Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics

Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing magnetic and optical media, and the mass reproduction of recordings on such media. The media include audio and video tapes, diskettes, hard disk media and CD-ROMs.

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  The products of the industry are blank media; and software (shrink-wrapped), audio, video, and multimedia products recorded on these media.
  
  Example Activities:
  Audio tape, blank, manufacturing
  Blank tapes, audio and video, manufacturing
  Compact discs, pre-recorded audio, mass-reproducing
  Compact discs, recordable or re-writable, blank, manufacturing
  Diskettes, blank, manufacturing
  Floppy disks, blank, manufacturing
  Magnetic tapes, cassettes and disks, blank, manufacturing
  Mass reproduction of pre-packaged software
  Multimedia products, pre-recorded, mass-reproducing
  Optical recording media, blank, manufacturing
  Pre-recorded magnetic audio tapes and cassettes, mass-reproducing
  Shrink-wrapped computer software, mass-reproducing
  Tapes, magnetic recording (i.e., audio, data, video), blank, manufacturing
  Video cassettes, blank, manufacturing
  Video cassettes, pre-recorded, mass-reproducing
  Video game software cartridges, mass-reproducing
  Video tapes, blank, manufacturing

  Exclusions

  Establishments primarily engaged in:
  designing, developing or publishing prepackaged software or documentation, and publishing and reproducing software in integrated facilities (51121, Software Publishers)