North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2017 Version 3.0

21231 - Stone mining and quarrying

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining or quarrying dimension stone, rough blocks or slabs of stone, and crushed and broken stone.

212314 - Granite mining and quarrying^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining or quarrying dimension granite, rough blocks or slabs of granite, crushed and broken granite, and related rocks.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • diorite or gneiss quarrying
  • granite mining and quarrying
  • syenite (except nepheline), quarrying

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • nepheline syenite quarrying (See 212326 Shale, clay and refractory mineral mining and quarrying)

212315 - Limestone mining and quarrying^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining or quarrying dimension limestone, rough blocks or slabs of limestone, crushed and broken limestone, and related rocks.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • agricultural limestone, ground (except fertilizer)
  • calcareous tufa, crushed and broken, quarrying
  • cement rock, quarrying
  • chalk mine or quarry
  • dolomite, crushed and broken stone, quarrying
  • travertine, quarrying

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • grinding or pulverizing of limestone

• Exclusion(s)

  • limestone fertilizer made in plants producing nitrogenous or phosphatic fertilizer materials (See 325313 Chemical fertilizer (except potash) manufacturing)
  • limestone manufacturing made by mixing purchased materials (See 325314 Mixed fertilizer manufacturing)
  • producing lime (See 327410 Lime manufacturing)

212316 - Marble mining and quarrying^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining or quarrying dimension marble, rough blocks or slabs of marble, and crushed and broken marble.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • diabase, quarrying
  • gabbro, quarrying
  • marble quarry
  • riprap (except limestone and granite), quarrying
  • volcanic rock, quarrying

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • mining or quarrying slate

• Exclusion(s)

  • granite quarrying (See 212314 Granite mining and quarrying)
  • limestone quarrying (See 212315 Limestone mining and quarrying)

212317 - Sandstone mining and quarrying^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in mining or quarrying dimension sandstone, rough blocks or slabs of sandstone, and crushed and broken sandstone.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • ganister, quarrying
  • grits, crushed and broken stone mining
  • quartzite, quarrying
  • sandstone mining or quarrying

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • oil and gas drilling on contract (See 213111 Oil and gas contract drilling)