Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics

Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing medical equipment and supplies. Establishments primarily engaged in grinding eyeglasses and hard contact lenses to prescription, on a factory basis, are included.

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  Example Activities:
  Abrasive points, wheels and disks, dental, manufacturing
  Adhesive tape, medical, manufacturing
  Bandages and dressings, surgical and orthopedic, manufacturing
  Blood transfusion equipment, manufacturing
  Bridges, custom made in dental laboratories
  Catheters, manufacturing
  Contact lenses, manufacturing
  Cotton and cotton balls, absorbent, manufacturing
  Dental chairs, manufacturing
  Dental equipment and instruments, manufacturing
  Dental furniture, manufacturing
  Dental glues and cements, manufacturing
  Dental laboratories
  Dental wax, manufacturing
  Denture materials, manufacturing
  Dentures, custom made in dental laboratories
  Ear stoppers (noise protectors), manufacturing
  Eyeglass frames and parts, manufacturing
  Eyeglasses, lenses and frames, manufacturing
  First-aid equipment and supplies, manufacturing
  Furniture, hospital (e.g., hospital beds, operating room furniture), manufacturing
  Gauze, surgical, made from purchased fabric
  Gloves (e.g., surgeons', electricians', household), rubber, manufacturing
  Glue, dental, manufacturing
  Gut sutures, surgical, manufacturing
  Hard hats manufacturing
  Hospital furniture (e.g., hospital beds, operating room furniture), manufacturing
  Hypodermic needles and syringes, manufacturing
  Lens grinding, ophthalmic (except in retail stores)
  Life preservers, inflatable, manufacturing
  Lifejackets, plastics, manufacturing
  Magnifiers, vision correcting type, manufacturing
  Magnifying glasses, manufacturing
  Medical and related instruments, apparatus and equipment (except electro-medical), manufacturing
  Ophthalmic instruments and apparatus (except laser surgery), manufacturing
  Orthodontic appliances, custom made in dental laboratories
  Orthopedic devices and materials, manufacturing
  Orthopedic extension shoes, manufacturing
  Personal safety devices, not specified elsewhere, manufacturing
  Prosthetic devices, manufacturing
  Protective industrial clothing, manufacturing
  Radiation shielding aprons, gloves and sheeting, manufacturing
  Respiratory protection equipment, personal, manufacturing
  Safety appliances and equipment, personal, manufacturing
  Safety clothing, manufacturing
  Shoes, orthopedic extension, manufacturing
  Splints, manufacturing
  Sunglasses, manufacturing
  Supports, orthopedic (e.g., abdominal, ankle, arch, kneecap), manufacturing
  Surgical bandages (including medicated), manufacturing
  Sutures, manufacturing
  Syringes, hypodermic, manufacturing
  Tape, medical adhesive, manufacturing
  Teeth, custom made in dental laboratories
  Ultrasonic dental equipment, manufacturing
  Ultrasonic medical cleaning equipment, manufacturing
  Wheelchairs, manufacturing

  Exclusions

  Establishments primarily engaged in:
  manufacturing moulded plastic lens blanks (32619, Other Plastic Product Manufacturing)
  manufacturing moulded glass lens blanks (32721, Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing)