North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2012

• 51 - Information and cultural industries
• 511 - Publishing industries (except internet)
• 5111 - Newspaper, periodical, book and directory publishers
• 51114 - Directory and mailing list publishers

511140 - Directory and mailing list publishers^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in publishing compilations and collections of information or facts that are logically organized to facilitate their use. These collections may be published in one or more formats, such as print or electronic form. Electronic versions may be provided directly to customers by the establishment or third party vendors (except exclusively on Internet).

• Illustrative example(s)

  • address and mailing list compilers (except exclusively on Internet)
  • directories, publishing (except exclusively on Internet)
  • electronic database (machine readable) publishing (except exclusively on Internet)
  • telephone directories, publishing (except exclusively on Internet)

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • printing, but not publishing, business directories, telephone books and similar products (See 32311 Printing)
  • duplicating electronic media, such as CD-ROMs and DVDs (See 334610 Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media)
  • publishing encyclopaedias (See 511130 Book publishers)
  • designing, developing and publishing computer software products (See 51121 Software publishers)
  • providing on-line access to databases developed by others (See 519130 Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals)
  • publishing directories and mailing lists exclusively on Internet (See 519130 Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals)