Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics

Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in wholesaling industrial and household chemicals, cleaning compounds and preparations, plastics resins, plastic basic forms and shapes, and industrial gases.

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  Example Activities:
  Alcohol, industrial, wholesale
  Alkalies, wholesale
  Ammonia (except fertilizer material), wholesale
  Bleaches, wholesale
  Bleaching compounds, wholesale
  Carbon black, wholesale
  Caustic soda, wholesale
  Chemicals, industrial and household, wholesale
  Chlorine, wholesale
  Cleaning compounds and preparations, wholesale
  Cleansers, soaps, detergents, wholesale
  Coal tar products, primary and intermediate, wholesale
  Compound catalysts, industrial, wholesale
  Compressed and liquefied gases (except petroleum gases), wholesale
  Concrete additives, wholesale
  Deodorants (except personal), wholesale
  Detergents, wholesale
  Detonators and fuses, wholesale
  Disinfectants, wholesale
  Dry cleaning solvents and chemicals, wholesale
  Dry ice, wholesale
  Dyestuffs, wholesale
  Essential oils, wholesale
  Explosives, all kinds (except ammunition and fireworks), wholesale
  Fire extinguisher preparations, wholesale
  Floor cleaning compounds, wholesale
  Gases, compressed and liquefied (except liquefied petroleum gas), wholesale
  Glue, wholesale
  Gum and wood chemicals, wholesale
  Industrial chemicals, wholesale
  Industrial gases, wholesale
  Laundry soap, chips and powder, wholesale
  Linseed oil, wholesale
  Man-made fibres, wholesale
  Metal working compounds, wholesale
  Organic chemicals, synthetic, wholesale
  Plasticizers and stabilizers, wholesale
  Plastics basic shapes, wholesale
  Plastics materials, wholesale
  Plastics resins, wholesale
  Plastics sheet and rods, wholesale
  Polishes (e.g., furniture, automobile, metal, shoe), wholesale
  Polishing preparations, wholesale
  Resins, plastics, wholesale
  Resins, synthetic (except rubber), wholesale
  Rug cleaning compounds, wholesale
  Rustproofing chemicals, wholesale
  Salts, industrial, wholesale
  Sanitation preparations, wholesale
  Scouring cleansers, wholesale
  Sealants, wholesale
  Stabilizers and plasticizers, wholesale
  Sulphur, wholesale
  Sulphuric acid, wholesale
  Surface active agents, wholesale
  Synthetic rubber, wholesale
  Textile chemicals, wholesale
  Waxes, wholesale
  Wood treating preparations, wholesale

  Exclusions

  Establishments primarily engaged in:
  wholesaling refined petroleum products (see 412110 Petroleum and petroleum products merchant
  wholesalers)
  wholesaling fireworks (see 414460 Toy and hobby goods merchant wholesalers)
  wholesaling ammunition (see 414470 Amusement and sporting goods merchant wholesalers)
  wholesaling agricultural chemicals (see 418390 Agricultural chemical and other farm supplies merchant
  wholesalers)