North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2017 Version 1.0

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance. NAICS Canada 2017 Version 1.0 consists of 20 sectors, 102 subsectors, 322 industry groups, 708 industries and 923 Canadian industries, and replaces NAICS Canada 2012.

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Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 20:55 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 17:06 (UTC)
contact_email	STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca
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open_canada_date_published	2016-03-21 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["Classification", "Classification des industries", "Codes de classification", "Systèmes de classification", "Statistiques entreprises", "Industrie - Classification types"], "en": ["Classification", "Classification codes", "Classification systems", "Industrial classification", "Business statistics", "Industry - Standard classifications"]}
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title_fr	Système de classification des industries de l'Amérique du Nord (SCIAN) 2017 Version 1.0
update_frequency	as_needed