| Rank | Name | Age | City | Prov | Industries | Companies | Net worth | 2007 Rank | % Change |
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| 97 | Jodrey Family | - | Hantsport | NS | Frozen foods, forestry products, nursing homes, shipping, trucking, real estate | High Liner Foods Inc., Extendicare Inc., Assisted Living Concepts Inc., Algoma Central Corp. | 0.47 | 89 | -15 |
| 100 | Molson Family | - | Montreal | QC | Beer | Molson Coors Brewing Co. | 0.46 | 58 | -48 |
| 47 | Kruger Family | - | Montreal | QC | Forestry products | Kruger Inc. | 1.12 | 57 | 21 |
| 44 | Gerald (Gerry) Schwartz and Heather Reisman | - | Toronto | ON | Books, auto parts, computer parts, real estate, movies, health care | Onex Corp., Indigo Books & Music Inc. | 1.18 | 31 | -25 |
| 43 | Joseph and Ted Burnett | - | Toronto | ON | Real estate, retail, food, horses | Burnac Corp. | 1.19 | 50 | 10 |
| 35 | Muzzo Family | - | Woodbridge | ON | Real estate | Muzzo Group of Cos. | 1.32 | 42 | 10 |
| 29 | Lalji Family | - | Vancouver | BC | Real estate | Larco Investments Ltd. | 1.62 | 36 | 14 |
| 28 | Reichmann Family | - | Toronto | ON | Real estate | Canary Wharf Group PLC, O&Y Properties Corp., Reichmann International Development Corp. | 1.64 | 32 | 5 |
| 24 | Sobey Family | - | New Glasgow | NS | Groceries, real estate | Empire Co. Ltd. | 1.78 | 23 | -9 |
| 54 | Samuel Family | - | Toronto | ON | Steel, horses | Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd., Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. | 0.98 | 56 | 1 |
| 57 | Chan Family | - | Vancouver | BC | Golf courses, real estate | Burrard International Holdings Inc. | 0.9 | 68 | 15 |
| 96 | Leon Family | - | Toronto | ON | Furniture, home appliances | Leon's Furniture Ltd., Appliance Canada | 0.47 | 75 | -34 |
| 92 | Libfeld Family | - | Toronto | ON | Real estate development | Conservatory Group | 0.51 | 100 | 14 |
| 87 | de Gaspé Beaubien Family | - | Montreal | QC | Broadcasting, magazines | Telemedia Corp. | 0.54 | 97 | 14 |
| 80 | Belkin family | - | Vancouver | BC | Real estate, sugar, waste management, oil and gas | Belkorp Group of Cos., Canadian Hotel Income Properties REIT, Rogers Sugar Income Fund, Wastech Sevices Ltd. | 0.67 | 86 | 9 |
| 76 | Koschitzky Family | - | Toronto | ON | Building supplies | IKO Group | 0.72 | 79 | 7 |
| 73 | Cliff and Dave Lede | - | Calgary | AB | Construction, communications | Ledcor Group of Cos., 360networks | 0.78 | 77 | 13 |
| 71 | Robert (Bobby) Julien and Delia Moog | - | Toronto | ON | Real estate, golf courses | The Kolter Group LLC | 0.8 | 62 | -7 |
| 68 | Greenberg Family | - | Ottawa | ON | Real estate | Minto Group Inc. | 0.83 | 71 | 10 |
| 22 | Bombardier Family | - | Montreal | QC | Aerospace, rail | Bombardier Inc., Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. | 2.04 | 17 | -11 |
| 21 | Harrison McCain Family | - | Florenceville | NB | Frozen foods | McCain Foods Ltd. | 2.11 | 21 | -1 |
| 13 | Saputo Family | - | Montreal | QC | Food, real estate, transportation | Saputo Inc. | 2.62 | 12 | -5 |
| 15 | Alan, Barry and Clayton Zekelman | - | Windsor | ON | Steel tubing | Atlas Tube | 2.58 | - | - |
| 19 | Richardson Family | - | Winnipeg | MB | Agriculture, real estate, oil and gas, financial services | James Richardson & Sons Ltd. | 2.34 | 22 | 17 |
| 1 | Thomson Family | - | Toronto | ON | Media, information distribution | Thomson Reuters, Woodbridge Co. Ltd. | 18.45 | 1 | -27 |
| 11 | Fred and Ron Mannix | - | Calgary | AB | Mining, energy, real estate | Mancal Group | 2.83 | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | James (J. K.), Arthur and John (Jack) Irving | - | Saint John | NB | Oil, forestry products, gas stations, media, transportation | Irving Oil Ltd., J. D. Irving Ltd. | 7.11 | 5 | 34 |
| 81 | Amar Doman | 38 | Vancouver | BC | Building materials | Futura Corp. | 0.61 | - | - |
| 6 | Alex Shnaider | 40 | Toronto | ON | Steel, real estate, food production and retail | Midland Resources Holding Ltd. | 4.25 | 18 | 86 |
| 48 | Richard Li | 41 | Hong Kong | | Communications, broadcasting | PCCW Ltd. | 1.11 | 51 | 4 |
| 10 | Jeff Skoll | 43 | Palo Alto | CA | Internet, media | eBay Inc., Participant Media | 3.14 | 7 | -30 |
| 69 | Victor Li | 44 | Hong Kong | | Oil and gas, investing, utilities, telecommunications, retail | Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., Trinity Time Investments Inc. | 0.82 | 73 | 11 |
| 50 | Mitchell Goldhar | 47 | Toronto | ON | Real estate | SmartCentres Inc., Calloway REIT | 1.06 | 48 | -7 |
| 17 | Daryl Katz | 47 | Edmonton | AB | Drug stores, professional sports | Katz Group of Cos., Edmonton Oilers | 2.43 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | Michael (Mike) Lazaridis | 47 | Waterloo | ON | Mobile communications | Research In Motion Ltd. | 2.59 | 8 | -41 |
| 18 | James (Jim) Balsillie | 47 | Waterloo | ON | Mobile communications | Research In Motion Ltd. | 2.37 | 9 | -42 |
| 27 | Murray Edwards | 48 | Calgary | AB | Oil and gas, aerospace, pro sports, resorts | Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Ensign Energy Services Inc., Calgary Flames | 1.65 | 20 | -23 |
| 52 | Douglas Fregin | 48 | Waterloo | ON | Mobile communications | Research In Motion Ltd. | 1.03 | 27 | -40 |
| 32 | Guy Laliberté | 49 | Montreal | QC | Entertainment | Cirque du Soleil | 1.47 | 44 | 25 |
| 84 | Lawrence Stroll | 49 | Montreal | QC | Clothing | Michael Kors Inc., Sportswear Holdings Ltd. | 0.57 | 100 | 34 |
| 79 | Eugene Melnyk | 49 | Barbados | | Pharmaceuticals, professional sports | Biovail Corp., Ottawa Senators | 0.67 | 70 | -11 |
| 37 | John MacBain | 50 | Geneva | CH | Media | Trader Classified Media NV | 1.29 | 40 | 4 |
| 99 | Lee Ka Lau | 52 | Toronto | ON | Computer graphics parts | ATI Technologies Inc. | 0.47 | 98 | 1 |
| 95 | Chip Wilson | 53 | Vancouver | BC | Yogawear | Lululemon Athletica | 0.48 | 43 | -59 |
| 12 | Carlo Fidani | 54 | Toronto | ON | Real estate | Orlando Corp. | 2.71 | 16 | 16 |
| 63 | Charles Sirois | 54 | Verdun | QC | Telecommunications | Telesystem Ltd. | 0.86 | 59 | -4 |
| 38 | David Cheriton | 56 | Palo Alto | CA | Technology | Google Inc. | 1.29 | 25 | -33 |
| 16 | Michael Lee-Chin | 57 | Burlington | ON | Financial services, communications | AIC Ltd., National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd., Columbus Communications Inc. | 2.44 | 11 | -13 |
| 40 | Peter Gilgan | 58 | Oakville | ON | Home building | Mattamy Homes Ltd. | 1.22 | 46 | 7 |
| 93 | Robert Friedland | 58 | Singapore | | Mining, energy | Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Ivanhoe Energy Inc. | 0.5 | 29 | -70 |