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Canada’s Richest People: The Complete Top 100 Ranking (2016)

The definitive Canadian Business Magazine ranking of Canada’s 100 Richest People and families for 2016

By CB Staff December 24, 2015

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This is the complete Canadian Business ranking of the 100 wealthiest individuals and families in Canada. Click or tap any entry for further details on their net worth, the companies they control, their overall asset mix and more.

2016 Rank	Name	Net Worth (2016)	Details
1	Thomson Family	$36.76 billion	More »
2	Galen Weston	$13.67 billion	More »
3	Garrett Camp	$9.18 billion	More »
4	Rogers Family	$8.86 billion	More »
5	Irving Family	$7.50 billion	More »
6	Joseph Tsai	$7.30 billion	More »
7	James Pattison	$6.89 billion	More »
8	Saputo Family	$6.43 billion	More »
9	Estate of Paul Desmarais Sr.	$6.10 billion	More »
10	Richardson family	$5.63 billion	More »
11	Jeffrey S. Skoll	$5.22 billion	More »
12	Carlo Fidani	$4.84 billion	More »
13	Bernard Sherman	$4.16 billion	More »
14	Daryl Katz	$4.14 billion	More »
15	Estate of David Azrieli	$3.92 billion	More »
16	Alain Bouchard	$3.89 billion	More »
17	Estate of Wallace McCain	$3.55 billion	More »
18	Harrison McCain Family	$3.53 billion	More »
19	Aquilini family	$3.31 billion	More »
20	Mark Scheinberg	$3.24 billion	More »
21	Sobey Family	$3.19 billion	More »
22	Bob Gaglardi	$3.10 billion	More »
23	Fred & Ron Mannix	$3.06 billion	More »
24	David Cheriton	$3.05 billion	More »
25	Frank Stronach	$3 billion	More »
26	Michael Lee-Chin	$2.95 billion	More »
27	Joseph & Ted Burnett	$2.9 billion	More »
28	Lalji Family	$2.87 billion	More »
29	Alexander Shnaider	$2.7 billion	More »
30	N. Murray Edwards	$2.69 billion	More »
31	Gerry Schwartz & Heather Reisman	$2.68 billion	More »
32	Dennis (Chip) Wilson	$2.66 billion	More »
33	Apostolopoulos Family	$2.66 billion	More »
34	Jean Coutu	$2.62 billion	More »
35	Charles Bronfman	$2.48 billion	More »
36	Zekelman Family	$2.46 billion	More »
37	Peter Gilgan	$2.43 billion	More »
38	Mitchell Goldhar	$2.37 billion	More »
39	John Risley	$2.35 billion	More »
40	Richard Li	$2.29 billion	More »
41	Reichmann family	$2.25 billion	More »
42	Brandt Louie	$2.25 billion	More »
43	Guy Laliberté	$2.13 billion	More »
44	Aldo Bensadoun	$2.13 billion	More »
45	Slaight Family	$2.08 billion	More »
46	Terry Matthews	$2.04 billion	More »
47	Marcel Adams	$2.02 billion	More »
48	Lawrence Stroll	$2.01 billion	More »
49	JR Shaw	$1.92 billion	More »
50	Robert Miller	$1.89 billion	More »
51	Rossy Family	$1.88 billion	More »
52	Stephen Jarislowsky	$1.84 billion	More »
53	Jack Cowin	$1.79 billion	More »
54	Bombardier Family	$1.77 billion	More »
55	Ronald Southern	$1.76 billion	More »
56	Muzzo Estate	$1.76 billion	More »
57	Kruger family	$1.74 billion	More »
58	Stewart Butterfield	$1.64 billion	More »
59	Molson family	$1.63 billion	More »
60	DeGasperis family	$1.61 billion	More »
61	Ronald Joyce	$1.60 billion	More »
62	Hasenfratz Family	$1.58 billion	More »
63	Greenberg Family	$1.54 billion	More »
64	Serge Godin	$1.50 billion	More »
65	Michael G. DeGroote	$1.48 billion	More »
66	J. Michael Pearson	$1.48 billion	More »
67	John MacBain	$1.36 billion	More »
68	Lawrence Tanenbaum	$1.35 billion	More »
69	Seymour Schulich	$1.32 billion	More »
70	Clay Riddell	$1.31 billion	More »
71	Rudy Bratty	$1.31 billion	More »
72	Shane Smith	$1.27 billion	More »
73	K. Rai Sahi	$1.27 billion	More »
74	Eugene Melnyk	$1.25 billion	More »
75	Hal Jackman	$1.24 billion	More »
76	Samuel Family	$1.2 billion	More »
77	Pierre Karl & Erik PÉladeau	$1.2 billion	More »
78	Lawrence Ho	$1.2 billion	More »
79	Saul Feldberg	$1.18 billion	More »
80	Kenneth Rowe	$1.16 billion	More »
81	Charles Sirois	$1.13 billion	More »
82	Latner Family	$1.12 billion	More »
83	John Bragg	$1.11 billion	More »
84	Hassan Khosrowshahi	$1.11 billion	More »
85	Leslie Dan	$1.1 billion	More »
86	David Werklund	$1.08 billion	More »
87	Caleb & Tom Chan	$1.08 billion	More »
88	Eric Sprott	$1.04 billion	More »
89	U. Gary Charlwood	$1.03 billion	More »
90	Koschitzky Family	$1 billion	More »
91	Vic De Zen	$1 billion	More »
92	Dave & Cliff Lede	$989 million	More »
93	Mike Lazaridis	$957 million	More »
94	Bruce Flatt	$942 million	More »
95	Sam & Van Kolias	$935 million	More »
96	Belkin family	$900 million	More »
97	Leon family	$896 million	More »
98	Jack Cockwell	$893 million	More »
99	Libfeld family	$842 million	More »
100	Robert (Bobby) Julien & Delia Moog	$835 million	More »

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