List of Canadians by net worth

The following list of Canadians by net worth includes the 25 wealthiest Canadian individuals and families as determined by Canadian Business. The biweekly publication, Canadian Business has published an annual ranking of the wealthiest Canadian individuals and families since 1998.[1] In addition to the annual rankings published by Canadian Business, a number of Canadians are also featured in The World's Billionaires, an annual ranking of the world's wealthiest people by Forbes, an American-based publication.

Number of billionaires

According to Canadian Business, in November 2017 there were at least 100 Canadian billionaires when using the Canadian dollar to evaluate net worth.[2] However, the 2019 edition of The World's Billionaires by Forbes listed only 45 Canadians were considered billionaires when using the United States dollar to evaluate net worth.[3] In the 2019 edition of The World's Billionaires, the only Canadians listed in its top 100 was David Thomson and family; placing 27th in the listing with an estimated net worth of US$32.5 billion.[3]

List

The following is a list of the 25 wealthiest Canadians individuals and families, according to Canadian Business in November 2017.[1]

No.NameNet worth (CAD)Change in net worth from 2016Residence[2]Sources of wealth
1David Thomson and family$41.14 billion 5.2%TorontoThomson Reuters, The Woodbridge Company
2Joseph Tsai$14.36 billion 73.6%Hong Kong, ChinaAlibaba
3Galen Weston and family$13.55 billion 2.6%TorontoGeorge Weston Limited, Associated British Foods, Loblaw Companies, Holt Renfrew
4Edward Rogers III and family$11.57 billion 26.9%TorontoRogers Communications
5Lino Saputo and family$10.41 billion 1.8%MontrealSaputo Incorporated, TransForce
6Garrett Camp$8.58 billion 3.9%San Francisco, United StatesUber, StumbleUpon
7Paul Desmarais and family$8.38 billion 24.9%MontrealPower Corporation of Canada
8Arthur Irving, James Irving, John Irving$7.38 billion 3.5%Saint JohnIrving Group of Companies
9James Armstrong Richardson and family$6.55 billion 10.1%WinnipegRichardson International
10Jim Pattison$6.41 billion 11.7%VancouverJim Pattison Group
11Jeffrey Skoll$6.13 billion 11.3%Palo Alto, United StateseBay, Participant
12Richard Li$5.99 billion 34.9%Hong Kong, ChinaPCCW
13Azrieli family$5.83 billion 23.3%MontrealAzrieli Group
14Carlo Fidani$4.89 billion 0.6%TorontoOrlando Corporation
15Bernard Sherman estate$4.77 billion 3.2%TorontoApotex
16Wallace McCain estate$4.51 billion 10.5%TorontoMcCain Foods, Maple Leaf Foods
17David Cheriton$4.19 billion 26.2%Palo Alto, United StatesArista Networks, Google
18Alain Bouchard$4.13 billion 4.6%MontrealAlimentation Couche-Tard
19Daryl Katz$4.05 billionEdmontonKatz Group of Companies
20Michael Lee-Chin$3.95 billion 21.2%BurlingtonPortland Holdings, NCB Financial Group
21Tom Gaglardi and family$3.92 billion 10.4%VancouverNorthland Properties
22Apostolopoulos family$3.9 billion 35.9%TorontoTriple Group
23Harrison McCain estate$3.79 billion 2.4%FlorencevilleMcCain Foods
24Zekelman family$3.46 billion 63.2%WindsorAtlas Tube
25Mark Scheinberg$3.37 billion 2.1%London, United KingdomPokerStars

See also

References
  1. "Canada's Richest People 2018: The Top 25 Richest Canadians". Canadian Business. Rogers Media. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. "Canada's Richest People 2018: The Complete Top 100 Ranking". Canadian Business. Rogers Media. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  3. "45 Canadians make Forbes billionaires list". 5 March 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
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