Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics

Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the construction (including new work, additions and major alterations) of commercial and institutional buildings and related structures, such as stadiums, grain elevators, and indoor swimming pools.

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  This industry includes establishments responsible for the on-site assembly of modular or prefabricated commercials and institutional buildings. Included in this industry are commercial and institutional building general contractors, commercial and institutional building operative builders, commercial and institutional building design-build firms, and commercial and institutional building construction management firms.
  
  Example Activities:
  Additions, alterations and renovations, commercial and institutional buildings, by general contractors.
  Airport buildings construction
  Arenas construction
  Hotels construction
  Institutional buildings construction
  Office buildings construction
  Public warehouses construction
  Shopping malls construction
  Speculative builders (i.e., building on own land, for sale), commercial and institutional buildings

  Exclusions

  Establishments primarily engaged in:
  constructing structures that are integral parts of utility systems (e.g., storage tanks, pumping stations) or
  are used to produce products for these systems (e.g., power plants, refineries) (see 2371 Utility system
  construction)
  performing specialized construction work on commercial and institutional buildings generally on a
  subcontract basis (see 238 Specialty trade contractors)
  constructing buildings on their own account for rent or lease (see 5311 Lessors of real estate)