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.

321 - Wood Product Manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing products from wood. There are three industry groups in this subsector, comprising establishments engaged in sawing logs into lumber and similar products, or preserving these products; making products that improve the natural characteristics of wood, by making veneers, plywood, reconstituted wood panel products or engineered wood assemblies; and making a diverse range of wood products, such as millwork.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • logging; and chipping logs in the field (See 113 Forestry and Logging)
  • manufacturing wood pulp, paper and paper products (See 322 Paper Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing wood kitchen cabinets and counters, and bathroom vanities (See 337 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing wood signs and coffins (See 339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing)

3219 - Other Wood Product Manufacturing

This industry group comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry group, primarily engaged in manufacturing wood products.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • manufacturing wood kitchen cabinets and counters, and bathroom vanities (See 3371 Household and Institutional Furniture and Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing wood signs and coffins (See 3399 Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing)

32199 - All Other Wood Product Manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing wood products.

321991 - Manufactured (Mobile) Home Manufacturing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing mobile homes and non-residential mobile buildings. These units are portable structures built on a chassis equipped with wheels, but not designed for multiple or continuous movement, and are designed to be connected to sewage and water utilities.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • manufacturing motor homes or recreational travel trailers (See 336215 Motor Home, Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing)

• Example Activities:

  • Classroom buildings, manufactured portables, manufacturing
  • Construction site buildings, manufactured portables, manufacturing
  • Houses, prefabricated mobile homes, manufacturing
  • Mobile buildings for commercial use, manufacturing
  • Mobile homes, manufacturing

321992 - Prefabricated Wood Building Manufacturing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing prefabricated or pre-cut wood buildings, sections and panels. All buildings that are made away from the construction site, either in sections, complete units, or in components for on-site erection, are included. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing log cabins and log houses are included.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • constructing wood frame buildings on site (See 23 Construction)

• Example Activities:

  • Buildings, prefabricated or pre-cut, wood frame, manufacturing
  • Cottages, prefabricated, wood frame, manufacturing
  • Houses, prefabricated (except mobile homes), wood frame, manufacturing
  • Log cabins, prefabricated wood, manufacturing
  • Modular buildings, prefabricated, wood frame, manufacturing
  • Panels for prefabricated wood buildings, manufacturing
  • Prefabricated wood buildings, manufacturing

321999 - All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing wood products.

• Example Activities:

  • Bearings, wood, manufacturing
  • Bowls, wood, turned and shaped, manufacturing
  • Broom handles, manufacturing
  • Bungs, wood, manufacturing
  • Burnt wood articles, manufacturing
  • Clothes drying frames, wood, manufacturing
  • Clothes hangers, wood, manufacturing
  • Clothespins, wood, manufacturing
  • Cork products (except gaskets), manufacturing
  • Excelsior (e.g., pads, wrappers), wood, manufacturing
  • Fencing, prefabricated sections, wood, manufacturing
  • Fencing, wood (except rough pickets, poles and rails), manufacturing
  • Flagpoles, wood, manufacturing
  • Flour, wood, manufacturing
  • Handles (e.g., broom, brush, mop, hand tool), wood, manufacturing
  • Hangers, garment, wood, manufacturing
  • Kiln drying of lumber
  • Kitchenware (e.g., utensils, rolling pins), wood, manufacturing
  • Ladders, wood, manufacturing
  • Lumber, kiln drying
  • Paddles, wood, manufacturing
  • Poles (e.g., clothesline, flag, tent), wood, manufacturing
  • Reels, wood, manufacturing
  • Snowfence, in sections or rolls, wire and wood lath, manufacturing
  • Stakes, surveyors', wood, manufacturing
  • Tableware, wood, manufacturing
  • Tool handles, turned and shaped wood, manufacturing
  • Toothpicks, wood, manufacturing
  • Trophy bases, wood, manufacturing
  • Utensils, wood, manufacturing
  • Wall-mounted hat and coat racks, wood, manufacturing