The following list of Canadians by net worth includes the wealthiest Canadian individuals and families as determined by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and The World's Billionaires by Forbes. In addition to Bloomberg and Forbes, some other organizations and publications also measure the wealth of high net-worth individuals and families.
List of Canadians by net worth
Several publications have produced listings of the world's wealthiest people by net worth, including Bloomberg and Forbes. However, there are differences between these listings, with the number of billionaires that exist, as well as their estimated net worth.
According to Canadian Business, in November 2017 there were at least 100 Canadian billionaires when using the Canadian dollar to evaluate net worth. This number differs from The World's Billionaires by Forbes, and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as they both use the United States dollar to evaluate net worth. Publications may also provide different estimates for an individual's net worth, leading to disagreement between the publications.
Several Canadian individuals/families that hold multiple citizenships and have a net worth exceeding C$1 billion may also not be listed as Canadians by the aforementioned publications. For example, Elon Musk, considered to be the richest person in the world in 2021, holds multiple citizenships, including Canadian citizenship; although Bloomberg and Forbes listing of billionaires list Musk as an American.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg L.P. maintains a daily ranking of the net worth analysis of the world's richest people in the world on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is updated "at the close of every trading day in New York", with the Top 500 provided online each day. The individual results are also published on the profile page of each billionaire. Bloomberg's listing only evaluates the net worth of individuals.
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|+ List of wealthiest Canadians (Bloomberg, 1 July 2024) and Gaye, hold a roughly 11% stake each. || align="center"|$19.7 billion || rowspan="6" | Media & Telecom
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|rowspan="3" align="center"| ||rowspan="3" align="center"| || || align="center"|$12.2 billion
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|| Taylor Thomson || align="center"|$12.2 billion
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|| || align="center"|$12.2 billion
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|rowspan="2" align="center"| ||rowspan="2" align="center"| || Linda Campbell || align="center"|$9.57 billion
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|| Gaye Farncombe || align="center" |$9.57 billion
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| align="center"| || align="center"| || || align="center"|$9.37 billion || Technology
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| align="center"| || align="center"| || || align="center"|$7.29 billion || Retail
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| align="center"| || align="center"| || || align="center"|$6.75 billion || Media & Telecom
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| align="center"| || align="center"| || || align="center"|$6.12 billion || Retail
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| align="center"| || align="center"| || || align="center"|$5.92 billion || Technology
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Forbes
Forbes magazine's annual listing of billionaires entitled The World's Billionaires is based on March 10, 2023, "stock prices and exchange rates" in US dollars. They collaborate with FactSet Research Systems, Orbis, PitchBook Data, Real Capital Analytics, Reonomy, S&P Capital IQ, and VesselsValue to collect data.
Forbes will typically list individuals rather than multigenerational families with shared wealth, although their listing will consolidate the wealth belonging to a billionaire's spouse and children if that person is the founder of the fortune.
Other measurements and rankings of net worth
Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada uses the Survey Financial Security Public Use Microdata File (SFS PUMF) as their principal "family wealth microdata product". The report was one of 200, requested by the political parties in the months leading up to the 2019 federal election. However, the SFS PUMF only reported on the wealth of families with $27 million or less. Examples of previous years include 2017, 2015, 2014, and 2013.
The Thomson Family increased their wealth by 30% from over C$26 billion in 2013