Variant of North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2022 Version 1.0 for Industrial production (based on the 2008 International Recommendations for Industrial Statistics)

1 - Industrial production

31-33 - Manufacturing

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the chemical, mechanical or physical transformation of materials or substances into new products. These products may be finished, in the sense that they are ready to be used or consumed, or semi-finished, in the sense of becoming a raw material for an establishment to use in further manufacturing. Related activities, such as the assembly of the component parts of manufactured goods; the blending of materials; and the finishing of manufactured products by dyeing, heat-treating, plating and similar operations are also treated as manufacturing activities. Manufacturing establishments are known by a variety of trade designations, such as plants, factories or mills.

Manufacturing establishments may own the materials which they transform or they may transform materials owned by other establishments. Manufacturing may take place in factories or in workers' homes, using either machinery or hand tools.

Units that completely outsource the transformation process but own the input materials are classified to the manufacturing sector. Units that completely outsource the transformation process but do not own the materials are classified to merchant wholesalers in Sector 41 Wholesale trade. These units are in fact buying the completed goods from the producer with the intention to resell it. These units may design the goods being manufactured, and may have some say in the manufacturing process.

Certain activities involving the transformation of goods are classified in other sectors. Some examples are post-harvest activities of agricultural establishments, such as crop drying; logging; the beneficiating of mineral ores; the production of structures by construction establishments; and various activities conducted by retailers, such as meat cutting and the assembly of products such as bicycles and computers.

Sales branches or offices (but not retail stores) maintained by manufacturing, refining, or mining enterprises apart from their plants or mines for the purpose of marketing their products are included in Sector 41 Wholesale trade as merchant wholesalers.

314 - Textile product mills

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing textile products, except clothing.

• Exclusion(s)

  • manufacturing yarn or textile fabrics, or finishing yarn or fabrics, or manufacturing both fabrics and textile products (See 313 Textile mills)

3149 - Other textile product mills

This industry group comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry group, primarily engaged in manufacturing textile products.

31499 - All other textile product mills

This industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing textile products. Establishments primarily engaged in garneting textile waste or other textile recycling; or embroidering textile products, including clothing, whether or not on a contract basis, are included.

314990 - All other textile product mills^CAN

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing textile products.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • cord for reinforcing rubber tires, industrial belting and fuel cells, manufacturing
  • decorative stitching on clothing owned by others
  • diapers (except disposable), made from purchased fabrics
  • embroidering on textile products for the trade
  • fabricated rope products (e.g., nets, slings), made in cordage or twine mills
  • fishing line, natural or man-made fibres, manufacturing
  • fishing nets and seines, made in cordage or twine mills
  • flags, textile (e.g., banners, bunting, emblems, pennants), made from purchased fabrics
  • rope (except wire rope), manufacturing
  • textile and wool waste, processing
  • tire cord and fabric, of all materials, manufacturing

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • garneting textile waste or other textile recycling; or embroidering textile products, such as clothing, whether or not on a contract basis

• Exclusion(s)

  • beading on clothing, for the trade (See 315 Apparel manufacturing)
  • disposable diapers made in paper mills (See 322121 Paper (except newsprint) mills)
  • manufacturing batts and batting from nonwoven fabrics (See 313230 Nonwoven fabric mills)
  • manufacturing embroideries using schiffli machines (See 313220 Narrow fabric mills and schiffli machine embroidery)
  • manufacturing nonwoven cotton batting (See 313230 Nonwoven fabric mills)
  • manufacturing nonwoven fabric padding and wadding (See 313230 Nonwoven fabric mills)
  • manufacturing nonwoven fabrics (See 313230 Nonwoven fabric mills)
  • manufacturing sport fishing nets (See 339920 Sporting and athletic goods manufacturing)
  • manufacturing wind direction indicators (See 334512 Measuring, medical and controlling devices manufacturing)
  • manufacturing wire cable and rope (See 332619 Other fabricated wire product manufacturing)
  • pleating and hemstitching of clothing (See 315 Apparel manufacturing)