Definition
Flour Milling (NAICS 311211)

Under this topic you will find the North American Industry Classification System definition of the Flour Milling (NAICS 311211) national industry. You can use this definition to properly identify the segment of the industry you wish to study further in other sections of Canadian Industry Statistics.

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Definition of the National Industry

This Canadian industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in grinding grains, fruits or vegetables, except rice. Integrated mills, which grind grain and further process the milling products into such products as prepared flour mixes or doughs, are included.

Example Activities:

• Bran, shorts and other products of milling grain (except rice)
• Cereal grain flour, manufacturing
• Corn flour, manufacturing
• Doughs, prepared, made in flour mills
• Flour mills, cereal grain (except rice, breakfast cereal and feed mills)
• Flour mixes (e.g., pancake, cake, biscuit, doughnut), made in flour mills
• Flour, cereal grain (except rice), made in flour mills
• Flour, vegetable and fruit, manufacturing
• Fruit flour, meal and powders, manufacturing
• Grain mills (except rice, breakfast cereal and animal feed)
• Vegetable flour, manufacturing

Exclusions

Establishments primarily engaged in:

• milling grain to make animal feed (31111, Animal Food Manufacturing)
• milling rice (311214, Rice Milling and Malt Manufacturing)
• wet-milling corn and other vegetables (311221, Wet Corn Milling)
• crushing oilseeds (311224, Oilseed Processing)
• milling grain to make breakfast cereals (311230, Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing)
• manufacturing prepared flour mixes or doughs from purchased flour (311822, Flour Mixes and Dough Manufacturing from Purchased Flour)