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.

332 - Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in forging, stamping, forming, turning and joining processes to produce ferrous and non-ferrous metal products, such as cutlery and hand tools, architectural and structural metal products, boilers, tanks and shipping containers, hardware, spring and wire products, turned products, and bolts, nuts and screws.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • manufacturing metal products by rolling, drawing, extruding, alloying or casting (See 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing)

3322 - Cutlery and Hand Tool Manufacturing

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing cutlery and hand tools. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing files and other hand and edge tools for metalworking, woodworking and general maintenance are included.

33221 - Cutlery and Hand Tool Manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing cutlery and hand tools. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing files and other hand and edge tools for metalworking, woodworking and general maintenance are included.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • manufacturing precious metal cutlery (See 33991 Jewellery and Silverware Manufacturing)

332210 - Cutlery and Hand Tool Manufacturing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing cutlery and hand tools. Establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing files and other hand and edge tools for metalworking, woodworking and general maintenance are included.

• Example Activities:

  • Agricultural handtools (e.g., hay forks, hoes, rakes, spades), non-powered, manufacturing
  • Axes, manufacturing
  • Bits, edge tools, woodworking, manufacturing
  • Blades, saw, all types, manufacturing
  • Carpenters' handtools (except saws), non-powered, manufacturing
  • Caulking guns, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Chainsaw blades, manufacturing
  • Chisels, manufacturing
  • Clippers for animal use, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Clippers, fingernail and toenail, manufacturing
  • Clippers, hair, for human use, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Cooking utensils, fabricated metal, manufacturing
  • Cutlery, base metal plated with precious metal, manufacturing
  • Cutlery, non-precious metal, manufacturing
  • Cutters, glass, manufacturing
  • Cutting dies (except metal cutting), manufacturing
  • Dies, cutting (except metal cutting), manufacturing
  • Drill bits, woodworking, manufacturing
  • Drills, hand held, non-power, manufacturing
  • Edge tools for woodworking (e.g., augers, bits, gimlets, countersinks), non-powered manufacturing
  • Enamelled metal cooking utensils, manufacturing
  • Files and rasps, hand held, manufacturing
  • Flatware (cutlery), base metal plated with precious metal, manufacturing
  • Flatware (cutlery), non-precious metal, manufacturing
  • Forks, handtools (e.g., garden, hay, manure, stone), manufacturing
  • Garden handtools, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Gear pullers, handtools, manufacturing
  • Guns, caulking, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Hair clippers, for human or animal use, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Hammers, handtools, manufacturing
  • Hand held edge tools, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Hand saws, all non-powered types, manufacturing
  • Hand tools, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers), non-powered, manufacturing
  • Hatchets, manufacturing
  • Hedge shears and trimmers, non-electric, manufacturing
  • Hoes, garden and masons' handtools, manufacturing
  • Jacks (except hydraulic and pneumatic), manufacturing
  • Jacks (screw and ratchet), motor vehicle, manufacturing
  • Jewelers' handtools, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Kitchen cutlery, base metal plated with precious metal, manufacturing
  • Kitchen cutlery, non-precious metal, manufacturing
  • Kitchen utensils (e.g., collanders, garlic presses, ice cream scoops, spatulas), fabricated metal, manufacturing
  • Kitchen utensils (except cutting type), fabricated metal, manufacturing
  • Knife blades, manufacturing
  • Knives (e.g., hunting, pocket, table non-precious, table precious plated), manufacturing
  • Knives, machine (except metal cutting), manufacturing
  • Lawn and garden handtools, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Lawn mowers, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Levels, carpenters', manufacturing
  • Machine knives (except metal cutting), manufacturing
  • Machinists' precision measuring tools (except optical), manufacturing
  • Masons' handtools, manufacturing
  • Measuring tools, machinists' (except optical), manufacturing
  • Mechanics' handtools, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Mitre boxes, manufacturing
  • Picks (i.e., hand tools), manufacturing
  • Planes, hand held, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Plated (with precious metal) cutlery, manufacturing
  • Plated (with precious metal) flatware (cutlery), manufacturing
  • Pliers, hand tool, manufacturing
  • Pressure cookers, household type, manufacturing
  • Putty knives, manufacturing
  • Rakes, non-powered hand tool, manufacturing
  • Ratchets, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Razor blades, manufacturing
  • Razors (except electric), manufacturing
  • Rulers, metal, manufacturing
  • Saw blades, all types, manufacturing
  • Saws, hand, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Scissors, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Scoops, metal, hand (except kitchen), manufacturing
  • Screwdrivers, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Shears, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Sockets and socket sets, manufacturing
  • Soldering guns and irons, hand held (including electric), manufacturing
  • Spoons, table, base metal plated with precious metal, manufacturing
  • Spoons, table, non-precious metal, manufacturing
  • Table cutlery, base metal plated with precious metal, manufacturing
  • Table cutlery, non-precious metal, manufacturing
  • Tape measures, metal, manufacturing
  • Tinners' snips, manufacturing
  • Tools, garden, hand held, non-powered, manufacturing
  • Tools, hand held, metal blade (e.g., putty knives, scrapers, screwdrivers), non-powered, manufacturing
  • Tools, hand held, non-powered (except kitchen type), manufacturing
  • Tools, woodworking edge (e.g., augers, bits, countersinks), manufacturing
  • Trimmers, hedge, non-electric, manufacturing
  • Utensils, kitchen (e.g., spatulas, ice cream scoops, garlic presses, collanders), fabricated metal, manufacturing
  • Vises (except machine attachments), manufacturing
  • Wrenches, hand tools, non-powered, manufacturing