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

• 7 - Services-Producing Sector
• 15 - Information, Culture and Recreation
• 71 - Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
• 711 - Performing Arts, Spectator Sports and Related Industries
• 7115 - Independent Artists, Writers and Performers
• 71151 - Independent Artists, Writers and Performers

711511 - Independent Artists, Visual Arts^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises independent individuals (freelance) primarily engaged in creating artistic and cultural visual art works, or providing technical expertise necessary for these works.

• Exclusion(s):

  • artisans and crafts persons, other than visual artists(31-33)
  • independent graphic designers (See 54143 Graphic Design Services)

• Example Activities:

  • Art restorers, independent
  • Artists (except commercial, medical and musical), independent
  • Painters (i.e., artists), independent
  • Photo journalist, independent
  • Political cartoonists, independent
  • Sculptors, independent
  • Sketch artists, independent
  • Taxidermists, independent