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.

333 - Machinery manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial and commercial machinery. These establishments assemble parts into components, subassemblies and complete machines. They may make the parts themselves, using general metal-working processes, or purchase them.

Establishments tend to specialize in producing machinery designed for particular applications, and this is reflected in the structure of the industry groups and industries. A broad distinction exists between general-purpose machinery, that is designed to be used in a variety of industrial applications, such as pumping or machining, and special-purpose machinery, that is designed to be used in a particular industry, such as agriculture or printing. The first three industry groups consist of establishments that produce special-purpose machinery. Establishments that produce general-purpose machinery are classified in the remaining industry groups.

Establishments primarily engaged in rebuilding machinery are included in the same industry as establishments manufacturing the particular type of new machinery. Unless otherwise specified, establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing parts, designed for use solely or principally with a particular machine, are classified in the same industry as establishments manufacturing that type of machinery.

3332 - Industrial machinery manufacturing

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery designed for use in specific manufacturing industries.

33324 - Industrial machinery manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery designed for use in specific manufacturing industries.

333245 - Sawmill and woodworking machinery manufacturing^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery of a type used in processing logs or lumber.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • bandsaws, woodworking type, manufacturing
  • jointers, woodworking, manufacturing
  • lathes, woodworking type, manufacturing
  • planers, woodworking type, stationary, manufacturing
  • sanding machines, woodworking type, stationary, manufacturing
  • sawmill equipment, manufacturing
  • saws, bench and table, power, woodworking type, manufacturing
  • veneer and plywood forming machinery, manufacturing
  • woodworking machines (except hand-held), manufacturing

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing non-powered hand tools, such as planes and handsaws (See 332210 Cutlery and hand tool manufacturing)
  • manufacturing lumber and veneer drying machines (See 333248 All other industrial machinery manufacturing)
  • manufacturing power-driven hand tools (See 333990 All other general-purpose machinery manufacturing)

333246 - Rubber and plastics industry machinery manufacturing^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery used in processing rubber or plastics materials.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • blow moulding machinery for plastics, manufacturing
  • camelback (i.e., retreading material) machinery, manufacturing
  • extruding machinery for plastics and rubber, manufacturing
  • tire making machinery, manufacturing
  • tire recapping machinery, manufacturing
  • vulcanizing machinery, manufacturing

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing industrial moulds for plastics and rubber working machinery (See 333511 Industrial mould manufacturing)

333247 - Paper industry machinery manufacturing^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing paper-making machinery.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • chippers (e.g., logs), stationary, manufacturing

  All examples

333248 - All other industrial machinery manufacturing^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial machinery.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • food choppers, grinders, mixers and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
  • glass-making machinery (e.g., blowing, moulding, forming), manufacturing
  • homogenizing machinery, food, manufacturing
  • kilns (i.e., cement, wood, chemical), manufacturing
  • knitting machinery, manufacturing
  • looms, textile, manufacturing
  • metal casting machinery, manufacturing
  • oilseed crushing and extracting machinery, manufacturing
  • pasteurizing equipment (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
  • printing presses (except textile printing machinery), manufacturing
  • semiconductor making machinery, manufacturing
  • silver recovery equipment, electrolytic, manufacturing

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing commercial cooking and food warming equipment (See 333310 Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing)
  • manufacturing industrial refrigeration equipment (See 333416 Heating equipment and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturing)
  • manufacturing food and beverage packaging machinery (See 333990 All other general-purpose machinery manufacturing)