Concordance between the Standard Industrial Classifications of the United Statesand Canada: 1987 United States SIC-1980 Canadian SIC

摘要

The publication presents a concordance between the 1987 United States StandardIndustrial Classification (SIC) and the 1980 Canadian Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). The concordance was developed jointly by the U.S. Bureau of the Census and Statistics Canade. It identifies the differences between the two national SICs and provides a standard for relating establishment-based statistical data collected and published by the two countries, in terms of one or the other SIC. The concordance represents the interpretation of the national SICs by the two statistical agencies. Together they have: resolved questions regarding the precise content of the classes; reached agreement on the concordance of the 4-digit classes; and assessed the relative importance of the existing differences between the two systems and identified those small enough to be ignored. The concordance covers the entire field of economic activities, as do the two SICs. Because they have been designed with data users in mind, the concordance tables have been simplified by omitting differences considered to be statistically insignificant.