| Rank | Name | Age | City | Prov | Industries | Companies | Net worth ($Bil) | 2010 Rank | % Change |
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| 56 | James Balsillie | 50 | Waterloo | ON | Mobile communications | Research in Motion Ltd. | 1.11 | 30 | -38.6 |
| 51 | Michael Lazaridis | 50 | Waterloo | ON | Mobile communications | Research in Motion Ltd. | 1.3 | 24 | -35.5 |
| 43 | Alex Shnaider | 43 | Toronto | ON | Steel, real estate, food production and retail | Midland Resources Holding Ltd. | 1.48 | 23 | -28.2 |
| 97 | Douglas Fregin | 51 | Waterloo | ON | Mobile communications | Research in Motion Ltd. | 0.63 | 70 | -28.1 |
| 10 | Bernard Sherman | 69 | Toronto | ON | Pharmaceuticals | Apotex Group of Cos. | 3.31 | 7 | -16 |
| 99 | Pierre Karl and Érik Péladeau | 50 | Montreal | QC | Communications publishing | Quebecor Inc. | 0.61 | 85 | -9.1 |
| 1 | Thomson family | - | Toronto | ON | Media, information distribution | Thomson Reuters, The Woodbridge Company Ltd. | 21.34 | 1 | -8.7 |
| 71 | Leslie Dan | 82 | Toronto | ON | Pharmaceuticals | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Viventia Biotechnologies Inc., Novopharm Ltd | 0.92 | 58 | -8.1 |
| 2 | Galen Weston | 71 | Toronto | ON | Food, groceries, retail, real estate | George Weston Ltd., Loblaw Cos. Ltd, Holt Renfrew | 8 | 2 | -5.8 |
| 28 | Allan Slaight | 80 | Toronto | ON | Broadcasting | Standard Broadcasting Corp. Ltd. | 1.91 | 25 | -4.8 |
| 84 | Leon family | - | Toronto | ON | Furniture, home appliances | Leon?s Furniture Ltd., Appliance Canada | 0.74 | 81 | -3.3 |
| 4 | Rogers family | 88 | Toronto | ON | Cable TV, communications, media, pro sports | Rogers Communications Inc. | 5.94 | 4 | -1.3 |
| 23 | Charles Bronfman | 80 | New York | NY | Entertainment, investing | Vivendi | 2.37 | 18 | -0.7 |
| 98 | Randall Moffat | 68 | Winnipeg | AB | Cable TV, broadcasting | Moffat Communications Ltd. | 0.61 | 93 | -0.2 |
| 7 | Paul Desmarais Sr. | 84 | Montreal | QC | Financial services, media | Power Corp. of Canada | 4.27 | 6 | -0.2 |
| 79 | Apostolopoulos family | - | Toronto | ON | Real estate | TripleCrown Properties Inc. | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | K. (Rai) Sahi | 63 | Missisauga | ON | Real estate | Morguard Corp., Clublink Enterprises Ltd. | 0.67 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | James Cameron | 57 | Malibu | CA | Entertainment | n/a | 0.65 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Amar Doman | 41 | Vancouver | BC | Building materials | Futura Corp. | 0.63 | 91 | 0.5 |
| 55 | Ronald Joyce | 80 | Calgary | AB | Doughnuts and coffee, golf resorts | Wendy's International Inc., Tim Hortons Inc. | 1.15 | 53 | 0.6 |
| 95 | Stewart Blusson | 72 | Lions Bay | BC | Mining | Ekati Diamond Mine, Archon Minerals Ltd. | 0.64 | 89 | 0.9 |
| 81 | John Bragg | 71 | Collingwood | NS | Communications, frozen foods, building supply stores | Oxford Frozen Foods Ltd., Bragg Communications, Bragg Lumber Co. Ltd | 0.78 | 80 | 1 |
| 80 | Robert Julien and Delia Moog | 44 | Toronto | ON | Real estate, golf courses | The Lolter Group LLC | 0.8 | 79 | 1 |
| 20 | Alan, Clayton & Barry Zekelman | 49 | Windsor | ON | Steel tubing | Atlas Tube | 2.62 | 17 | 1.4 |
| 75 | Vittorio De Zen | 69 | Vaughan | ON | Plastics, real estate | Royal Group Technologies Ltd. | 0.89 | 71 | 1.8 |
| 49 | John MacBain | 52 | Switzerland | - | Media | Trader Classified Media NV | 1.38 | 46 | 1.9 |
| 34 | Terence Matthews | 67 | Ottawa | ON | Telecommunications, real estate | Mitel Networks Corp., Wesley Clover Corp., March Networks Corp. | 1.72 | 33 | 2.1 |
| 46 | JR Shaw | 77 | Calgary | AB | Cable TV, communications, media | Shaw Communications Inc., Corus Entertainment Inc. | 1.44 | 42 | 2.3 |
| 78 | Victor Li | 47 | Hong Kong | - | Oil and gas, investing, utilities, telecommunications, retail | Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., Trinity Time Investments Inc | 0.85 | 75 | 2.3 |
| 37 | David Cheriton | 59 | Palo Alto | CA | Technology | Google Inc. | 1.6 | 36 | 2.5 |
| 50 | Michael DeGroote | 78 | Bermuda | - | Waste disposal, transportation, professional services | CBIZ Inc., IESI-BFC Ltd., Laidlaw Inc. | 1.36 | 47 | 2.6 |
| 39 | Guy Laliberté | 59 | Montreal | QC | Entertainment | Cirque du Soleil | 1.56 | 37 | 3.4 |
| 88 | Michael Potter | 67 | Ottawa | ON | Sofware, investing, antique planes | Cognos ULC | 0.69 | 86 | 3.5 |
| 5 | James Pattison | 83 | Vancouver | BC | Auto sales, food, media, forestry products, entertainment, export services | Jim Pattison Group | 5.73 | 5 | 3.7 |
| 47 | Peter Gilgan | 61 | Oakville | ON | Home building | Mattamy Homes Ltd. | 1.42 | 44 | 3.7 |
| 89 | de Gaspé Beaubien family | - | Montreal | QC | Broadcasting, magazines | Telemedia Corp. | 0.68 | 87 | 4.2 |
| 64 | Saul Feldberg | 75 | Toronto | ON | Office furniture | Teknion Corp., Global Group Inc. | 0.98 | 63 | 4.3 |
| 29 | Marcel Adams | 91 | Montreal | QC | Real estate | Iberville Developments Ltd. | 1.85 | 31 | 4.4 |
| 3 | Irving family | 83 | Saint John | NB | Oil, forestry products, gas stations, media, transportation, real estate | Irving Oil Ltd., J.D. Irving Ltd. | 7.8 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 13 | David Azrieli | 89 | Montreal | QC | Real estate | Azrieli Group Ltd., Canpro | 3.07 | 11 | 4.7 |
| 30 | Reichmann family | - | Toronto | ON | Real estate | Reichmann International Development Corp., Reichmann Seniors Housing Development Corp. | 1.83 | 32 | 4.7 |
| 63 | Chan family | - | Vancouver | BC | Golf course, real estate | Burrard International Holdings Inc. | 0.98 | 64 | 4.9 |
| 54 | Joseph and Ted Burnett | 75 | Toronto | ON | Real estate, retail, food, horses | Burnac Corp. | 1.19 | 54 | 5 |
| 59 | Larry Rossy | 69 | Montreal | QC | Retail | Dollarama Inc. | 1.06 | 57 | 5.1 |
| 14 | Richardson family | - | Winnipeg | AB | Agriculture, real estate, oil and gas, financial services | James Richardson & Sons Ltd. | 3.01 | 13 | 5.1 |
| 8 | Jeff Skoll | 46 | Palo Alto | CA | Internet, media | eBay Inc., Participant Media. | 3.75 | 8 | 5.3 |
| 66 | Charles Sirois | 57 | Verdun | QC | Telecommunications | Telesystem Ltd. | 0.96 | 65 | 5.4 |
| 100 | Jodrey family | - | Hantsport | NS | Frozen foods, forestry products, nursing homes, transportation, real estate | High Liner Foods Inc., Assisted Living Concepts Inc. | 0.6 | 97 | 5.5 |
| 70 | Peter Nygård | 70 | Bahamas | - | Clothing | Nygard International Ltd. | 0.93 | 69 | 5.5 |
| 67 | Latner family | - | Toronto | ON | Real estate, laboratory services, air cargo, gaming | L Group of Cos., Dynacare Inc. | 0.96 | 68 | 5.6 |
