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.

5617 - Services to Buildings and Dwellings

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in exterminating and controlling insects, rodents and other pests, in and around buildings and other structures; cleaning building interiors and windows; landscaping installation, care and maintenance; cleaning and dyeing rugs, carpets and upholstery; and providing other services to buildings and dwellings.

56173 - Landscaping Services

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing landscape care and maintenance services and/or installing trees, shrubs, plants, lawns or gardens, and establishments engaged in these activities along with the construction (installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds and similar structures.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • the construction (installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds and similar structures (See 23 Construction)
  • retailing, installing and maintaining landscaping materials, such as trees, shrubs and plants (See 44422 Nursery and Garden Centres)
  • planning and designing the development of land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational areas; airports; highways; hospitals; schools; land subdivisions; and commercial, industrial and residential areas (See 54132 Landscape Architectural Services)

561730 - Landscaping Services

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing landscape care and maintenance services and/or installing trees, shrubs, plants, lawns or gardens, and establishments engaged in these activities along with the construction (installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds and similar structures.

• Example Activities:

  • Cemetery plot care services
  • Garden maintenance services
  • Landscape contractors
  • Landscape services
  • Lawn care services
  • Lawn seeding services
  • Lawn spraying services
  • Line slash (rights-of-way) maintenance
  • Maintenance of plants and shrubs in buildings
  • Maintenance of rights-of-way (i.e., controlling vegetation)
  • Seasonal property maintenance services (i.e., snow ploughing in winter, landscaping during other seasons)
  • Seeding lawns
  • Sod laying services
  • Tree removal services
  • Tree surgery service
  • Turf installation (except artificial)
  • Weed control and fertilizing services (except for crops)
  • Arborist services