North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012

31-33 - Manufacturing

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the chemical, mechanical or physical transformation of materials or substances into new products. These products may be finished, in the sense that they are ready to be used or consumed, or semi-finished, in the sense of becoming a raw material for an establishment to use in further manufacturing. Related activities, such as the assembly of the component parts of manufactured goods; the blending of materials; and the finishing of manufactured products by dyeing, heat-treating, plating and similar operations are also treated as manufacturing activities. Manufacturing establishments are known by a variety of trade designations, such as plants, factories or mills.

Manufacturing establishments may own the materials which they transform or they may transform materials owned by other establishments. Manufacturing may take place in factories or in workers' homes, using either machinery or hand tools.

Factoryless goods producers (FGPs) that completely outsource the transformation process but own the input materials are classified to the manufacturing sector. FGPs that completely outsource the transformation process but do not own the materials are classified to merchant wholesalers in Sector 41 Wholesale trade. These units are in fact buying the completed goods from the producer with the intention to resell it. These units may design the goods being manufactured, and may have some say in the manufacturing process.

Certain activities involving the transformation of goods are classified in other sectors. Some examples are post-harvest activities of agricultural establishments, such as crop drying; logging; the beneficiating of mineral ores; the production of structures by construction establishments; and various activities conducted by retailers, such as meat cutting and the assembly of products such as bicycles and computers.

Sales branches or offices (but not retail stores) maintained by manufacturing, refining, or mining enterprises apart from their plants or mines for the purpose of marketing their products are included in Sector 41 Wholesale trade as merchant wholesalers.

323 - Printing and related support activities

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in printing and providing related support activities.

3231 - Printing and related support activities

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in printing and providing related support activities.

• Exclusion(s)

  • printing on textile fabrics (See 3133 Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating)
  • printing and publishing (See 5111 Newspaper, periodical, book and directory publishers)
  • printing using simple electrostatic printers, such as office-type photocopiers (See 5614 Business support services)

32311 - Printing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in printing.

• Exclusion(s)

  • printing on textile fabrics (See 313310 Textile and fabric finishing)
  • printing and publishing newspapers (See 511110 Newspaper publishers)
  • printing and publishing periodicals (See 511120 Periodical publishers)
  • printing and publishing books and pamphlets (See 511130 Book publishers)
  • printing and publishing directories, including telephone (See 511140 Directory and mailing list publishers)
  • printing and publishing calendars, art and greeting cards (See 511190 Other publishers)
  • printing using simple electrostatic printers, such as office-type photocopiers (See 561430 Business service centres)

323113 - Commercial screen printing^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in commercial printing using silk-screen printing equipment. Establishments in this Canadian industry typically have a pre-press capability, for example, to cut stencils. Typically, these establishments print on clothing; or produce paper documents of a graphical nature, such as pictures and large-format sign-type lettering.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • art works, screen printing without publishing
  • glass, screen printing, for the trade
  • posters, screen printing without publishing
  • print shops, screen (except on textile fabrics), while you wait service
  • printing on textile products (e.g., napkins, placemats, towels)
  • screen printing on clothing (e.g., caps, T-shirts)
  • screen printing paper documents (e.g., pictures, large-format banners), without publishing

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • silk-screen printing on textile fabrics (See 313310 Textile and fabric finishing)

323114 - Quick printing^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in commercial printing using small offset printers and/or non-impact printers. Establishments in this Canadian industry typically have a pre-press capability.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • quick printing
    

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • printing using simple electrostatic printers, such as office-type photocopiers (See 561430 Business service centres)

323115 - Digital printing^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in digital printing. These establishments use computer-controlled non-impact (electrostatic, ink jet, spray jet) printing equipment. The image to be printed is input to the printer as a computer file (not simply scanned in and digitized by the printer itself). Establishments in this Canadian industry typically have extensive pre-press operations, including specialized scanners and colour-separation equipment. Typically, these establishments print documents of a high-resolution, graphical nature.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • digital printing shops (e.g., billboards, large format graphical materials and high resolution)

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • printing using simple electrostatic printers, such as office-type photocopiers (See 561430 Business service centres)

323116 - Manifold business forms printing^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in printing manifold business forms.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • books (e.g., sales, cheque) and refills, manifold printing
  • computer forms, manifold or continuous (except paper simply lined), printing
  • printing manifold business or unit set forms (e.g., credit card slips)

  All examples

323119 - Other printing^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in printing.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • advertising material (e.g., coupons, flyers), printing without publishing
  • bank notes, printing
  • books, printing without publishing
  • business forms (except manifold), printing without publishing
  • cards (e.g., business, greeting, playing, postcards, trading), printing without publishing
  • commercial print shop (using multiple processes)
  • job printing, lithographic and offset (except quick)
  • magazines and periodicals, printing without publishing
  • maps, printing without publishing
  • offset printing (except manifold business forms, quick printing, textile fabrics), without publishing
  • stationery, printing (except quick) on a job-order basis

  All examples