Variant of NAICS 1997 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

1 - Goods-Producing Sector

6 - Manufacturing

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)

3112 - Grain and Oilseed Milling

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in milling grains and oilseeds; refining and blending fats and oils; and making breakfast cereal products.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • milling grain to make animal feed (See 3111 Animal Food Manufacturing)

31122 - Starch and Vegetable Fat and Oil Manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in wet-milling corn and vegetables; crushing oilseeds and tree nuts and extracting oils; or processing or blending purchased fats and oils.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • grinding flour and edible meal from grains and vegetables (See 31121 Flour Milling and Malt Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing butter (See 31151 Dairy Product (except Frozen) Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing lard (See 31161 Animal Slaughtering and Processing)
  • processing marine fats and oils (See 31171 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging)
  • manufacturing table syrups from corn syrup, and starch-based dessert powders (See 31199 All Other Food Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing ethyl alcohol by the wet-mill process (See 32519 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing)

311221 - Wet Corn Milling

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in wet-milling corn and other vegetables. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing starch are included.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • reducing maple sap to maple syrup (See 111999 All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming)
  • grinding (dry-milling) corn (See 311211 Flour Milling)
  • manufacturing table syrups from corn syrup; and starch-based dessert powders (See 311990 All Other Food Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing ethyl alcohol by the wet-mill process (See 325190 Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing)

• Example Activities:

  • Cooking oil, made by wet-milling corn
  • Corn gluten feed, manufacturing
  • Corn gluten meal, manufacturing
  • Corn oil, crude and refined, made by wet-milling corn
  • Corn starch, manufacturing
  • Corn sweeteners (e.g., dextrose, fructose, glucose), made by wet-milling corn
  • Corn syrup, made by wet-milling corn
  • Dextrose, made by wet-milling corn
  • Feed, corn gluten, manufacturing
  • Fructose, made by wet-milling corn
  • Glucose, made by wet-milling corn
  • Gluten feed, flour and meal, made by wet-milling corn
  • Gluten, manufacturing
  • Grain starches, manufacturing
  • HFCS (high fructose corn syrup), manufacturing
  • Margarine and other corn oils, made by wet-milling corn
  • Meal, corn oil, made by wet-milling corn
  • Oil, corn, crude and refined, made by wet-milling corn
  • Potato starch, manufacturing
  • Rice starch, manufacturing
  • Starches (except laundry), manufacturing
  • Syrup, corn, made by wet-milling
  • Vegetable starches, manufacturing
  • Wet-milling corn and other vegetables

311224 - Oilseed Processing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in crushing oilseeds and tree nuts and extracting oils. Both edible and inedible products may be produced.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • manufacturing corn oil by wet corn milling (See 311221 Wet Corn Milling)
  • processing purchased vegetable oils (See 311225 Fat and Oil Refining and Blending)

• Example Activities:

  • Canola oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills
  • Cooking oil, made in oilseed crushing mills
  • Fats and oils, made in oilseed crushing mills
  • Linseed oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills
  • Margarine, cooking oil and similar oil and fat products, made in oilseed crushing mills
  • Oil, vegetable, made in oilseed crushing mills
  • Oilseed crushing mills
  • Olive oil, made in crushing mills
  • Peanut oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills
  • Rapeseed oil, made in crushing mills
  • Shortening, made in oilseed crushing mills
  • Soybean crushing mills
  • Soybean oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills
  • Sunflower seed oil, cake and meal, made in crushing mills
  • Tree nut oils (e.g., tung, walnut), made in crushing mills
  • Vegetable oils, made in oilseed crushing mills
  • Walnut oil (except artists' materials), made in crushing mills

311225 - Fat and Oil Refining and Blending

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing fats and oils by processing crude or partially refined oils, for example to deodorize them; or blending purchased fats and oils. Both edible and inedible products may be produced. Both animal and vegetable fats and oils may be used.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • manufacturing corn oil by wet corn milling (See 311221 Wet Corn Milling)
  • manufacturing vegetable fats and oils by crushing oilseeds (See 311224 Oilseed Processing)
  • manufacturing butter (See 311515 Butter, Cheese, and Dry and Condensed Dairy Products Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing lard (See 311614 Rendering and Meat Processing from Carcasses)
  • processing marine fats and oils (See 311710 Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging)

• Example Activities:

  • Blending purchased fats and oils
  • Cooking oil, made from purchased fats and oils
  • Fats and oils, made from purchased fats and oils
  • Hydrogenating purchased oils
  • Lecithin, made from purchased oils
  • Linseed oil, made from purchased oils
  • Margarine (including imitation), made from purchased fats and oils
  • Margarine-butter blend, made from purchased fats and oils
  • Oils, cooking, made from purchased fats and oils
  • Re-refining purchased fats and oils
  • Shortening, made from purchased fats and oils
  • Tree nut oils (e.g., tung, walnut), made from purchased oils
  • Vegetable cooking and table oils, made from purchased oils