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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 3.0), Canada, 2018

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Table 2
Average monthly sample size by subsector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 3.0), Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average monthly sample size by subsector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2017 Version 3.0) 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	14,935
Forestry and logging	113	68
Support activities for agriculture and forestry	115	63
Oil and gas extraction	211	34
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas)	212	96
Support activities for mining, and oil and gas extraction	213	127
Utilities	221	112
Construction of buildings	236	404
Heavy and civil engineering construction	237	381
Specialty trade contractors	238	571
Food manufacturing	311	234
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing	312	29
Textile mills	313	58
Textile product mills	314	28
Clothing manufacturing	315	56
Leather and allied product manufacturing	316	27
Wood product manufacturing	321	157
Paper manufacturing	322	65
Printing and related support activities	323	72
Petroleum and coal product manufacturing	324	26
Chemical manufacturing	325	80
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing	326	88
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing	327	59
Primary metal manufacturing	331	52
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	332	142
Machinery manufacturing	333	98
Computer and electronic product manufacturing	334	61
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing	335	27
Transportation equipment manufacturing	336	131
Furniture and related product manufacturing	337	76
Miscellaneous manufacturing	339	60
Farm product merchant wholesalers	411	27
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers	412	26
Food, beverage and tobacco merchant wholesalers	413	163
Personal and household goods merchant wholesalers	414	75
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories merchant wholesalers	415	68
Building material and supplies merchant wholesalers	416	118
Machinery, equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers	417	199
Miscellaneous merchant wholesalers	418	132
Business-to-business electronic markets, and agents and brokers	419	39
Motor vehicle and parts dealers	441	225
Furniture and home furnishings stores	442	93
Electronics and appliance stores	443	25
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers	444	148
Food and beverage stores	445	464
Health and personal care stores	446	164
Gasoline stations	447	147
Clothing and clothing accessories stores	448	193
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores	451	91
General merchandise stores	452	192
Miscellaneous store retailers	453	141
Non-store retailers	454	29
Air transportation	481	68
Rail transportation	482	29
Water transportation	483	52
Truck transportation	484	228
Transit and ground passenger transportation	485	150
Pipeline transportation	486	20
Scenic and sightseeing transportation	487	28
Support activities for transportation	488	162
Postal service	491	39
Couriers and messengers	492	36
Warehousing and storage	493	65
Publishing industries	511	119
Motion picture and sound recording industries	512	86
Broadcasting (except Internet)	515	45
Telecommunications	517	113
Data processing, hosting, and related services	518	26
Other information services	519	54
Monetary authorities - central bank	521	1
Credit intermediation and related activities	522	165
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	413
Rental and leasing services	532	128
Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)	533	26
Professional, scientific and technical services	541	1,122
Management of companies and enterprises	551	152
Administrative and support services	561	877
Waste management and remediation services	562	47
Educational services	611	454
Ambulatory health care services	621	427
Hospitals	622	117
Nursing and residential care facilities	623	282
Social assistance	624	310
Performing arts, spectator sports and related industries	711	125
Heritage institutions	712	28
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	713	219
Accommodation services	721	287
Food services and drinking places	722	793
Repair and maintenance	811	214
Personal and laundry services	812	188
Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations	813	365
Local, municipal and regional public administration	913	241
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 3.0) has yet to be determined. Return to note 2 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (SEPH).

Date modified:: 2019-03-27