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Rank	Name	Age	City	Prov	Industries	Companies	Net worth ($Bil)	2008 Rank	Previous net worth	Change ($Bil)	% Change
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1	Thomson family	-	Toronto	ON	Media, information distribution	Thomson Reuters, Woodbridge Co. Ltd.	21.99	1	18.45	3.54	19.2
2	James (J. K.), Arthur, John (Jack) Irving	-	Saint John	NB	Oil, forestry products, gas stations, media, transportation	Irving Oil Ltd., J. D. Irving Ltd.	7.28	2	7.11	0.17	2.3
3	Weston, Galen	69	Toronto	ON	Food, groceries, real estate, retail	George Weston Ltd., Loblaw Cos. Ltd.	6.47	3	6.58	-0.11	-1.7
4	James (Jimmy) Pattison	81	Vancouver	BC	Auto sales, food, media, forestry products, entertainment, export services	Jim Pattison Group	5.07	5	4.93	0.14	2.8
5	Rogers Family (Was Ted Rogers)	-	Toronto	ON	Cable TV, communications, pro sports	Rogers Communications Inc.	4.7	4	5.05	-0.35	-6.9
6	Paul Desmarais Sr.	82	Montreal	QC	Financial services, energy	Power Corp. of Canada	4.28	8	4.11	0.17	4.2
7	Bernard (Barry) Sherman	67	Toronto	ON	Pharmaceuticals	Apotex Group of Cos.	3.85	9	3.77	0.08	2.1
8	David Azrieli	87	Montreal	QC	Real estate	Canpro Investments Ltd.	3.73	7	4.15	-0.42	-10.2
9	Jeff Skoll	44	Palo Alto	CA	Internet, media	eBay Inc., Participant Media	3.59	10	3.14	0.45	14.2
10	Fred and Ron Mannix	-	Calgary	AB	Mining, energy, real estate	Mancal Group	2.98	11	2.83	0.14	5
11	Michael Lazaridis	48	Waterloo	ON	Mobile communications	Research In Motion Ltd.	2.9	14	2.59	0.31	11.8
12	Saputo Family	-	Montreal	QC	Food, real estate, transportation	Saputo Inc.	2.76	13	2.62	0.14	5.4
13	Alan, Barry and Clayton Zekelman	-	Windsor	ON	Steel tubing	Atlas Tube	2.74	15	2.58	0.16	6.2
14	Carlo Fidani	55	Toronto	ON	Real estate	Orlando Corp.	2.73	12	2.71	0.02	0.8
15	Richardson Family	-	Winnipeg	MB	Agriculture, real estate, oil and gas, financial services	James Richardson & Sons Ltd.	2.72	19	2.34	0.38	16.4
16	James Balsillie	48	Waterloo	ON	Mobile communications	Research In Motion Ltd.	2.67	18	2.37	0.3	12.8
17	Daryl Katz	48	Edmonton	AB	Drug stores, professional sports	Katz Group of Cos., Edmonton Oilers	2.36	17	2.43	-0.07	-3.1
18	Charles Bronfman	78	New York	NY	Entertainment, investing	Vivendi	2.33	20	2.27	0.07	3
19	Harrison McCain Family	-	Florenceville	NB	Frozen foods	McCain Foods Ltd.	2.3	21	2.11	0.19	8.8
20	Alex Shnaider	41	Toronto	ON	Steel, real estate, food production and retail	Midland Resources Holding Ltd.	2.13	6	4.25	-2.12	-49.8
21	Allan Slaight	78	Toronto	ON	Broadcasting	Standard Broadcasting Corp. Ltd.	1.98	23	1.95	0.03	1.6
22	Wallace McCain	79	Toronto	ON	Frozen foods, food processing	McCain Foods Ltd., Maple Leaf Foods Inc.	1.93	25	1.75	0.18	10.2
23	Murray Edwards	49	Calgary	AB	Oil and gas, aerospace, pro sports, resorts	Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Ensign Energy Services Inc., Calgary Flames	1.9	27	1.65	0.26	15.6
24	Bombardier Family	-	Montreal	QC	Aerospace, rail	Bombardier Inc., Bombardier Recreational Products Inc.	1.9	22	2.04	-0.14	-6.9
25	Stephen Jarislowsky	84	Montreal	QC	Investing	Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd.	1.85	31	1.48	0.37	25
26	Marcel Adams	89	Montreal	QC	Real estate	Iberville Developments Ltd.	1.74	26	1.75	0	-0.2
27	Reichmann Family	-	Toronto	ON	Real estate	Canary Wharf Group PLC, O&Y Properties Corp., Reichmann International Development Corp.	1.72	28	1.64	0.09	5.2
28	Michael Lee-Chin	58	Burlington	ON	Financial services, communications	AIC Ltd., National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd., Columbus Communications Inc.	1.7	16	2.44	-0.74	-30.4
29	Lalji Family	-	Vancouver	BC	Real estate	Larco Investments Ltd.	1.7	29	1.62	0.08	5.2
30	Sobey Family	-	New Glasgow	NS	Groceries, real estate	Empire Co. Ltd.	1.67	24	1.78	-0.11	-6
31	Terence (Terry) Matthews	66	Ottawa	ON	Telecommunications, real estate	Newbridge Networks Corp., Wesley Clover Corp., Alcatel	1.65	30	1.49	0.17	11.2
32	Robert Friedland	59	Singapore		Mining, energy	Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Ivanhoe Energy Inc.	1.59	93	0.5	1.09	216.6
33	Brandt Louie	66	Burnaby	BC	Pharmacies, groceries	H. Y. Louie Co. Ltd.	1.57	33	1.4	0.16	11.5
34	David Cheriton	57	Palo Alto	CA	Technology	Google Inc.	1.55	38	1.29	0.26	20.3
35	Guy Laliberté	50	Montreal	QC	Entertainment	Cirque du Soleil	1.5	32	1.47	0.02	1.5
36	Clay Riddell	72	Calgary	AB	Oil, restaurants, pro sports	Paramount Resources Ltd., Paramount Energy Trust, Trilogy Energy Trust	1.41	46	1.14	0.27	24
37	Mitchell Goldhar	48	Toronto	ON	Real estate	SmartCentres Inc., Calloway REIT	1.37	50	1.06	0.32	30.2
38	Muzzo Family	-	Woodbridge	ON	Real estate	Muzzo Group of Cos.	1.33	35	1.32	0.01	0.8
39	Bob Gaglardi	68	Vancouver	BC	Real estate, hotels, restaurants	Northland Properties Ltd.	1.31	34	1.35	-0.04	-2.8
40	Seymour Schulich	69	Toronto	ON	Oil, mining	Newmont Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd., Canadian Oil Sands Trust	1.31	42	1.2	0.11	9.2
41	John MacBain	51	Geneva	CH	Media	Trader Classified Media NV	1.31	37	1.29	0.02	1.3
42	Gerald (Gerry) Schwartz and Heather Reisman	-	Toronto	ON	Books, auto parts, computer parts, real estate, movies, health care	Onex Corp., Indigo Books & Music Inc.	1.29	44	1.18	0.12	10
43	Peter Gilgan	59	Oakville	ON	Home building	Mattamy Homes Ltd.	1.23	40	1.22	0.01	0.6
44	Michael DeGroote	75	Bermuda		Waste disposal, transportation, professional services	CBIZ Inc., AutoNation Inc., Laidlaw Inc.	1.22	39	1.26	-0.04	-3.6
45	Jean Coutu	82	Montreal	QC	Pharmacies	Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc.	1.21	55	0.95	0.26	27.2
46	Joseph and Ted Burnett	-	Toronto	ON	Real estate, retail, food, horses	Burnac Corp.	1.19	43	1.19	0	0.1
47	Robert Miller	67	Montreal	QC	Electronic-component distribution, computer parts, real estate	Future Electronics Inc.	1.19	36	1.32	-0.13	-9.8
48	Frank Stronach	77	Oberwaltersdorf	AT	Auto parts, horses	Magna International Inc.	1.19	51	1.04	0.14	13.9
49	Douglas Fregin	49	Waterloo	ON	Mobile communications	Research In Motion Ltd.	1.17	52	1.03	0.14	13.8
50	Alfredo (Fred) DeGasperis	75	Concord	ON	Real estate, construction	Metrus Developments Inc., Con-Strada Group of Cos.	1.15	45	1.14	0.01	0.9

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