Guide to the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours
Table A2
Average monthly sample size by subsector using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2022), Canada, 2022

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Table A2
Average monthly sample size by subsector classified using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2022), Canada, 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Average monthly sample size by subsector classified using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2022) Subsector Code and Sample Size, calculated using Number of Establishments units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Subsector Code Sample Size
Number of Establishments
Industrial aggregate excluding unclassified businesses Note 1 Note 2 Note ...: not applicable 14,934
Forestry and logging 113 71
Support activities for agriculture and forestry 115 60
Oil and gas extraction 211 37
Mining and quarrying (except oil and gas) 212 89
Support activities for mining, and oil and gas extraction 213 123
Utilities 221 113
Construction of buildings 236 411
Heavy and civil engineering construction 237 373
Specialty trade contractors 238 577
Food manufacturing 311 231
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 312 30
Textile mills 313 58
Textile product mills 314 24
Clothing manufacturing 315 53
Leather and allied product manufacturing 316 27
Wood product manufacturing 321 160
Paper manufacturing 322 61
Printing and related support activities 323 71
Petroleum and coal product manufacturing 324 27
Chemical manufacturing 325 82
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 326 88
Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing 327 58
Primary metal manufacturing 331 54
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 332 140
Machinery manufacturing 333 98
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 334 61
Electrical equipment, appliance and component manufacturing 335 27
Transportation equipment manufacturing 336 126
Furniture and related product manufacturing 337 77
Miscellaneous manufacturing 339 59
Farm product merchant wholesalers 411 28
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers 412 22
Food, beverage and tobacco merchant wholesalers 413 163
Personal and household goods merchant wholesalers 414 70
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories merchant wholesalers 415 71
Building material and supplies merchant wholesalers 416 121
Machinery, equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers 417 198
Miscellaneous merchant wholesalers 418 133
Business-to-business electronic markets, and agents and brokers 419 36
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 441 233
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 444 153
Food and beverage retailers 445 473
Furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers 449 121
General merchandise retailers 455 219
Health and personal care retailers 456 164
Gasoline stations and fuel vendors 457 153
Clothing, clothing accessories, shoes, jewelry, luggage and leather goods retailers 458 180
Sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers 459 259
Air transportation 481 65
Rail transportation 482 28
Water transportation 483 53
Truck transportation 484 224
Transit and ground passenger transportation 485 146
Pipeline transportation 486 21
Scenic and sightseeing transportation 487 28
Support activities for transportation 488 157
Postal service 491 37
Couriers and messengers 492 40
Warehousing and storage 493 70
Motion picture and sound recording industries 512 90
Publishing industries 513 116
Broadcasting and content providers 516 57
Telecommunications 517 113
Computing infrastructure providers, data processing, web hosting, and related services 518 31
Web search portals, libraries, archives, and all other information services 519 37
Monetary authorities - central bank 521 1
Credit intermediation and related activities 522 170
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investment and related activities 523 139
Insurance carriers and related activities 524 163
Funds and other financial vehicles 526 25
Real estate 531 413
Rental and leasing services 532 127
Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) Lessors of non-financial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) 533 26
Professional, scientific and technical services 541 1129
Management of companies and enterprises 551 156
Administrative and support services 561 870
Waste management and remediation services 562 51
Educational services 611 443
Ambulatory health care services 621 425
Hospitals 622 97
Nursing and residential care facilities 623 263
Social assistance 624 305
Performing arts, spectator sports and related industries 711 120
Heritage institutions 712 24
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries 713 221
Accommodation services 721 283
Food services and drinking places 722 790
Repair and maintenance 811 210
Personal and laundry services 812 197
Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations 813 366
Local, municipal and regional public administration 913 242
Indigenous public administartion 914 77
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