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

7 - Services-Producing Sector

12 - Business, building and other support services

56 - Administrative and Support, Waste Management and Remediation Services

This sector comprises two different types of establishments: those primarily engaged in activities that support the day-to-day operations of other organizations; and those primarily engaged in waste management activities.

The first type of establishment is engaged in activities such as administration, hiring and placing personnel, preparing documents, taking orders from clients, collecting payments for claims, arranging travel, providing security and surveillance, cleaning buildings, and packaging and labelling products. These activities are often undertaken, in-house, by establishments found in many sectors of the economy. The establishments classified to this sector specialize in one or more of these activities and can therefore provide services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households.

Waste management establishments are engaged in the collection, treatment and disposal of waste material, the operation of material recovery facilities, the remediation of polluted sites and the cleaning of septic tanks.

561 - Administrative and Support Services

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in activities that support the day-to-day operations of other organizations. This includes activities such as administration, hiring and placing personnel, preparing documents, taking orders from clients, collecting payments for claims, arranging travel, providing security and surveillance, cleaning buildings, and packaging and labelling products. These activities are often undertaken in-house by establishments found in many sectors of the economy, but the establishments of this subsector specialize in one or more of these activities and can therefore provide services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households. The individual industries of this subsector are defined on the basis of the particular process in which they are engaged and the particular services they provide.

5614 - Business Support Services

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing business support services, such as preparing documents, operating telephone call centres, operating business service centres, collecting unpaid claims, and providing credit information.

56149 - Other Business Support Services

This industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in providing other business support services.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • writing, editing and document preparation services (See 56141 Document Preparation Services)
  • telephone answering or telemarketing services (See 56142 Telephone Call Centres)
  • providing photocopying and mailbox services (See 56143 Business Service Centres)
  • providing collection services (See 56144 Collection Agencies)
  • providing credit reporting services (See 56145 Credit Bureaus)

561490 - Other Business Support Services

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in providing other business support services.

• Example Activities:

  • Automobile repossession services
  • Closed captioning services, real-time (i.e., simultaneous)
  • Court reporting services
  • Fundraising campaign organization service, on a contract or fee basis
  • Presorting mail services
  • Public stenography services
  • Address bar coding services
  • Real time closed captioning (i.e., simultaneous)
  • Repossession services
  • Stenography services, public
  • Stenotype reporting services