Sectors of activity targeted by the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances
_________________________________________________________________________________
| | | |
| Sector | Type of activity | 6-digit NAICS* |
| | | code beginning |
| | | with: |
|______________________|_______________________________________|__________________|
| | | |
| Mining, quarrying and| Extraction of naturally occurring | 211 or 212 |
| oil and natural gas | minerals | |
| extraction | | |
| | | |
|______________________|_______________________________________|__________________|
| | | |
| Electric power | Generation of bulk electric power, | 2211 |
| generation, | transmission from generating | |
| transmission and | facilities to distribution centres, | |
| distribution | and/or distribution to end users | |
| | | |
|______________________|_______________________________________|__________________|
| | | |
| Natural gas | Distribution, through a system of | 2212 |
| distribution | mains, of natural or synthetic gas | 488990 |
| | to consumers, also including the | (natural gas |
| | trade of the sale of natural gas by | regasification |
| | marketers and brokers, that arrange | or liquefaction) |
| | the sale of natural gas over | |
| | distribution systems operated by | |
| | others | |
|______________________|_______________________________________|__________________|
| | | |
| Steam and | Production and distribution of steam | 22133 |
| airconditioning | and heated or cooled air for | |
| production for | industrial purposes | |
| industrial purposes | | |
|______________________|_______________________________________|__________________|
| | | |
| Manufacturing | Mechanical or physical transformation | 31, 32 or 33 |
| | of materials or substances into new | |
| | products | |
|______________________|_______________________________________|__________________|
| | | |
| Pipeline | Transportation of crude oil, refined | 486 |
| transportation | products and natural gas, gas fields, | 488990 |
| | processing plants and local | (natural gas |
| | distribution systems | regasification |
| | | or liquefaction) |
|______________________|_______________________________________|__________________|
* The numbers indicated for each category of industrial or commercial activity mentioned in Appendices A and C correspond to the codes assigned by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The description of each category of activity found in the document “North American Industry Classification System, Canada 2007” published by Statistics Canada (Catalogue no. 12-501-XIE2007001, 2007, ISBN 0-662-44519-8) applies for the purposes of this Regulation.