Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics
Textile and fabric finishing - 31331
Definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in finishing yarn and thread, textile fabrics, textile products (except carpets and rugs), and clothing, not made in the same establishment. Finishing operations include bleaching; dyeing; printing fabrics (roller, screen, flock, plisse); chemical finishing for water repellency, fire resistance and mildew proofing; and mechanical finishing, such as preshrinking, calendering, napping and stone-washing.
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Establishments, known as converters, primarily engaged in buying fabric in the grey and having it finished by contractors, are included.
Example Activities:
Batik work (hand painting on textile fabrics)
Bleaching textile fibres, thread, yarn or fabrics
Bleaching textile products (including clothing)
Burling and mending fabrics, for the trade
Calendering textile fabrics or textile products (including clothing)
Carbonizing textile fibres
Carding textile fibres
Chemical finishing (e.g., for fire, mildew, water resistance) of textile fabrics, for the trade
Combing textile fibres
Dyeing clothing
Dyeing textile products, for the trade
Dyeing textile raw stock, fibres, thread, yarn or fabrics
Embossing textile products (including clothing)
Finishing clothing
Finishing purchased fabrics
Finishing textile fabrics
Flock printing of textile fabrics
Hair, animal (except horse), preparation (e.g., dressing, heckling, teasing, willowing)
Hosiery dyeing and finishing
Knit fabrics, dyeing or finishing
Mechanical finishing of clothing
Mercerizing textile fibres and fabrics
Mildew proofing textile fabrics and products
Napping textile fabrics
Preparing textile fibres for spinning
Preshrinking textile fabrics and clothing
Printed fabrics, made from purchased fabric
Printing on narrow fabrics
Printing on textile fabrics
Scouring and combing textile fibres
Shrinking textile fabrics and products (including clothing)
Sponging textile fabrics
Sponging textiles for tailors and dressmakers
Stone washing textile fabrics and clothing, for the trade
Sueding textile fabrics
Teaseling textile fabrics
Textile products finishing
Thread bleaching, dyeing and finishing
Yarn bleaching, dyeing and finishingExclusions
Establishments primarily engaged in:
coating, rubberizing, varnishing or waxing fabrics (see 313320 Fabric coating)
embroidering textile products and clothing (see 314990 All other textile product mills)
knitting and finishing hosiery and socks, in the same establishment (see 315110 Hosiery and sock mills)
knitting and finishing clothing, except hosiery and socks, in the same establishment (see 315190 Other
clothing knitting mills)
manufacturing and finishing men's and boys' cut-and-sew clothing, in the same establishment (see 315220
Men's and boys' cut and sew clothing manufacturing)
manufacturing and finishing women's and girls' cut-and-sew clothing, in the same establishment (see
315249 Women's and girls' cut and sew clothing manufacturing)
manufacturing and finishing other cut-and-sew clothing, in the same establishment (see 315289 All other
cut and sew clothing manufacturing)
fur dressing and dyeing (see 316110 Leather and hide tanning and finishing)
printing on clothing (see 323113 Commercial screen printing)
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