North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Canada 2017 Version 1.0

• 51 - Information and cultural industries
• 511 - Publishing industries (except Internet)
• 5111 - Newspaper, periodical, book and directory publishers
• 51114 - Directory and mailing list publishers

511140 - Directory and mailing list publishers^US

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in publishing compilations and collections of information or facts that are logically organized to facilitate their use.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • address and mailing list compilers (except exclusively on Internet)
  • directories, publishing (except exclusively on Internet)
  • electronic database (machine readable) publishing (except exclusively on Internet)
  • telephone directories, publishing (except exclusively on Internet)

  All examples

• Inclusion(s)

  • providing electronic version directly to customers by the establishment or third party vendors
  • publishing directories and mailing lists in one or more formats such as print or electronic form

• Exclusion(s)

  • designing, developing and publishing computer software products (See 51121 Software publishers)
  • duplicating electronic media, such as CD-ROMs and DVDs (See 334610 Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media)
  • printing, but not publishing, business directories, telephone books and similar products (See 32311 Printing)
  • providing on-line access to databases developed by others (See 519130 Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals)
  • publishing directories and mailing lists exclusively on Internet (See 519130 Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals)
  • publishing encyclopaedias (See 511130 Book publishers)