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Strategy for Information and Communications Technology in Alberta
Appendix V Notes on Statistics
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ICT is a rapidly growing and evolving industry sector. There are currently no industry standards for measuring the activity and growth in the sector, as the current classification schemes do not represent the industry. For example, there is no classification code for Internet Service Providers. Over the period from 1997 to 2000, Statistics Canada will replace the current 1980 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) with NAICS Canada. The new classification will contain many sectors that did not exist in the SIC structure and that are relevant to the ICT Sector.
This report uses the Industry Canada definition of the ICT sector, in the belief that it is the current best available definition. The Industry Canada definition uses seven of the current SIC codes. Many reports reviewed for this study often ignore the sector by looking at only manufactured products, or consider a much broader definition of the sector than the Industry Canada definition. Thus, it is very difficult to extract and compare information about the sector. The charts and information in this report use the Industry Canada definition wherever possible, and the authors believe that the numbers contained in this report reflect a reasonable conservative representation of the industry.
Industry Canada's definition of SICs that comprise the ICT Sector:
Manufactured Products:
|
SIC |
Description |
|
3341 |
Consumer Electronics |
|
335 |
Communications and Other Electronic Components |
|
336 |
Computer Equipment |
|
3911 &3912 |
Instrumentation |
Services:
|
SIC |
Description |
|
772 |
Software and Related Services |
|
482 |
Telecommunication Carriers |
|
481 |
Broadcasting |
New NAICSs relevant to the ICT Sector which did not exist in the 1980 SIC:
|
NAIC |
Description |
Number of Sub-Industries |
|
51 |
Information and Cultural Industries |
30 |
|
54 |
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services |
40 |
|
71 |
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation |
31 |