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Cannabis Industry Guide

NAICS codes

NAICS 2017
"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."

Try one of the following:

111412 Cannabis grown under cover
111995 Cannabis grown in open fields
312310 Cannabis product manufacturing
413410 Cannabis merchant wholesalers
453993 Cannabis stores

You can use industry codes to find information in library databases and government websites.

Industry Canada: Canadian Industry Statistics
Find information on Canadian industry sectors including: industry statistics, industry profiles, environmental issues, standards and regulations, innovation and research, analyses, trade and more.

For other Canadian Classification Systems such as NOCs and NAPCS see the following Statistics Canada document:

Classifying Cannabis in the Canadian Statistical System

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