Canadian System of Environmental-Economic Accounts - Physical Flow Accounts (PFA)

Industry of institutional sector, type

Industry refers to a generally homogeneous group of economic producing units, primarily engaged in a specific set of activities. An activity is a particular method of combining goods and services inputs, labour and capital to produce one or more goods and/or services (products). In most cases, the activities that define an industry are homogeneous with respect to the production processes used.

Institutional sector refers to a grouping of institutional units on the basis of their principal functions, behaviour and objectives.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Input - output industry classification IOIC