Variant of NAICS 1997 - Goods and services

11-33 - Goods

31-33 - Manufacturing

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the physical or chemical 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.

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.

311 - Food Manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in producing food for human or animal consumption.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • manufacturing beverages or tobacco (See 312 Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing)

3113 - Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing sugar and confectionery products.

31131 - Sugar Manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing raw sugar, sugar syrup and refined sugar from sugar cane, raw cane sugar or sugar beets.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • reducing maple sap to maple syrup (See 11199 All Other Crop Farming)
  • manufacturing corn sweeteners (See 31122 Starch and Vegetable Fat and Oil Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing table syrups from corn syrup; manufacturing starch-based dessert powders; and pasteurizing honey (See 31199 All Other Food Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame and saccharine (See 32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing)

311310 - Sugar Manufacturing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing raw sugar, sugar syrup and refined sugar from sugar cane, raw cane sugar or sugar beets.

• Example Activities:

  • Beet sugar refining
  • Cane sugar refining
  • Confectioners' sugar, manufacturing
  • Granulated sugar, manufacturing
  • Invert sugar, manufacturing
  • Molasses, manufacturing
  • Sugar, manufacturing
  • Syrup, sugar, manufacturing