NAICS 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines

These statistics are for the Pharmaceuticals and medicines industry, based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 3254.

Principal Statistics

Year	Establishments	Shipments ($ millions)	Employment	Imports ($ millions)	Exports ($ millions)
1 Industry Canada estimates Source: Statistics Canada Note: The step changes in establishments observed in 2000 and 2004 were due to changes by Statistics Canada in the minimum threshold size necessary for inclusion of establishments in the annual data. These changes had only minor impacts on other principal statistics.
2003	262	7 799	29 312	9 044	3 401
2004	533	8 861	26 144	9 563	4 011
2005	413	8 416	26 939	10 030	4 337
2006	398	9 492	28 016	11 369	5 442
2007	405	8 047	27 465	12 334	6 802
2008	392	7 807	28 869	12 661	6 768
2009	377	7 988	29 832	14 537	7 569
2010	3771	8 6601	25 8101	13 320	6 171

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing drugs, medicines and related products for human or animal use. Establishments in this industry may undertake one or more of several processes, including basic processes, such as chemical synthesis, fermentation, distillation and solvent extraction; grading, grinding and milling; and packaging in forms suitable for internal and external use, such as tablets, vials, ampoules and ointments.

Examples:

• Acetylsalicylic acid
• Agar culture media
• Agar-agar grinding
• Amphetamines, uncompounded
• Analgesic preparations
• Anesthetic preparations
• Anesthetics, uncompounded
• Antibacterial preparations
• Antibiotics (including veterinary)
• Antihistamine preparations
• Antiseptic preparations
• Bacterial vaccines
• Barbiturate preparations
• Barbiturates, uncompounded
• Birth control pills
• Blood derivatives
• Blood glucose test kits
• Cardiac preparations
• Cephalosporin, uncompounded
• Cold remedies
• Contact lens solutions
• Contraceptive preparations
• Cortisone, uncompounded
• Cough medicines
• Culture media
• Diagnostic biological preparations
• Diagnostic substances, in-vitro
• Digestive system preparations
• Digitoxin, uncompounded
• Diuretic preparations
• Endocrine products, uncompounded
• Enzyme proteins (for example, basic synthetic chemicals), pharmaceutical use
• Eye and ear preparations
• Fish liver oils, medicinal, uncompounded
• Glandular derivatives, uncompounded
• Glandular medicinal preparations
• Glycosides, uncompounded
• Grinding and milling botanicals (for example, for medicinal use)
• Hematology in-vivo diagnostic substances
• Hematology products (except diagnostic substances)
• Herb grinding and milling (for example, for medicinal use)
• HIV test kits
• Hormone in-vitro diagnostic substances
• Hormones and derivatives, uncompounded
• Insulin preparations
• Insulin, uncompounded
• In-vitro diagnostic substances
• In-vivo diagnostic substances
• Laxative preparations
• Medicinal chemicals, uncompounded
• Nicotine and derivatives (for example, basic chemicals)
• Nuclear medicine (for example, radioactive isotopes) preparations
• Oils, vegetable and animal, medicinal, uncompounded
• Opium and opium derivatives (for example, basic chemicals)
• Oral contraceptive preparations
• Patent medicine preparations
• Penicillin preparations
• Penicillin, uncompounded
• Pharmaceutical preparations (for example, capsules, ointments, tablets)
• Pituitary gland derivatives, uncompounded
• Pregnancy test kits
• Radioactive in-vivo diagnostic substances
• Salicylic acid, medicinal, uncompounded
• Sedative preparations
• Sodium chloride pharmaceutical preparations
• Steroids, uncompounded
• Sulpha drugs, uncompounded
• Tetracycline, uncompounded
• Toxoids (for example, diphtheria, tetanus)
• Tranquilizers preparations
• Vaccines (for example, bacterial, virus)
• Vegetable alkaloids (for example, caffeine, codeine, morphine, nicotine), basic
• chemicals
• Veterinary medicinal preparations
• Water decontamination or purification tablets