Summary - Canadian Industry Statistics

Definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in buying and/or selling products, owned by others, on a commission basis. These establishments may be known as commission merchants, import agents or brokers, export agents or brokers, manufacturers' agents, purchasing agents, selling agents, and they may deal in any type of product.

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  These establishments usually bring sellers and buyers together or undertake commercial transactions on behalf of a principal, without taking title of the goods bought or sold.
  
  Example Activities:
  Agents and brokers, wholesale trade
  Agricultural supplies, wholesale agents and brokers
  Alcoholic beverages, wholesale agents and brokers
  Amusement and sporting goods, wholesale agents and brokers
  Apparel, wholesale agents and brokers
  Automobiles, wholesale agents and brokers
  Book, periodical and newspaper, wholesale agents and brokers
  Chemicals (except agricultural), wholesale agents and brokers
  China, glassware, crockery and pottery, wholesale agents and brokers
  Coal brokers, wholesale
  Commission agency, general, wholesale
  Commission salesman, representing several products of companies
  Computer and related machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
  Confectionery, wholesale agents and brokers
  Construction and forestry machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
  Dairy products, wholesale agents and brokers
  Drugs, wholesale agents and brokers
  Dry goods, wholesale agents and brokers
  Electrical wiring supplies and electrical construction materials, wholesale agents and brokers
  Farm machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
  Ferrous and non-ferrous metal ores and concentrates, combined, wholesale agents and brokers
  Ferrous and non-ferrous metals, combination, wholesale agents and brokers
  Fish and seafood, wholesale agents and brokers
  Floor coverings, wholesale agents and brokers
  Food, wholesale agents and brokers
  Footwear, wholesale agents and brokers
  Fresh fruits and vegetables, wholesale agents and brokers
  Frozen packaged food, wholesale agents and brokers
  General line building material, wholesale agents and brokers
  General line of food, wholesale agents and brokers
  General line of merchandise, wholesale agents and brokers
  Grain, wholesale agents and brokers
  Hardware, wholesale agents and brokers
  Home electronics, wholesale agents and brokers
  Household appliances and home electronics, wholesale agents and brokers
  Household furnishings, wholesale agents and brokers
  Household furniture, wholesale agents and brokers
  Import-export agents and brokers, wholesale trade
  Industrial machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
  Iron and steel primary forms and structural shapes, agents and brokers
  Jewellery and watch, wholesale agents and brokers
  Linens, draperies and other textile furnishings, wholesale agents and brokers
  Livestock, wholesale agents and brokers
  Logs and wood chips, wholesale agents and brokers
  Lumber, plywood and millwork, wholesale agents and brokers
  Meat and meat products, wholesale agents and brokers
  Men's clothing, wholesale agents and brokers
  Metal and metal products (except ores), wholesale agents and brokers
  Mining machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
  Motor vehicles (except automobiles, trucks and buses), wholesale agents and brokers
  New and rebuilt auto parts, wholesale agents and brokers
  Newsprint, wholesale agents and brokers
  Non-alcoholic beverages, wholesale agents and brokers
  Office and store machinery and equipment, wholesale agents and brokers
  Paint, glass and wallpaper, wholesale agents and brokers
  Paper and paper products, wholesale agents and brokers
  Photographic equipment and supplies, wholesale agents and brokers
  Plumbing, and heating equipment

  Exclusions

  Establishments primarily engaged in:
  acting as agents and brokers and wholesaling products, owned by others, using the Internet or other
  electronic means (see 419110 Business-to-business electronic markets)
  shipping agents (see 48851 Freight transportation arrangement)
  trading commodities and commodity futures, which are usually listed on a commodity exchange (see 5231
  Securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage)
  buying and selling insurance, on a commission basis (see 524210 Insurance agencies and brokerages)
  buying and selling real estate for others, on a fee or commission basis (see 53121 Offices of real estate
  agents and brokers)
  wholesaling merchandise on own account, merchant wholesaler-distributors (classified according to the
  merchandise line or lines sold by the merchant wholesaler-distributor)