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.NameNet worth Change in net worth from 2016ResidenceSources of wealth
1David Thomson and family$41.14 billion 5.2%TorontoThomson Reuters, The Woodbridge Company
2$14.36 billion 73.6%Hong Kong, ChinaAlibaba
3 and family$13.55 billion 2.6%TorontoGeorge Weston Limited, Associated British Foods, Loblaw Companies, Holt Renfrew
4 and family$11.57 billion 26.9%TorontoRogers Communications
5 and family$10.41 billion 1.8%MontrealSaputo Incorporated, TransForce
6$8.58 billion 3.9%San Francisco, United StatesUber, StumbleUpon
7 and family$8.38 billion 24.9%MontrealPower Corporation of Canada
8, James Irving, John Irving$7.38 billion 3.5%Saint JohnIrving Group of Companies
9 and family$6.55 billion 10.1%WinnipegRichardson International
10$6.41 billion 11.7%VancouverJim Pattison Group
11$6.13 billion 11.3%Palo Alto, United StateseBay, Participant
12$5.99 billion 34.9%Hong Kong, ChinaPCCW
13Azrieli family$5.83 billion 23.3%MontrealAzrieli Group
14$4.89 billion 0.6%TorontoOrlando Corporation
15 estate$4.77 billion 3.2%TorontoApotex
16 estate$4.51 billion 10.5%TorontoMcCain Foods, Maple Leaf Foods
17$4.19 billion 26.2%Palo Alto, United StatesArista Networks, Google
18$4.13 billion 4.6%MontrealAlimentation Couche-Tard
19$4.05 billionEdmontonKatz Group of Companies
20$3.95 billion 21.2%BurlingtonPortland Holdings, NCB Financial Group
21 and family$3.92 billion 10.4%VancouverNorthland Properties
22Apostolopoulos family$3.9 billion 35.9%TorontoTriple Group
23 estate$3.79 billion 2.4%FlorencevilleMcCain Foods
24Zekelman family$3.46 billion 63.2%WindsorAtlas Tube
25$3.37 billion 2.1%London, United KingdomPokerStars