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.

5619 - Other Support Services

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

56199 - All Other Support Services

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

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • providing employment services (See 5613 Employment Services)
    • providing business support services (See 5614 Business Support Services)
    • providing travel arrangement and reservation services (See 5615 Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services)
    • providing security and investigation services (See 5616 Investigation and Security Services)
    • providing services to buildings and other structures (See 5617 Services to Buildings and Dwellings)
    • packaging and labelling services (See 56191 Packaging and Labelling Services)
    • organizing convention and trade shows (See 56192 Convention and Trade Show Organizers)
561990 - All Other Support Services

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

  • Example Activities:

    • Bartering services
    • Bottle exchange
    • Cloth, cutting to length, bolting, or winding for textile distributors
    • Coin pick-up services, from parking meters
    • Contract meter reading service, water
    • Auctioneering service, on a commission or fee basis, not done on own facilities (except currency and tobacco)
    • Coupon redemption service (clearinghouses)
    • Diving service on a fee or contract basis
    • Electricity meter reading service, contract
    • Floats, decoration of
    • Gas meter reading service, contract
    • Grading lumber services
    • Inventory computing service
    • Inventory taking service
    • Meter reading services, contract
    • Motor vehicle licences, issuer, private franchise
    • Tape slitting for the trade (i.e., cutting plastic, leather, other materials into widths)
    • Textile cutting service
    • Water conditioning service
    • Water meter reading service, contract
    • Water softening and conditioning services
    • Wood piling
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