Variant of NAICS 1997 - Labour Force Survey (LFS) Industries

1 - Goods-Producing Sector

6 - Manufacturing

31-33 - Manufacturing

This sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in the physical or chemical 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.

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.

325 - Chemical Manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing chemicals and chemical preparations, from organic and inorganic raw materials.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • field processing of crude petroleum and natural gas (See 211 Oil and Gas Extraction)
  • beneficiating mineral ores (See 212 Mining (except Oil and Gas))
  • processing crude petroleum and coal (See 324 Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing)
  • smelting and refining ores and concentrates (See 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing)

3254 - Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing drugs, medicines and related products for human or animal use. Establishments in this industry may undertake one or more of several processes, including basic processes, such as chemical synthesis, fermentation, distillation and solvent extraction; grading, grinding and milling; and packaging in forms suitable for internal and external use, such as tablets, vials, ampoules and ointments.

32541 - Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing drugs, medicines and related products for human or animal use. Establishments in this industry may undertake one or more of several processes, including basic processes, such as chemical synthesis, fermentation, distillation and solvent extraction; grading, grinding and milling; and packaging in forms suitable for internal and external use, such as tablets, vials, ampoules and ointments.

325410 - Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing drugs, medicines and related products for human or animal use. Establishments in this industry may undertake one or more of several processes, including basic processes, such as chemical synthesis, fermentation, distillation and solvent extraction; grading, grinding and milling; and packaging in forms suitable for internal and external use, such as tablets, vials, ampoules and ointments.

• Example Activities:

  • Acetylsalicylic acid, manufacturing
  • Agar culture media, manufacturing
  • Agar-agar grinding, manufacturing
  • Amphetamines, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Analgesic preparations, manufacturing
  • Anesthetic preparations, manufacturing
  • Anesthetics, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Antibacterial preparations, manufacturing
  • Antibiotics (including veterinary), manufacturing
  • Antihistamine preparations, manufacturing
  • Antiseptic preparations, manufacturing
  • Bacterial vaccines, manufacturing
  • Barbiturate preparations, manufacturing
  • Barbiturates, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Birth control pills, manufacturing
  • Blood derivatives, manufacturing
  • Blood glucose test kits, manufacturing
  • Cardiac preparations, manufacturing
  • Cephalosporin, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Cold remedies, manufacturing
  • Contact lens solutions, manufacturing
  • Contraceptive preparations, manufacturing
  • Cortisone, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Cough medicines, manufacturing
  • Culture media, manufacturing
  • Diagnostic biological preparations, manufacturing
  • Diagnostic substances, in-vitro, manufacturing
  • Digestive system preparations, manufacturing
  • Digitoxin, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Diuretic preparations, manufacturing
  • Endocrine products, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Enzyme proteins (i.e., basic synthetic chemicals), pharmaceutical use, manufacturing
  • Eye and ear preparations, manufacturing
  • Fish liver oils, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Glandular derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Glandular medicinal preparations, manufacturing
  • Glycosides, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Grinding and milling botanicals (i.e., for medicinal use)
  • Hematology in-vivo diagnostic substances, manufacturing
  • Hematology products (except diagnostic substances), manufacturing
  • Herb grinding and milling (i.e., for medicinal use)
  • HIV test kits, manufacturing
  • Hormone in-vitro diagnostic substances, manufacturing
  • Hormones and derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Insulin preparations, manufacturing
  • Insulin, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • In-vitro diagnostic substances, manufacturing
  • In-vivo diagnostic substances, manufacturing
  • Laxative preparations, manufacturing
  • Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Nicotine and derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals), manufacturing
  • Nuclear medicine (e.g., radioactive isotopes) preparations, manufacturing
  • Oils, vegetable and animal, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Opium and opium derivatives (i.e., basic chemicals), manufacturing
  • Oral contraceptive preparations, manufacturing
  • Patent medicine preparations, manufacturing
  • Penicillin preparations, manufacturing
  • Penicillin, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Pharmaceutical preparations (e.g., capsules, linaments, ointments, tablets), manufacturing
  • Pituitary gland derivatives, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Pregnancy test kits, manufacturing
  • Radioactive in-vivo diagnostic substances, manufacturing
  • Salicylic acid, medicinal, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Sedative preparations, manufacturing
  • Sodium chloride pharmaceutical preparations, manufacturing
  • Steroids, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Sulpha drugs, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Tetracycline, uncompounded, manufacturing
  • Toxoids (e.g., diphtheria, tetanus), manufacturing
  • Tranquilizers preparations, manufacturing
  • Vaccines (i.e., bacterial, virus), manufacturing
  • Vegetable alkaloids (e.g., caffeine, codeine, morphine, nicotine), basic chemicals, manufacturing
  • Veterinary medicinal preparations, manufacturing
  • Water decontamination or purification tablets, manufacturing