Definition
Ship Building and Repairing (NAICS 336611)

Under this topic you will find the North American Industry Classification System definition of the Ship Building and Repairing (NAICS 336611) national industry. You can use this definition to properly identify the segment of the industry you wish to study further in other sections of Canadian Industry Statistics.

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Definition of the National Industry

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in operating a shipyard. Shipyards are fixed facilities with dry docks and fabrication equipment capable of building a ship, defined as water-craft suitable or intended for other than personal or recreational use. The activities of shipyards include the construction of ships, their repair, conversion and alteration, the production of prefabricated ship sections and barge sections, and specialized services, such as ship scaling, when performed at the shipyard.

Example Activities:

• Barges, building
• Drilling and production platforms, floating, oil and gas, building
• Fishing boats, commercial, building
• Hydrofoil vessels, building and repairing in shipyards
• Ship repair, done in a shipyard
• Ships (i.e., not suitable or intended for personal use), manufacturing
• Shipyard (i.e., facility capable of building ships)

Exclusions

Establishments primarily engaged in:

• ship painting, carpentry work and electrical wiring installation (238, Specialty Trade Contractors)
• manufacturing prefabricated metal ship, boat and barge sections, not at a shipyard (332319, Other Plate Work and Fabricated Structural Product Manufacturing)
• ship repairing, not at a shipyard (488390, Other Support Activities for Water Transportation)