Variant of NAICS 2002 - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Sector

• 6.2 - Industries not included in the Information and Communication Technology Sector
• 51E - Information and Cultural Industries, except ICT
• 519 - Other Information Services
• 5191 - Other Information Services
• 51912 - Libraries and Archives

519122 - Archives^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in acquiring, researching, storing, and making accessible to the public, original historical documents, photographs, maps, audio or audio-visual material, and other archival materials of historical interest. Cinematheques, videotheques, and other film and video archives whose primary purpose is the preservation of archival audio-visual material, are included.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • providing motion picture and video stock footage (via libraries) to producers, the media, multimedia and advertising industries (See 51219 Post-Production and Other Motion Picture and Video Industries)

• Example Activities:

  • Archives
  • Centres for documentation (i.e., archives)
  • Cinematheques (film library)
  • Film archives
  • Music archives
  • Photographic libraries, archives
  • Video archives