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. 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. 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. 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.List
The following is a list of the 25 wealthiest Canadians individuals and families, according to Canadian Business in November 2017.No. | Name | Net worth | Change in net worth from 2016 | Residence | Sources of wealth |
1 | David Thomson and family | $41.14 billion | 5.2% | Toronto | Thomson Reuters, The Woodbridge Company |
2 | $14.36 billion | 73.6% | Hong Kong, China | Alibaba | |
3 | and family | $13.55 billion | 2.6% | Toronto | George Weston Limited, Associated British Foods, Loblaw Companies, Holt Renfrew |
4 | and family | $11.57 billion | 26.9% | Toronto | Rogers Communications |
5 | and family | $10.41 billion | 1.8% | Montreal | Saputo Incorporated, TransForce |
6 | $8.58 billion | 3.9% | San Francisco, United States | Uber, StumbleUpon | |
7 | and family | $8.38 billion | 24.9% | Montreal | Power Corporation of Canada |
8 | , James Irving, John Irving | $7.38 billion | 3.5% | Saint John | Irving Group of Companies |
9 | and family | $6.55 billion | 10.1% | Winnipeg | Richardson International |
10 | $6.41 billion | 11.7% | Vancouver | Jim Pattison Group | |
11 | $6.13 billion | 11.3% | Palo Alto, United States | eBay, Participant | |
12 | $5.99 billion | 34.9% | Hong Kong, China | PCCW | |
13 | Azrieli family | $5.83 billion | 23.3% | Montreal | Azrieli Group |
14 | $4.89 billion | 0.6% | Toronto | Orlando Corporation | |
15 | estate | $4.77 billion | 3.2% | Toronto | Apotex |
16 | estate | $4.51 billion | 10.5% | Toronto | McCain Foods, Maple Leaf Foods |
17 | $4.19 billion | 26.2% | Palo Alto, United States | Arista Networks, Google | |
18 | $4.13 billion | 4.6% | Montreal | Alimentation Couche-Tard | |
19 | $4.05 billion | Edmonton | Katz Group of Companies | ||
20 | $3.95 billion | 21.2% | Burlington | Portland Holdings, NCB Financial Group | |
21 | and family | $3.92 billion | 10.4% | Vancouver | Northland Properties |
22 | Apostolopoulos family | $3.9 billion | 35.9% | Toronto | Triple Group |
23 | estate | $3.79 billion | 2.4% | Florenceville | McCain Foods |
24 | Zekelman family | $3.46 billion | 63.2% | Windsor | Atlas Tube |
25 | $3.37 billion | 2.1% | London, United Kingdom | PokerStars |