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Top 100 Public Companies in B.C., 2010

BCBusiness

| June 28, 2010

The Top 100 Public Companies in B.C.: From telecom to gaming to movie-making, these are highest-earning publicly-traded companies in British Columbia.

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2010 Top 100 Companies in B.C.

2009	2008	Company	CEO	Industry	Major Shareholder

1	1	Telus Corp.	Darren Entwistle	Telecommunications
2	2	Teck Resources Ltd.	Don Lindsay	Mining	Temagami Mining Co. Ltd.
3	4	Westcoast Energy Inc.	Douglas Bloom	Oil and gas	Spectra Energy Canada Exchangeco Inc.
4	8	Goldcorp Inc.	Chuck Jeannes	Mining	Fidelity Management & Research
5	5	West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.	Henry Ketcham	Forest products	Ketcham Family
6	NR	Teekay Corp.	Bjorn Moller	Oil and gas
7	6	Canfor Corp.	James Shepard	Manufacturing	Jim Pattison
8	9	First Quantum Minerals Ltd.	Philip Pascall	Mining
9	3	Finning International Inc.	Mike Waites	Distribution
10	NR	Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.	Jon Feltheimer	Entertainment
11	7	Methanex Corp.	Bruce Aitken	Chemical distribution
12	10	Catalyst Paper Corp.	Richard Garneau	Manufacturing	Third Avenue Management LLC
13	14	Taiga Building Products Ltd.	Kooi Ong Tong	Forest products	Berjaya Group Berhad
14	12	MacDonald, Dettwiler and Assoc.	Daniel Friedmann	Software/technology	Ontario Teachers' Pension Board
15	13	Mercer International Inc.	Jimmy Lee	Forest products	Platinum Asset Management Ltd.
16	NR	Industrial Alliance Pacific Inc.	Gerry Bouwers	Insurance	Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services
17	17	Canwel Building Materials IF	Amar Doman	Distribution	Futura Corp.
18	19	Sierra Wireless Inc.	Jason Cohenour	Telecommunications
19	36	Western Coal Corp.	Keith Calder	Mining	Audley Capital Fund
20	16	Western Forest Products Inc.	Dominic Gammiero	Forest products	Tricap Management Ltd.
21	NR	Seacliff Construction Corp.	Bill Crarer	Construction
22	21	Northgate Minerals Corp.	Ken Stowe	Mining
23	22	Quadra Mining Ltd.	Paul Blythe	Mining	SIA Funds AG
24	28	Pan American Silver Corp.	Geoff Burns	Mining	Royce & Associates
25	27	Lululemon Athletica Inc.	Christine Day	Retail
26	20	PMC-Sierra Inc.	Greg Lang	Technology	Waddell & Reed Investment Management Co.
27	18	Canaccord Financial Inc.	Paul Reynolds	Finance	Franklin Templeton
28	23	Premium Brands Holdings Corp.	George Paleologou	Agriculture and food	Pender West Investors Inc.
29	26	Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers	Peter Blake	Auctioneering
30	31	Eldorado Gold Corp.	Paul Wright	Mining	Fidelity Management & Research
31	24	International Forest Products Ltd.	Duncan Davies	Forest products
32	25	Great Canadian Gaming Corp.	Ross McLeod	Hospitality	Ross McLeod
33	38	New Gold Inc.	Robert Gallagher	Mining	Seymour Schulich
34	32	Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc.	William Hunter	Biotechnology
35	NR	Red Back Mining Inc.	Richard Clark	Mining
36	33	Glentel Inc.	Thomas Skidmore	Telecommunications	CDS and Co.
37	29	Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.	Richard Huff	Manufacturing	Brookfield Special Situations II LP
38	57	Capstone Mining Corp.	Darren Pylot	Mining	Geologic Resources Partners
39	NR	FortisBC Inc.	John Walker	Utility	Fortis Inc.
40	44	Silver Wheaton Corp.	Peter Barnes	Mining	Van Eck Associates Corp.
41	41	Sun Gro Horticulture IF	Mitchell Weaver	Agriculture and food	IKO Industries
42	37	Glacier Media Inc.	Jonathon Kennedy	Media	Madison Venture Corp.
43	34	Westshore Terminals IF	William Stinson	Marine services	Jim Pattison Developments Ltd.
44	40	Imperial Metals Corp.	Brian Kynoch	Mining	N. Murray Edwards and Edwards-owned companies
45	43	Fortress Paper Ltd.	Chadwick Wasilenkoff	Forest products	Chadwick Wasilenkoff
46	35	Hardwoods Distribution IF	Maurice Paquette	Forest products
47	46	Dragon Pharmaceutical Inc.	Yanlin Han	Pharmaceuticals	Han Yanlin
48	39	Taseko Mines Ltd.	Russell Hallbauer	Mining
49	49	Aurizon Mines Ltd.	David Hall	Mining
50	30	Tree Island Wire IF	Daniel McAtee	Manufacturing

2009	2008	Company	CEO	Industry	Major Shareholder

51	45	TimberWest Forest Corp.	Paul McElligot	Forest products
52	56	Sun-Rype Products Ltd.	Dave McAnerney	Manufacturing	The Jim Pattison Group
53	48	Coast Wholesale Appliances IF	Blain Lawson	Wholesale/retail	CWAL Investments Ltd.
54	59	Coastal Contacts Inc.	Roger Hardy	Retail	Roger Hardy
55	NR	Coopers Park Corp.	Terence Hui	Real estate
56	53	Eastern Platinum Ltd.	Ian Rozier	Mining
57	42	Wall Financial Corp.	Bruno Wall	Real estate
58	66	Westport Innovations Inc.	David Demers	Clean technology
59	58	Vecima Networks Inc.	Dr. Surinder Kumar	Technology	Surinder Kumar
60	62	Peer 1 Network Enterprises Inc.	Fabio Banducci	Technology	Sutton Group
61	51	Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.	Roy Dyce	Oil and gas	Jerry Zucker
62	61	Amerigo Resources Ltd.	Steven Dean	Mining	Merrill Lynch Investment Managers
63	60	Silvercorp Metals Inc.	Rui Feng	Mining	Royce & Associates LLC
64	63	Paragon Pharmacies Ltd.	Lorraine McGrath	Retail
65	55	Avcorp Industries Inc.	Paul Kalil	Aerospace	Michael Scholz
66	67	Canlan Ice Sports Corp.	Joey St-Aubin	Hospitality	Bartrac Investments Ltd.
67	64	Day4 Energy Inc.	John MacDonald	Solar energy
68	NR	First Majestic Silver Corp.	Keith Neumeyer	Mining
69	84	Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.	Simon Ridgway	Mining	Sprott Inc.
70	NR	North American Tungsten Corp.	Stephen Leahy	Mining
71	NR	Huntingdon REIT	Scott Hutcheson	Real estate
72	69	Versatile Systems Ltd.	John Hardy	Software/technology
73	NR	Blast Radius	Gurval Caer	Media	WPP PLC
74	NR	Cardiome Pharma Corp.	Doug Janzen	Biotechnology
75	68	Ballard Power Systems Inc.	John Sheridan	Energy
76	74	Absolute Software Corp.	John Livingston	Software/technology
77	52	QLT Inc.	Bob Butchofsky	Biotechnology	NB Public Equity K/S
78	NR	CIBT Education Group Inc.	Toby Chu	Education
79	NR	Hanwei Energy Services Corp.	Fulai Lang	Energy
80	72	Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc.	Samir Manji	Real estate	Samir Manji
81	NR	WesternOne Equity IF	Darren Latoski	Finance	Darren Latoski
82	54	Sterling Shoes IF	Jeremy Horwitz	Retail	Fidelity Management Trust Co.
83	NR	Cabo Drilling Corp.	John Versfelt	Mining
84	NR	Verb Exchange Inc.	Craig Goldenberger	Education
85	79	DDS Wireless International Inc.	Vari Ghai	Technology	Vari Ghai
86	77	Rockwell Diamonds Inc.	John Bristow	Mining
87	76	Leading Brands Inc.	Ralph McRae	Agriculture and food	Northland Properties Corp.
88	70	Carmanah Technology Corp.	Ted Lattimore	Manufacturing
89	80	Swiss Water Decaffeinated	Frank Dennis	Manufacturing
90	73	PRT Forest Regeneration IF	John Kitchen	Silviculture	Howsan Tattersol Investment Counsel Ltd.
91	86	Radiant Communications Corp.	David Buffett	Technology	Working Opportunity Fund
92	NR	OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Scott Cormack	Biotechnology	HIG Horizon Corp.
93	65	Ivanhoe Energy Inc.	Robert Friedland	Oil and gas	Robert Friedland
94	NR	Roca Mines Inc.	Scott Broughton	Mining
95	81	Quest Capital Corp.	Brian Bayley	Finance
96	NR	PNI Digital Media Inc.	Kyle Hall	Software	Peter Fitzgerald
97	82	Pacific Insight Electronics Corp.	Brad Smithson	Manufacturing
98	93	Norsat International Inc.	Amiee Chan	Technology
99	78	Energold Drilling Corp.	Frederick Davidson	Mining	Montrusco Bolton
100	89	A&W Revenue Royalties IF	Paul Hollands	Hospitality