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Guide to the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours
Table 2
Average monthly sample size by subsector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 2.0), Canada, 2017

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Table 2
Average monthly sample size by subsector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 2.0), Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average monthly sample size by subsector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 2.0), Canada, 2017. Subsector code and Sample size, calculated using number of establishments units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number of establishments
	Subsector code	Sample size
Industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses^{Table 2 Note 1}^{Table 2 Note 2}	Note ...: not applicable	14,948
Forestry and logging	113	73
Support activities for agriculture and forestry	115	63
Oil and gas extraction	211	32
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas)	212	103
Support activities for mining, and oil and gas extraction	213	124
Utilities	221	119
Construction of buildings	236	404
Heavy and civil engineering construction	237	379
Specialty trade contractors	238	569
Food manufacturing	311	233
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing	312	30
Textile mills	313	57
Textile product mills	314	28
Clothing manufacturing	315	56
Leather and allied product manufacturing	316	30
Wood product manufacturing	321	156
Paper manufacturing	322	64
Printing and related support activities	323	72
Petroleum and coal product manufacturing	324	25
Chemical manufacturing	325	79
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing	326	90
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing	327	56
Primary metal manufacturing	331	55
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	332	141
Machinery manufacturing	333	100
Computer and electronic product manufacturing	334	59
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing	335	27
Transportation equipment manufacturing	336	130
Furniture and related product manufacturing	337	81
Miscellaneous manufacturing	339	62
Farm product merchant wholesalers	411	28
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers	412	23
Food, beverage and tobacco merchant wholesalers	413	164
Personal and household goods merchant wholesalers	414	72
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories merchant wholesalers	415	69
Building material and supplies merchant wholesalers	416	120
Machinery, equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	417	202
Miscellaneous merchant wholesalers	418	135
Business-to-business electronic markets, and agents and brokers	419	38
Motor vehicle and parts dealers	441	227
Furniture and home furnishings stores	442	89
Electronics and appliance stores	443	27
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers	444	150
Food and beverage stores	445	459
Health and personal care stores	446	161
Gasoline stations	447	141
Clothing and clothing accessories stores	448	186
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores	451	88
General merchandise stores	452	211
Miscellaneous store retailers	453	131
Non-store retailers	454	35
Air transportation	481	69
Rail transportation	482	26
Water transportation	483	52
Truck transportation	484	228
Transit and ground passenger transportation	485	155
Pipeline transportation	486	23
Scenic and sightseeing transportation	487	30
Support activities for transportation	488	157
Postal service	491	39
Couriers and messengers	492	36
Warehousing and storage	493	63
Publishing industries	511	125
Motion picture and sound recording industries	512	85
Broadcasting (except Internet)	515	42
Telecommunications	517	111
Data processing, hosting, and related services	518	28
Other information services	519	51
Monetary authorities - central bank	521	1
Credit intermediation and related activities	522	163
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investment and related activities	523	137
Insurance carriers and related activities	524	161
Funds and other financial vehicles	526	28
Real estate	531	409
Rental and leasing services	532	137
Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)	533	27
Professional, scientific and technical services	541	1,126
Management of companies and enterprises	551	153
Administrative and support services	561	877
Waste management and remediation services	562	47
Educational services	611	443
Ambulatory health care services	621	431
Hospitals	622	117
Nursing and residential care facilities	623	275
Social assistance	624	309
Performing arts, spectator sports and related industries	711	126
Heritage institutions	712	28
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	713	223
Accommodation services	721	284
Food services and drinking places	722	786
Repair and maintenance	811	215
Personal and laundry services	812	196
Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations	813	360
Local, municipal and regional public administration	913	243
Aboriginal public administration	914	77
... not applicable Note 1 Industrial aggregate covers all industrial sectors except those primarily involved in agriculture, fishing and trapping, private household services, religious organisations and the military personnel of the defence services. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Unclassified businesses are businesses for which the industrial classification (North American Industry Classification System [NAICS] 2017 Version 2.0) has yet to be determined. Return to note 2 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH).

Date modified:: 2018-04-26