Official definition
This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing inorganic chemicals.
Canadian industry
325189 All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing
Fabrication de tous les autres produits chimiques inorganiques de base
Official classification fields for this page
Official classification fields taken from the current StatCan source bundle.
| Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
| Official title | All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing |
| Classification | NAICS Canada 2022 Version 1.0 |
| Publishing authority | Statistics Canada |
| Hierarchical level | Canadian industry |
| Parent code | 32518 - Other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing |
| International correspondence | C2012* |
| Source | https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/subjects/standard/naics/2022/v1/index |
| Source verification | 2026-07-17 |
Canada-wide tax and filing context
Canada-wide business, tax, and filing context from the local country pack and tax pack.
| Characteristic | Description |
|---|---|
| Tax authority | Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) |
| Business identifier | Business Number (BN): 9-digit identifier with program account suffixes such as RT0001 for GST/HST, RP0001 for payroll, and RC0001 for corporate income tax. |
| Filing requirements | Business Number registration; Form T2125 (Statement of Business or Professional Activities) attached to T1; Form T2 (Corporation Income Tax Return); Form T5013; Form GST34 |
| Sector authority | No cluster authority recorded in the local country pack. |
Exclusions
- manufacturing antimony based pigments (See 325130 Synthetic dye and pigment manufacturing)
- manufacturing ferric or lead oxide pigments (See 325130 Synthetic dye and pigment manufacturing)
- sulphur extraction from sour natural gas (See 211110 Oil and gas extraction (except oil sands) (CAN))
Examples
- ammonium chloride, manufacturing
- bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing
- carbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten), manufacturing
- carbon, bone and lamp black pigments, manufacturing
- heavy water (i.e., deuterium oxide), manufacturing
- hydrogen peroxide, manufacturing
- iodine, crude or resublimed, manufacturing
- potassium salts, manufacturing
- radioactive elements, manufacturing
- sulphides and sulphites, manufacturing
- titanium dioxide, manufacturing
- zinc oxide, manufacturing
- aluminum chloride, manufacturing
- aluminum hydroxide (i.e., alumina trihydrate), manufacturing
- aluminum sulphate, manufacturing
- alums (e.g., aluminum ammonium sulphate, aluminum potassium sulphate), manufacturing
- ammonium chloride, manufacturing
- ammonium hydroxide, manufacturing
- ammonium molybdate, manufacturing
- ammonium perchlorate, manufacturing
- ammonium thiosulfate, manufacturing
- animal black, manufacturing
- antimony oxides (except pigments), manufacturing
- arsenates, manufacturing
- arsenites, manufacturing
- barium hydroxide, manufacturing
- beryllium oxide, manufacturing
- bichromates and chromates, manufacturing
- bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing
- blending of purchased raw chemicals
- bone black, manufacturing
- borax (i.e., sodium borate), manufacturing
- boric acid, manufacturing
- borosilicate, manufacturing
- bromine, manufacturing
- calcium carbide, chloride and hypochlorite, manufacturing
- calcium hypochlorite, manufacturing
- carbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten), manufacturing
- carbon disulphide, manufacturing
- carbon, bone and lamp black pigments, manufacturing
- carbonic acid, manufacturing
- cerium salts, manufacturing
- channel black, manufacturing
- chloride of lime, manufacturing
- chlorine dioxide, manufacturing
- chlorosulphonic acid, manufacturing
- chromic acid, manufacturing
- chromium oxide, manufacturing
- chromium salts, manufacturing
- cobalt 60 (i.e., radioactive cobalt), manufacturing
- cobalt chloride, manufacturing
- cobalt sulphate, manufacturing
- copper chloride, manufacturing
- copper iodide, manufacturing
- copper sulphate, manufacturing
- cyanides, manufacturing
- dichromates, manufacturing
- ferric chloride, manufacturing
- ferric oxides (except pigment), manufacturing
- ferrocyanides, manufacturing
- fluoboric acid, manufacturing
- fluorine, manufacturing
- furnace black, manufacturing
- Glauber's salt, manufacturing
- heavy water (i.e., deuterium oxide), manufacturing
- hydrazine, manufacturing
- hydrochloric acid, manufacturing
- hydrocyanic acid, manufacturing
- hydrofluoric acid, manufacturing
- hydrofluosilicic acid, manufacturing
- hydrogen peroxide, manufacturing
- hydrogen sulphide, manufacturing
- hydrosulphites, manufacturing
- hypochlorites, manufacturing
- hypophosphites, manufacturing
- indium chloride, manufacturing
- iodides, manufacturing
- iodine, crude or resublimed, manufacturing
- iron sulphate, manufacturing
- lamp black, manufacturing
- lead oxides (except pigments), manufacturing
- lead silicate, manufacturing
- magnesium carbonate, manufacturing
- magnesium chloride, manufacturing
- manganese dioxide, manufacturing
- mercury chloride, manufacturing
- mercury oxide, manufacturing
- nickel ammonium sulphate, manufacturing
- nickel carbonate, manufacturing
- nickel sulphate, manufacturing
- nuclear fuel scrap reprocessing
- nuclear fuels, inorganic, manufacturing
- oleum (i.e., fuming sulphuric acid), manufacturing
- pelletizing liquid sulphur
- perchloric acid, manufacturing
- peroxides, inorganic, manufacturing
- phosphorus oxychloride, manufacturing
- potassium aluminum sulphate, manufacturing
- potassium bichromate and chromate, manufacturing
- potassium bromide, manufacturing
- potassium chlorate, manufacturing
- potassium chloride, manufacturing
- potassium hypochlorate, manufacturing
- potassium iodide, manufacturing
- potassium nitrate, manufacturing
- potassium permanganate, manufacturing
- potassium salts, manufacturing
- potassium sulphate, manufacturing
- radioactive elements, manufacturing
- radioactive isotopes, manufacturing
- radium chloride, manufacturing
- radium luminous compounds, manufacturing
- rare earth salts, manufacturing
- selenium dioxide, manufacturing
- silica gel, manufacturing
- silica, amorphous, manufacturing
- silicofluorides, manufacturing
- silver bromide, manufacturing
- silver chloride, manufacturing
- silver nitrate, manufacturing
- sodium aluminate, manufacturing
- sodium aluminum sulphate, manufacturing
- sodium antimoniate, manufacturing
- sodium arsenite, manufacturing
- sodium bichromate and chromate, manufacturing
- sodium borate, manufacturing
- sodium borohydride, manufacturing
- sodium bromide, manufacturing
- sodium chlorate, manufacturing
- sodium hydrosulphite, manufacturing
- sodium hypochlorite, manufacturing
- sodium molybdate, manufacturing
- sodium perborate, manufacturing
- sodium peroxide, manufacturing
- sodium phosphate, manufacturing
- sodium polyphosphate, manufacturing
- sodium silicate, manufacturing
- sodium silicofluoride, manufacturing
- sodium stannate, manufacturing
- sodium sulphate, manufacturing
- sodium tetraborate, manufacturing
- sodium thiosulfate, manufacturing
- sodium tungstate, manufacturing
- sodium uranate, manufacturing
- stannic and stannous chloride, manufacturing
- strontium carbonate, manufacturing
- strontium nitrate, manufacturing
- sulphides and sulphites, manufacturing
- sulphocyanides, manufacturing
- sulphur chloride, manufacturing
- sulphur dioxide, manufacturing
- sulphur hexafluoride gas, manufacturing
- sulphur, recovering or refining (except from sour natural gas)
- sulphuric acid, manufacturing
- tanning agents, inorganic, manufacturing
- thiocyanate, manufacturing
- tin chloride, manufacturing
- tin oxide, manufacturing
- tin salts, manufacturing
- titanium dioxide, manufacturing
- tungstates (e.g., ammonium tungstate, sodium tungstate), manufacturing
- uranium oxide, manufacturing
- uranium, enriched, manufacturing
- zinc ammonium chloride, manufacturing
- zinc chloride, manufacturing
- zinc hydrosulphite (i.e., zinc dithionite), manufacturing
- zinc oxide, manufacturing
- zinc sulphide, manufacturing
Who is this code for
This code typically applies to:
Also relevant for
ammonium chloride, manufacturingbleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturingcarbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten), manufacturingcarbon, bone and lamp black pigments, manufacturingheavy water (i.e., deuterium oxide), manufacturing
Source: STATCAN_TITLE, 2026-07-17
Classification Confidence Score
5 of 6 factors passing
8/ 10
Verified official source — naics-scian-2022-structure-v1-eng.csv (2026-07-17)
International crosswalk — ISIC Rev. 4 mapping: C2012*
Previous edition migration — NAICS 2017 to 2022 continuity confirmed
Complete hierarchy — 5 levels confirmed in hierarchy
Size or threshold documented — SME thresholds documented in federal tax pack
Trade or export match — No direct HS code correspondence in current bundle
Legacy crosswalk — Legacy system (SIC 1980) retired in this region
Business Profiles
When you might need code 325189
These role examples come from the official title and example wording attached to this code.
01
325189
All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing
Use this page when the business is directly described by the official title or definition for 325189 All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing. It is the closest source-backed checkpoint before BN registration, GST/HST review, banking onboarding, or internal classification work.
02
325189
ammonium chloride, manufacturing
Use this page when the activity is described in the official StatCan example wording as ammonium chloride, manufacturing. Compare the definition, exclusions, and nearby codes here before attaching 325189 All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing to a business file.
03
325189
bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing
Use this page when the activity is described in the official StatCan example wording as bleaching agents, inorganic, manufacturing. Compare the definition, exclusions, and nearby codes here before attaching 325189 All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing to a business file.
04
325189
carbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten), manufacturing
Use this page when the activity is described in the official StatCan example wording as carbides (e.g., boron, calcium, silicon, tungsten), manufacturing. Compare the definition, exclusions, and nearby codes here before attaching 325189 All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing to a business file.
Business categories in this branch
A rotating set of business activity examples linked to this part of the Canadian hierarchy.
In this section
- 325181Alkali and chlorine manufacturing
- 325189All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing
Commonly confused with
325130 — Synthetic dye and pigment manufacturing
manufacturing antimony based pigments (See 325130 Synthetic dye and pigment manufacturing)
211110 — Oil and gas extraction (except oil sands)
sulphur extraction from sour natural gas (See 211110 Oil and gas extraction (except oil sands) (CAN...
ISIC Rev. 4 correspondence
C2012*Manufacture of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds
Approximate correspondence
Ammonium chloride, hydroxide and molybdate, manufacturing
US NAICS referenceNo exact same-code US entry appears in the local reference workbook.
Source row
325189All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing
This page mirrors the source row from the structure CSV and the matching rows from the elements and crosswalk files.
Frequently asked questions
What does code 325189 cover?
All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing: This Canadian industry comprises establishments, not classified to any other Canadian industry, primarily engaged in manufacturing inorganic chemicals.
Which level of the hierarchy is 325189?
It is a canadian industry page in the NAICS Canada 2026 hierarchy.
What is the parent of 325189?
It rolls up to 32518 Other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing.
Should I stop at 325189 or go lower?
This page already points to the exact six-digit Canadian industry in the current site structure.
Are official inclusion notes attached to 325189?
No inclusion rows are attached to this page in the local elements file.
Are there exclusion notes for 325189?
Yes. 3 exclusion note(s) help separate this page from nearby codes.
Does 325189 include illustrative examples?
Yes. 168 example row(s) are available for boundary checking.
What kinds of businesses often start from this page?
Examples in this branch include Wood products, Consumer goods, Food processing, Metal fabrication, Machinery assembly, Chemical production.
Is there an ISIC mapping for 325189?
Yes. The page shows C2012* Manufacture of fertilizers and nitrogen compounds.
Does this page show a US NAICS reference?
No same-code US NAICS reference row is attached on this page.
Why are both English and French titles shown?
NAICS Canada is bilingual, so the page keeps both language titles visible for comparison and lookup.
Where does the page text come from?
From the local StatCan structure file, elements file, ISIC crosswalk, and the bundled US 6-digit reference workbook.