asterisk is used to indicate that only a part of the industry relates to the one against which it is shown. As illustrated below, an asterisk is used to indicate this partial relationship between the two classifications, and the explanatory note explains, in terms of activities, which part relates to the industry in question. This information is needed by users who wish to convert data collected on the basis of one classification, to the other classification.
The concordance is presented in the form of tables arranged in the sequence of each classification. Tables 1 and 3 present the concordance in the order of NAICS Canada, with the NAICS Canada code shown on the left side of the table; Tables 2 and 4 present the concordance in the order of the 1980 Canadian SIC, with the 1980 SIC code shown on the left side of the table. The illustrative examples below were taken from Tables 3 and 4, respectively.
The 1980 SIC and NAICS Canada classes are identical, only the title has changed.
| NAICS | SIC | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 112120 | Dairy Cattle and Milk Production | 0111 | Dairy Farms | |
| SIC | NAICS | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 0111 | Dairy Farms | 112120 | Dairy Cattle and Milk Production | |
A class in one classification is exactly equivalent to two classes in the other classification.
| NAICS | SIC | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 114210 | Hunting and Trapping | 0331 | Furs and Skins, Wild | |
| 0339 | Other Trapping | |||
| SIC | NAICS | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 0115 | Sheep and Goat Farming | 112410 | Sheep Farming | |
| 112420 | Goat Farming | |||
Example 3:
A class in one classification is equivalent to part of a class in the other classification.
When the concordance relates one class on the left to only part of a class on the right, this partial relationship is denoted by an asterisk against the code on the right. (Note that the asterisk marked class will reappear, against all the classes, to which it partially relates.).
| NAICS | SIC | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 111419 | Other Food Crops grown under cover | 0162 * | Greenhouse Products | Greenhouse-grown food crops |
| SIC | NAICS | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 0223 | Harvesting, Baling and Threshing Services | 115110 * | Support Activities For Crop Production | Crop harvesting services |
Example 4:
A class in one classification is linked to more than one class in the other classification.
The most common instance is where the activities of a class in one classification correspond to more than one class in the other classification. It should be noted that, in the example, the contents of the 1980 SIC class 0135 corresponds to a full NAICS Canada class, and to parts of several other NAICS Canada classes (shown with asterisks).
| NAICS | SIC | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 112510 | Animal Aquaculture | 0311 * | Salt Water Fishing Industry | Saltwater aquaculture |
| 0312 * | Inland Fishing Ind. | Inland aquaculture | ||
| 0321 * | Services Incidental to Fishing | Fish hatchery, operating | ||
| SIC | NAICS | Explanatory Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Title | Code | Title | |
| 0135 | Forage, Seed and Hay Farms | 111130 * | Dry Peas and Bean farming | Faba beans, growing for fodder |
| 111150 * | Corn Farming | Fodder, Corn farming | ||
| 111190 * | Other Grain Farming | Oats, growing for fodder | ||
| 111940 | Hay Farming | |||
| 111999 * | All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming | Grass seed, growing | ||
How to find partial relationships in the concordances
The various components of a given class in one classification are sometimes found in classes that are quite distant from one another in the order and format of the other classification. In example three above, NAICS Canada 115110 * is partially related to 1980 SIC 0223. To find the remaining 1980 SIC classes, to which NAICS Canada 115110 relates, the user should turn to the other concordance table, where the classes are arranged in NAICS Canada order. The user will find that the 1980 SIC classes 0221,0222, 0229 *, 0231 *, and 4513 *, are also related to NAICS Canada 115110.
Similarly, in the second part of example three, above, NAICS Canada 111419 is partially related to 1980 SIC 0162 *. The other concordance shows that NAICS Canada 111219 * and 111422 * are also partially related to 1980 SIC 0162.
Users are cautioned that data coded to one classification cannot automatically be converted to the other with the help of these concordance tables.
Data can be automatically converted from the codes of one classification to the codes of the other for those 220 classes, at the most detailed level of the 1980 SIC and NAICS Canada, that are identical. For the rest, in order to convert records relating to businesses or establishments from one classification to the other, it is necessary to know the principal activity of the business or establishment and to recode each one to the other classification with the help of the explanatory notes of the concordance or with the help of a detailed alphabetical index of activity descriptions coded to both classifications.
How to Read the Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) Concordance Tables
The relationship between the 1996 SGC and the 2001 SGC is shown using two concordance tables. The first table shows the relationship of the 2001 SGC to the 1996 SGC. The second table shows the relationship in the other sequence, that is, the 1996 SGC to the 2001 SGC. The two tables, taken together, provide a cross-reference of the relationships between the two classifications.
The concordance tables are shown at the lowest level of both classifications, namely the census subdivisions (municipalities). These tables highlight the differences between the census subdivisions (CSDs) of the two classifications, information that is useful when converting data from one classification to the other. (Note that to make the tables simpler the concordance tables are partial. Most of the CSDs have been omitted from these tables whether there was not any change affecting those CSDs or whether the change did not have a direct impact upon the SGC, for example, a partial annexation, and a boundary or population revision of CSDs).
The changes affecting CSDs have been grouped into three categories under the remark column. The first category: Changed to indicates that the name, status, and/or code of a CSD have been changed. The second category: Part of relates one CSD on the left side of the table to only part of a CSD on the right. The third category Equivalent to shows (1) a "one to one" relationship where the CSD on the left is equivalent to one full CSD on the right, (2) a "one to many" relationship: a CSD on the left is equivalent to two or more CSDs (full CSDs and/or part of CSDs) on the right. When one 1996 CSD relates to parts of one or more 2001 CSDs, and vice versa, an asterisk is used to indicate that only a part of the CSD relates to the one against which it is shown.
The concordance is presented in the form of tables arranged in the sequence of each classification. The table 2001 SGC – 1996 SGC presents the concordance in the order of the 2001 SGC, with the 2001 SGC code shown on the left side of the table; the table 1996 SGC – 2001 SGC presents the concordance in the order of the 1996 SGC, with the 1996 SGC code shown on the left side of the table. The illustrative examples below were taken from these two tables, respectively.
Example 1:
the CSDs in both classifications are identical, only the name, status and/or code have changed.
| 2001 SGC | Remark | 1996 SGC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1004021 | Port au Port East [Town] | Changed to | 1004021 | Port au Port East [Community] |
| 1310035 | St. Mary's 24 [Indian reserve] | Changed to | 1310035 | Saint Mary's 24 [Indian reserve] |
| 2442078 | Ulverton [Municipalité] | Changed to | 2449010 | Ulverton [Municipalité] |
| 4811046 | Spring Lake [Village] | Changed to | 4811046 | Edmonton Beach [Summer village] |
| 1996 SGC | Remark | 2001 SGC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1004021 | Port au Port East [Community] | Changed to | 1004021 | Port au Port East [Town] |
| 1310035 | Saint Mary's 24 [Indian reserve] | Changed to | 1310035 | St. Mary's 24 [Indian reserve] |
| 2449010 | Ulverton [Municipalité] | Changed to | 2442078 | Ulverton [Municipalité] |
| 4811046 | Edmonton Beach [Summer village] | Changed to | 4811046 | Spring Lake [Village] |
Example 2:
A CSD in one classification is equivalent to part of a CSD in the other classification.
When the concordance relates one CSD on the left to only part of a CSD on the right, this partial relationship is denoted by an asterisk against the code on the right. (Note that the asterisk marked CSD will reappear, against all the CSDs, to which it partially relates.)
| 2001 SGC | Remark | 1996 SGC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4716872 | Muskeg Lake 102B [Indian reserve] | Part of | 4716038 * | Meeting Lake No. 466 [Rural municipality] |
| 1996 SGC | Remark | 2001 SGC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3537004 | Mersea [Township] | Part of | 3537003 * | Leamington [Town] |
A CSD in one classification is linked to only one CSD in the other classification.
| 2001 SGC | Remark | 1996 SGC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5909064 | Fraser Valley H [Regional district electoral area] | Equivalent to | 5909054 | Fraser Valley, Subd. D [Subdivision of regional district] |
| 1996 SGC | Remark | 2001 SGC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3556097 | Moosonee Development Area Board [Township] | Equivalent to | 3556106 | Moosonee [Town] |
A CSD in one classification is linked to more than one CSD in the other classification.
| 2001 SGC | Remark | 1996 SGC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2444071 | Compton [Municipalité] | Equivalent to | 244067 | Compton [Municipalité] |
| 22444075 | Compton Station [Municipalité] | |||
| 1996 SGC | Remark | 2001 SGC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5919014 | Cowichan Valley, Subd. B [Subdivision of regional district] | Equivalent to | 5919013 * | Cowichan Valley D [Regional district electoral area] |
| 5919015 | Cowichan Valley G [Regional district electoral area | |||
| 5919017 | Cowichan Valley H [Regional district electoral area | |||
Users are cautioned that data coded to one classification cannot automatically be converted to the other with the help of these concordance tables.
In addition to the contents of these tables, the other changes such as partial annexations, and boundary and population revisions which are not shown here should be considered by users interested in the exact boundaries and population counts of CSDs. This information is available in the "Interim List of Changes to Municipal Boundaries, Status and Names" prepared by Geography Division.