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Rank	Name	Age	City	Prov	Industries	Companies	Net worth	2007 Rank	% Change
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1	Thomson Family	-	Toronto	ON	Media, information distribution	Thomson Reuters, Woodbridge Co. Ltd.	18	1	-27
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	5	34
3	Galen Weston	68	Toronto	ON	Food, groceries, real estate, retail	George Weston Ltd., Loblaw Cos. Ltd.	7	3	-9
4	Edward (Ted) Rogers	75	Toronto	ON	Cable TV, communications, pro sports	Rogers Communications Inc.	5	2	-34
5	James (Jimmy) Pattison	80	Vancouver	BC	Auto sales, food, media, forestry products, entertainment, export services	Jim Pattison Group	5	6	9
6	Alex Shnaider	40	Toronto	ON	Steel, real estate, food production and retail	Midland Resources Holding Ltd.	4	18	86
7	David Azrieli	86	Montreal	QC	Real estate	Canpro Investments Ltd.	4	13	57
8	Paul Desmarais Sr.	81	Montreal	QC	Financial services, energy	Power Corp. of Canada	4	4	-27
9	Bernard (Barry) Sherman	66	Toronto	ON	Pharmaceuticals	Apotex Group of Cos.	4	10	5
10	Jeff Skoll	43	Palo Alto	CA	Internet, media	eBay Inc., Participant Media	3	7	-30
11	Fred and Ron Mannix	-	Calgary	AB	Mining, energy, real estate	Mancal Group	3	14	10
12	Carlo Fidani	54	Toronto	ON	Real estate	Orlando Corp.	3	16	16
13	Saputo Family	-	Montreal	QC	Food, real estate, transportation	Saputo Inc.	3	12	-5
14	Michael (Mike) Lazaridis	47	Waterloo	ON	Mobile communications	Research In Motion Ltd.	3	8	-41
15	Alan, Barry and Clayton Zekelman	-	Windsor	ON	Steel tubing	Atlas Tube	3	-	-
16	Michael Lee-Chin	57	Burlington	ON	Financial services, communications	AIC Ltd., National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd., Columbus Communications Inc.	2	11	-13
17	Daryl Katz	47	Edmonton	AB	Drug stores, professional sports	Katz Group of Cos., Edmonton Oilers	2	15	3
18	James (Jim) Balsillie	47	Waterloo	ON	Mobile communications	Research In Motion Ltd.	2	9	-42
19	Richardson Family	-	Winnipeg	MB	Agriculture, real estate, oil and gas, financial services	James Richardson & Sons Ltd.	2	22	17
20	Charles Bronfman	77	New York	NY	Entertainment, investing	Vivendi	2	19	3
21	Harrison McCain Family	-	Florenceville	NB	Frozen foods	McCain Foods Ltd.	2	21	-1
22	Bombardier Family	-	Montreal	QC	Aerospace, rail	Bombardier Inc., Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.	2	17	-11
23	Allan Slaight	77	Toronto	ON	Broadcasting	Standard Broadcasting Corp. Ltd.	2	26	4
24	Sobey Family	-	New Glasgow	NS	Groceries, real estate	Empire Co. Ltd.	2	23	-9
25	Wallace McCain	78	Toronto	ON	Frozen foods, food processing	McCain Foods Ltd., Maple Leaf Foods Inc.	2	24	-10
26	Marcel Adams	88	Montreal	QC	Real estate	Iberville Developments Ltd.	2	28	4
27	Murray Edwards	48	Calgary	AB	Oil and gas, aerospace, pro sports, resorts	Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Ensign Energy Services Inc., Calgary Flames	2	20	-23
28	Reichmann Family	-	Toronto	ON	Real estate	Canary Wharf Group PLC, O&Y Properties Corp., Reichmann International Development Corp.	2	32	5
29	Lalji Family	-	Vancouver	BC	Real estate	Larco Investments Ltd.	2	36	14
30	Terence (Terry) Matthews	65	Ottawa	ON	Telecommunications, real estate	Newbridge Networks Corp., Wesley Clover Corp., Alcatel	1	33	-3
31	Stephen Jarislowsky	83	Montreal	QC	Investing	Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd.	1	35	-
32	Guy Lalibert�	49	Montreal	QC	Entertainment	Cirque du Soleil	1	44	25
33	Brandt Louie	65	Burnaby	BC	Pharmacies, groceries	H. Y. Louie Co. Ltd.	1	39	9
34	Bob Gaglardi	67	Vancouver	BC	Real estate, hotels, restaurants	Northland Properties Ltd.	1	45	17
35	Muzzo Family	-	Woodbridge	ON	Real estate	Muzzo Group of Cos.	1	42	10
36	Robert Miller	66	Montreal	QC	Electronic-component distribution, computer parts, real estate	Future Electronics Inc.	1	52	23
37	John MacBain	50	Geneva	CH	Media	Trader Classified Media NV	1	40	4
38	David Cheriton	56	Palo Alto	CA	Technology	Google Inc.	1	25	-33
39	Michael DeGroote	75	Bermuda		Waste disposal, transportation, professional services	CBIZ Inc., AutoNation Inc., Laidlaw Inc.	1	41	2
40	Peter Gilgan	58	Oakville	ON	Home building	Mattamy Homes Ltd.	1	46	7
41	JR Shaw	74	Calgary	AB	Cable TV, communications	Shaw Communications Inc.	1	34	-19
42	Seymour Schulich	68	Toronto	ON	Oil, mining	Newmont Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd., Canadian Oil Sands Trust	1	38	-10
43	Joseph and Ted Burnett	-	Toronto	ON	Real estate, retail, food, horses	Burnac Corp.	1	50	10
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	31	-25
45	Alfredo (Fred) deGasperis	74	Concord	ON	Real estate, construction	Metrus Developments Inc., Con-Strada Group of Cos.	1	53	10
46	Clay Riddell	71	Calgary	AB	Oil, restaurants, pro sports	Paramount Resources Ltd., Paramount Energy Trust, Trilogy Energy Trust	1	37	-16
47	Kruger Family	-	Montreal	QC	Forestry products	Kruger Inc.	1	57	21
48	Richard Li	41	Hong Kong		Communications, broadcasting	PCCW Ltd.	1	51	4
49	Ronald (Ron) Joyce	77	Calgary	AB	Doughnuts and coffee, golf resort	Wendy's International Inc., Tim Hortons, Shaw Communications Inc.	1	49	-
50	Mitchell Goldhar	47	Toronto	ON	Real estate	SmartCentres Inc., Calloway REIT	1	48	-7

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