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

• 1 - Goods-Producing Sector
• 6 - Manufacturing
• 31-33 - Manufacturing
• 311 - Food Manufacturing
• 3116 - Meat Product Manufacturing
• 31161 - Animal Slaughtering and Processing

311615 - Poultry Processing

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in slaughtering poultry and small game or preparing processed poultry and small game meat and meat by-products.

• Exclusion(s):

  Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • producing dog and cat food from poultry products (See 311111 Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing frozen preparations of poultry and other ingredients, such as frozen dinners (See 311410 Frozen Food Manufacturing)
  • manufacturing preparations, except frozen or fresh, of poultry and other ingredients, such as baby food (See 311420 Fruit and Vegetable Canning, Pickling and Drying)
  • manufacturing fresh preparations of poultry and other ingredients, such as fresh pot pies (See 311990 All Other Food Manufacturing)

• Example Activities:

  • Canning poultry (except baby and pet food)
  • Chicken processing, fresh, frozen, canned or cooked (except baby or pet food)
  • Chickens, slaughtering and dressing
  • Ducks, slaughtering and dressing
  • Game, small, slaughtering and dressing
  • Geese slaughtering and dressing
  • Ham, poultry, manufacturing
  • Hot dogs, poultry, manufacturing
  • Luncheon meat, poultry, manufacturing
  • Meat canning, poultry (except baby and pet food)
  • Meat products (e.g., hot dogs, luncheon meats, sausages), made from a combination of poultry and other meats
  • Poultry (e.g., canned, cooked, fresh, frozen) processing (except baby or pet food)
  • Poultry slaughtering, dressing and packing
  • Rabbits, slaughtering and dressing
  • Small game, slaughtering and dressing
  • Turkeys, slaughtering and dressing