Definition
Boat Building (NAICS 336612)

Under this topic you will find the North American Industry Classification System definition of the Boat Building (NAICS 336612) 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.

Definition of the National Industry

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing boats.Boats are defined as water-craft suitable or intended for personal or recreational use.

Example Activities:

• Boats (i.e., suitable or intended personal use), manufacturing
• Canoes and kayaks, manufacturing
• Canoes, manufacturing
• Fibreglass boats, building
• Fishing boats (i.e., suitable or intended personal use), building
• Houseboats, building
• Hydrofoil vessels, recreational type, manufacturing
• Rigid hull inflatable boats
• Underwater ROV (remotely operated vehicle), manufacturing
• Yachts, building, not done in shipyards

Exclusions

Establishments primarily engaged in:

• manufacturing rubber boats and life rafts, except rigid hull inflatable boats (32629, Other Rubber Product Manufacturing)
• manufacturing prefabricated metal boat sections, not at a boatyard (332319, Other Plate Work and Fabricated Structural Product Manufacturing)