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.

333 - Machinery Manufacturing

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial and commercial machinery. These establishments assemble parts into components, subassemblies and complete machines. They may make the parts themselves, using general metal-working processes, or purchase them.

Establishments tend to specialize in producing machinery designed for particular applications, and this is reflected in the structure of the industry groups and industries. A broad distinction exists between general-purpose machinery, that is designed to be used in a variety of industrial applications, such as pumping or machining, and special-purpose machinery, that is designed to be used in a particular industry, such as agriculture or printing. The first three industry groups consist of establishments that produce special-purpose machinery. Establishments that produce general-purpose machinery are classified in the remaining industry groups.

Establishments primarily engaged in rebuilding machinery are included in the same industry as establishments manufacturing the particular type of new machinery. Unless otherwise specified, establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing parts, designed for use solely or principally with a particular machine, are classified in the same industry as establishments manufacturing that type of machinery.

3332 - Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing machinery designed for use in specific manufacturing industries.

33329 - Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

This industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing industrial machinery.

  • Exclusion(s):

    Establishments primarily engaged in:

    • manufacturing commercial cooking and food warming equipment (See 33331 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing)
    • manufacturing industrial refrigeration equipment (See 33341 Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing)
    • manufacturing food and beverage packaging machinery (See 33399 All Other General-Purpose Machinery Manufacturing)
333291 - Paper Industry Machinery Manufacturing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing paper-making machinery.

  • Example Activities:

    • Chippers (e.g., logs), stationary, manufacturing
    • Envelope making machinery, manufacturing
    • Fourdrinier machinery, manufacturing
    • Paper and paperboard coating and finishing machinery, manufacturing
    • Paper and paperboard converting machinery, manufacturing
    • Paper and paperboard corrugating machinery, manufacturing
    • Paper and paperboard cutting and folding machinery, manufacturing
    • Paper and paperboard die-cutting and stamping machinery, manufacturing
    • Paper bag making machinery, manufacturing
    • Paper making machinery, manufacturing
    • Paper stock preparation machinery, manufacturing
    • Paperboard box making machinery, manufacturing
    • Paperboard making machinery, manufacturing
    • Pulp making machinery, manufacturing
    • Pulp washers and thickeners, manufacturing
    • Sandpaper making machinery, manufacturing
333299 - All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

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

  • Example Activities:

    • Bakery machinery and equipment, manufacturing
    • Bindery machinery, manufacturing
    • Bookbinding machinery, manufacturing
    • Boot making and repairing machinery, manufacturing
    • Braiding machinery, textile, manufacturing
    • Bread slicing machinery, manufacturing
    • Brewery machinery, manufacturing
    • Buttonhole and eyelet machinery, manufacturing
    • Calendering machinery for textiles, manufacturing
    • Cheese processing machinery, manufacturing
    • Chemical processing machinery and equipment, manufacturing
    • Cigarette making machinery, manufacturing
    • Circuit board making machinery, manufacturing
    • Clayworking and tempering machinery, manufacturing
    • Coffee roasting and grinding machinery (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
    • Corn popping machinery (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
    • Cream separators (except farm type), manufacturing
    • Distillery equipment, beverage, manufacturing
    • Distilling equipment (except beverage), manufacturing
    • Dough mixing machinery (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
    • Drawing machinery for textiles, manufacturing
    • Drying kilns, lumber, manufacturing
    • Drying machinery for textiles, manufacturing
    • Extruding machinery, textile, manufacturing
    • Finishing machinery, textile, manufacturing
    • Fish and shellfish processing machinery, manufacturing
    • Flexographic printing presses, manufacturing
    • Flour mill machinery, manufacturing
    • Food choppers, grinders, mixers and slicers (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
    • Glass making machinery (e.g., blowing, moulding, forming), manufacturing
    • Gravure printing presses, manufacturing
    • Homogenizing machinery, food, manufacturing
    • Hosiery machinery, manufacturing
    • Juice extractors, fruit and vegetable (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
    • Kilns (i.e., cement, wood, chemical), manufacturing
    • Knitting machinery, manufacturing
    • Leather working machinery, manufacturing
    • Letterpress printing presses, manufacturing
    • Lithographic printing presses, manufacturing
    • Looms, textile, manufacturing
    • Lumber drying kilns, manufacturing
    • Metal casting machinery, manufacturing
    • Milk processing machinery (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
    • Offset printing presses, manufacturing
    • Oilseed crushing and extracting machinery, manufacturing
    • Ovens, bakery, manufacturing
    • Pasteurizing equipment (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
    • Petroleum refining machinery, manufacturing
    • Presses (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
    • Presses, printing (except textile printing machinery), manufacturing
    • Printing machinery for textiles, manufacturing
    • Printing plate engraving machinery, manufacturing
    • Printing presses (except textile printing machinery), manufacturing
    • Semiconductor making machinery, manufacturing
    • Sewing machines (including household type), manufacturing
    • Sewing machines and attachments, household, manufacturing
    • Sewing machines and attachments, industrial, manufacturing
    • Shoe making and repairing machinery, manufacturing
    • Sieves and screening equipment, chemical processing type, manufacturing
    • Sieves and screening equipment, food manufacturing type, manufacturing
    • Silk screen machinery for textiles, manufacturing
    • Silver recovery equipment, electrolytic, manufacturing
    • Slicing machinery (i.e., food manufacturing type), manufacturing
    • Spindles for textile machinery, manufacturing
    • Spinning machines, textile, manufacturing
    • Spools for textile machinery, manufacturing
    • Tannery machinery, manufacturing
    • Textile finishing machinery (e.g., bleaching, dyeing, mercerizing), manufacturing
    • Textile making machinery (except sewing machines), manufacturing
    • Textile printing machinery, manufacturing
    • Texturizing machinery for textiles, manufacturing
    • Thread making machinery, manufacturing
    • Tile making machinery (except kilns), manufacturing
    • Tobacco processing machinery (except farm type), manufacturing
    • Tufting machinery for textiles, manufacturing
    • Typesetting machinery, manufacturing
    • Vegetable oil processing machinery, manufacturing
    • Veneer drying machinery, manufacturing
    • Wafer processing equipment, semiconductor, manufacturing
    • Warping machinery, manufacturing
    • Weaving machinery, manufacturing
    • Wire and cable insulating machinery, manufacturing
    • Wood drying kilns, manufacturing
    • Yarn texturizing machinery, manufacturing
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