Variant of NAICS 2007 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

7 - Services-Producing Sector

12 - Business, building and other support services

56 - Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services

This sector comprises two different types of establishments: those primarily engaged in activities that support the day-to-day operations of other organizations; and those primarily engaged in waste management activities.

The first type of establishment is engaged in activities such as administration, hiring and placing personnel, preparing documents, taking orders from clients, collecting payments for claims, arranging travel, providing security and surveillance, cleaning buildings, and packaging and labelling products. These activities are often undertaken, in-house, by establishments found in many sectors of the economy. The establishments classified to this sector specialize in one or more of these activities and can therefore provide services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households.

Waste management establishments are engaged in the collection, treatment and disposal of waste material, the operation of material recovery facilities, the remediation of polluted sites and the cleaning of septic tanks.

561 - Administrative and Support Services

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in activities that support the day-to-day operations of other organizations. This includes activities such as administration, hiring and placing personnel, preparing documents, taking orders from clients, collecting payments for claims, arranging travel, providing security and surveillance, cleaning buildings, and packaging and labelling products. These activities are often undertaken in-house by establishments found in many sectors of the economy, but the establishments of this subsector specialize in one or more of these activities and can therefore provide services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households. The individual industries of this subsector are defined on the basis of the particular process in which they are engaged and the particular services they provide.

5617 - Services to Buildings and Dwellings

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in exterminating and controlling insects, rodents and other pests, in and around buildings and other structures; cleaning building interiors and windows; landscaping installation, care and maintenance; cleaning and dyeing rugs, carpets and upholstery; and providing other services to buildings and dwellings.

56179 - Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing services to buildings and dwellings.

561791 - Duct and Chimney Cleaning Services^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing duct and furnace cleaning services, and chimney cleaning services.

• Example Activities:

  • Chimney cleaning services
  • Chimney sweep services
  • Duct cleaning services
  • Ventilating ducts, cleaning services

561799 - All Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in providing other services to buildings and dwellings, such as swimming pool cleaning and building exterior cleaning (except sandblasting).

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • sandblasting building exteriors (See 23 Construction)
  • providing janitorial services or exterior window cleaning services (See 56172 Janitorial Services)
  • providing care and maintenance of lawns (See 561730 Landscaping Services)
  • providing pest control for lawns (See 561730 Landscaping Services)

• Example Activities:

  • Building exterior cleaning services (except sandblasting and window cleaning)
  • Cedar (exterior) cleaning, preserving and repairing
  • Cleaning building exteriors (except sand blasting and window cleaning)
  • Cleaning swimming pools
  • Drain cleaning services
  • Gutter cleaning services
  • Lighting maintenance service (i.e., bulb and fuse replacement and cleaning)
  • Power cleaning paved areas (except streets)
  • Power washing building exteriors
  • Snow ploughing services, parking lots and driveways, not combined with any other service
  • Steam cleaning of building exteriors
  • Swimming pool cleaning and maintenance service