NAICS 325 Chemicals and Chemical Products

These statistics are for the Chemicals and chemical products industry, based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 325.

Principal Statistics
Year Establishments Shipments
($ billions)		 Employment Imports
($ billions)		 Exports
($ billions)
1 Industry Canada estimates.
Source: Statistics Canada.
Note: The step change in establishments observed in 2004 was due to a change by Statistics Canada in the minimum threshold size necessary for inclusion of establishments in the annual data. This change had only a minor impact on other principal statistics.
2003 2 122 42.69 92 166 33.28 20.40
2004 3 315 47.16 84 091 35.57 24.29
2005 3 049 48.64 81 882 37.40 26.86
2006 2 955 49.89 79 990 39.35 28.93
2007 2 944 48.21 78 091 40.42 32.34
2008 2 834 49.65 80 934 42.10 31.99
2009 2 734 39.75 79 087 39.91 26.48
2010  2 7341  42.451  77 6701 40.86 27.93

This subsector comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing chemicals and chemical preparations, from organic and inorganic raw materials.

Exclusion(s): Establishments primarily engaged in:

  • field processing of crude petroleum and natural gas (211, Oil and Gas Extraction)
  • beneficiating mineral ores (212, Mining (except Oil and Gas))
  • processing crude petroleum and coal (324, Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing)
  • smelting and refining ores and concentrates (331, Primary Metal Manufacturing)