North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2017 Version 3.0

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72 - Accommodation and food services

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing short-term lodging and complementary services to travellers, vacationers and others, in facilities such as hotels, motor hotels, resorts, motels, casino hotels, bed and breakfast accommodations, housekeeping cottages and cabins, recreational vehicle parks and campgrounds, hunting and fishing camps, and various types of recreational and adventure camps. This sector also comprises establishments primarily engaged in preparing meals, snacks and beverages, to customer orders, for immediate consumption on and off the premises.

722 - Food services and drinking places

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in preparing meals, snacks and beverages, to customer order, for immediate consumption on and off the premises. This subsector does not include food service activities that occur within establishments such as hotels, civic and social associations, amusement and recreation parks, and theatres. However, leased food-service locations in facilities such as hotels, shopping malls, airports and department stores are included. The industry groups within this subsector reflect the level and type of service provided.

  • Exclusion(s)

    • preparing and/or delivering food for the needy (See 624210 Community food services)

7225 - Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated and pay after eating, or who order or select items at a counter, food bar or cafeteria line (or order by telephone) and pay before eating. This industry group includes drinking places that primarily serve food.

72251 - Full-service restaurants and limited-service eating places

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated and pay after eating, or who order or select items at a counter, food bar or cafeteria line (or order by telephone) and pay before eating. This industry includes drinking places that primarily serve food.

722511 - Full-service restaurantsUS

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated and pay after eating.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • family restaurants (e.g., diners)
    • fine-dining restaurants

    All examples

  • Inclusion(s)

    • drinking places that primarily serve food
    • selling alcoholic beverages, providing take-out services, operating a bar or presenting live entertainment, in addition to serving food and beverages
  • Exclusion(s)

    • bars, taverns, pubs and nightclubs that primarily serve alcoholic beverages (See 722410 Drinking places (alcoholic beverages))
    • food service establishments in which patrons order at a counter and pay before eating (See 722512 Limited-service eating places)
    • producing and presenting live theatrical productions and providing food and beverages for consumption on the premises (See 71111 Theatre companies and dinner theatres)
722512 - Limited-service eating placesCAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order or select items at a counter, food bar or cafeteria line (or order by telephone) and pay before eating. Food and drink are picked up for consumption on the premises or for take-out, or delivered to the customer's location.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • coffee shops
    • doughnut shops
    • drive-in restaurants
    • fast food restaurants
    • ice cream parlour
    • soup and sandwich shop
    • take-out restaurants

    All examples

  • Inclusion(s)

    • offering a variety of food items or offering specialty snacks or non-alcoholic beverages
  • Exclusion(s)

    • food service establishments engaged in preparing and serving meals and snacks from motorized vehicles or non-motorized carts (See 722330 Mobile food services)
    • food service establishments in which patrons order while seated and pay after eating, whether or not take-out services are provided (See 722511 Full-service restaurants)
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