The richest Canadians and how they made their fortunes
lovemoney staff
18 March 2020
Canada's richest people
Thomson Reuters
40) Jack Cockwell: C$1.5 billion ($1.1bn/£893m)
Ryerson University
= 38) Terence Matthews: C$1.7 billion ($1.2bn/£975m)
Andre Forget/AFP/Getty
= 38) K Rai Sahi: C$1.7 billion ($1.2bn/£975m)
Morguard Careers
= 36) Dani Reiss: C$1.8 billion ($1.3bn/£1.1bn)
Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Canada Goose
= 36) Bruce Flatt: C$1.8 billion ($1.3bn/£1.1bn)
Brookfield Asset Management
= 33) Brandt Louie: C$2 billion ($1.4bn/£1.1bn)
Simon Fraser University Public Affairs and Media Relations / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)
= 33) Stephen Smith: C$2 billion ($1.4bn/£1.1bn)
Margaret Mulligan for First National Corp
= 33) Peter Szulczewski: C$2 billion ($1.4bn/£1.1bn)
Peter Szulczewski/Facebook
32) N Murray Edwards: C$2.1 billion ($1.5bn/£1.2bn)
Sergei ~ 5of7 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
= 29) Gerald Schwartz: C$2.2 billion ($1.6bn/£1.3bn)
Horatio Alger Association/YouTube
= 29) Stephen Jarislowsky:C$2.2 billion ($1.6bn/£1.3bn)
Jarilowsky Fraser
= 29) Tobi Lutke: C$2.2 billion ($1.6bn/£1.3bn)
Union Eleven / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
= 26) Hal Jackman: C$2.4 billion ($1.7bn/£1.4bn)
Twitter/UTLaw
= 26) Marcel Adams: C$2.4 billion ($1.7bn/£1.4bn)
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
= 26) Pierre Karl Péladeau: C$2.4 billion ($1.7bn/£1.4bn)
François Laplante Delagrave/AFP/Getty
= 24) Jacques D’Amours: C$2.5 billion ($1.8bn/£1.5bn)
Couche-Tard
= 24) Michael Lee-Chin: C$2.5 billion ($1.8bn/£1.5bn)
@Michael_LeeChin/Twitter
23) Serge Godin: C$2.6 billion ($1.9bn/£1.5bn)
Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Gettuy
= 21) Carlo Fidani: C$3.2 billion ($2.3bn/£1.9bn)
YouTube / Trillium Health Partners
= 21) Charles Bronfman: C$3.2 billion ($2.3bn/£1.9bn)
MENAHEM KAHANA/Staff/Getty
=19) Jean Coutu: C$3.3 billion ($2.4bn/£2bn)
Asclepias / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
=19) Robert Miller: C$3.3 billion ($2.4bn/£2bn)
Future Electronics/Twitter
18) Lawrence Stroll: C$3.6 billion ($2.6bn/£2.1bn)
Charles Coates/Getty
17) Mitchell Goldhar: C$3.8 billion ($2.7bn/£2.2bn)
Twitter/MaccabiLVFC
16) Peter Gilgan: C$4 billion ($2.9bn/£2.4bn)
petergilganfoundation.org
15) Bob Gaglardi: C$4.2 billion ($3bn/£2.4bn)
VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation/YouTube
= 13) Huang Chulong: C$4.3 billion ($3.1bn/£2.5bn)
Galaxy Group
=13) Daryl Katz: C$4.3 billion ($3.1bn/£2.5bn)
Bruce Bennett/Getty
12) Arthur Irving: C4.6 billion ($3.3bn/£2.7bn)
Dartmouth.edu
11) Chip Wilson: C$5 billion ($3.6bn/£2.9bn)
Rachel Murray/Getty
10) Alain Bouchard: C$5.2 billion ($3.7 billion/£3bn)
Marty555 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
9) Mark Scheinberg: C$6.3 billion ($4.5bn/£3.7bn)
Courtesy Pokerstars
8) Garrett Camp: C$6.4 billion ($4.6bn/£3.8bn)
Cameron Harris / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)
7) Emanuele (Lino) Saputo: C$7.1 billion ($5.1bn/£4.2bn)
Youtube/Concordia University
6) David Cheriton: C$8.1 billion ($5.8bn/£4.7bn)
Courtesy Stanford.edu
5) Jim Pattison: C$8.4 billion ($6bn/£4.9bn)
Andrew Chin/Getty
4) James Irving: C$9.8 billion ($7bn/£5.7bn)
@jdirvinglimited / Twitter
3) Galen Weston: C$11.7 billion ($8.4bn/£6.9bn)
Ontario Chamber of Commerce/Flickr
2) Joseph Tsai: C$13.3 billion ($9.5bn/£7.8bn)
YouTube/Alizila
1) David Thomson: C$45.4 billion ($32.5bn/£26.6bn)
Courtesy Thomson Reuters
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