North American Industry Classification System (Canada)
NAICS Canada is the Canadian member of the trilateral NAICS family, maintained by Statistics Canada — harmonized with the US and Mexico through five digits and extended with Canadian detail at the 6-digit Canadian industry level.
How a NAICS Canada code is built
Each digit narrows the activity from the broadest sector down to a specific national industry. Here's how 111110 decomposes:
Structure at a glance
Browse sectors
History
Statistics Canada maintains NAICS Canada as the Canadian version of the trilateral classification developed with the US and Mexico in 1997. It is revised on the shared five-year cycle; NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 is the current edition.
Usage & importance
Used by Statistics Canada for the Business Register, the economic census and national statistics, and by the CRA and provincial registries for classifying Canadian businesses.
Revision timeline
Convert NAICS Canada codes to any other system
Verified crosswalks between NAICS Canada and the other ten systems, both sides clickable.