About the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing in British Columbia Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing in British Columbia Market Research Report
Definition of the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing in British Columbia?
The Abrasive and Sandpaper Manufacturing industry in Canada manufactures natural and synthetic abrasive products including grinding wheels; coated or bonded materials; sandpaper and other abrasives. Abrasive products are made from a variety of raw materials (e.g. diamonds, garnet and silica sand); manufactured minerals (e.g. fused alumina and silicon carbide); superabrasives (e.g. synthetic diamond) and metal abrasives (e.g. steel shot, grit and sand).
What’s included in the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing in British Columbia?
The Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing in British Columbia includes polishing and grinding wheels manufacturing, buffing wheels, polishing wheels and laps, sandpaper manufacturing, textile-backed abrasive product manufacturing, nonmetallic abrasive product manufacturing including diamond abrasives, nonmetallic sized grains, powders and flour abrasives manufacturing and metal abrasives manufacturing. Related terms covered in the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing in British Columbia industry report includes extremely hard materials that are used to shape other materials by grinding and used either as coatings on cloth or paper, as loose grains or as grinding wheels, metals that include the presence of iron, metals other than iron and alloys that do not contain an appreciable amount of iron, abrasives commonly used in sanding belts, discs and sheets and used in a range of surface treatment applications, such as woodworking and floor sanding and abrasives commonly founded in grinding wheels and used for applications, such as grinding, sharpening and cutting.
Industry Performance of the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing industry in British Columbia
Benchmark the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing in British Columbia industry performance with all BC Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing in British Columbia
#3 in Highest Revenue 8.8% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing in Canada
Revenue (2024)
Annual Growth (2019-24)
Annual Growth (2024-29)
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Key Drivers of the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing industry in British Columbia
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British Columbia Economic Indicators
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Canada Key External Drivers
Industrial capacity utilization
Canadian effective exchange rate index
Value of residential construction
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing industry in British Columbia
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Key Statistics of the Abrasive & Sandpaper Manufacturing industry in British Columbia
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