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B.C.'s Biggest Companies, by Revenue

The 2010 Top 100 Companies in B.C.
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B.C.'s 100 Biggest Companies, by Revenue: Our annual ranking of the biggest of the big in B.C. business. How do you get to the top? Simple: just take in more money than anyone else.

2009

2008

Status

Company

CEO

Industry
     
1 1 Public Telus Corp. Darren Entwistle Telecommunications
2 2 Public Teck Resources Ltd. Don Lindsay Mining
3 3 Private Jim Pattison Group Jim Pattison Diversified
4 5 Private Best Buy Canada Ltd. Mike Pratt (president) Retail
5 7 Private H.Y. Louie Co. Ltd. Brandt Louie Retail
6 6 Crown B.C. Hydro and Power Authority Dave Cobb Electric utility
7 8 Crown Insurance Corp. of B.C. Jon Schubert Insurance
8 9 Public Westcoast Energy Inc. Douglas Bloom Oil and gas
9 18 Public Goldcorp Inc. Chuck Jeannes Mining
10 11 Crown B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch Jay Chambers Retail
11 10 Public West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Henry Ketcham Forest products
12 13 Crown B.C. Lottery Corp. Michael Graydon Gaming
13 15 Public Teekay Corp. Bjorn Moller Oil and gas
14 16 Private HSBC Bank Canada Lindsay Gordon Finance
15 14 Private Ledcor Group of Companies Dave Lede Real estate/construction
16 12 Public Canfor Corp. James Shepard Manufacturing
17 21 Public First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Philip Pascall Mining
18 4 Public Finning International Inc. Mike Waites Distribution
19 23 Private London Drugs Ltd. Brandt Louie Retail
20 NR Private Terasen Inc. John Walker Oil and gas
21 NR Public Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Jon Feltheimer Entertainment
22 26 Private Intrawest ULC Bill Jensen Real estate/tourism
23 20 Crown corp. sub. Powerex Corp. Teresa Conway Energy trading
24 17 Public Methanex Corp. Bruce Aitken Chemical distribution
25 24 Private Univar Canada Ltd. Randy Craddock Chemical distribution
26 28 Private GFS Canada Group Frank Geier Agriculture and food
26 25 Private CHC Helicopter Corp. Sylvain Allard Aerospace
28 22 Public Catalyst Paper Corp. Richard Garneau Manufacturing
29 27 Subsidiary Versacold Brent Sugden Distribution
29 31 Private Futura Corp. Amar Doman Forest products
31 32 Not-for-profit Pacific Blue Cross Kenneth Martin Insurance
32 29 Not-for-profit South Coast B.C. Transportation Authority Ian Jarvis Transportation
33 34 Public Taiga Building Products Ltd. Kooi Ong Tong Forest products
34 30 Public MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. Daniel Friedmann Software/technology
35 33 Public Mercer International Inc. Jimmy Lee Forest products
36 37 Private Tolko Industries Ltd. Allan Thorlakson Forest products
37 35 Private Kal Tire Robert Foord Retail
38 44 Public Industrial Alliance Pacific Ins. and Fin. Inc. Gerry Bouwers Insurance
39 42 Private Charlwood Pacific Group Gary Charlwood Real estate/tourism
40 43 Crown B.C. Ferry Services Inc. David Hahn Transportation
41 45 Not-for-profit Providence Health Care Dianne Doyle Health care
42 39 Public Canwel Building Materials IF Amar Doman Distribution
43 40 Private Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Doug Frye Real estate
44 46 Public Sierra Wireless Inc. Jason Cohenour Telecommunications
45 90 Public Western Coal Corp. Keith Calder Mining
46 38 Public Western Forest Products Inc. Dominic Gammiero Forest products
47 NR Public Seacliff Construction Corp. Bill Crarer Construction
48 51 Private Northland Properties Corp. Robert Gaglardi Real estate/hospitality
49 52 Public Northgate Minerals Corp. Ken Stowe Mining
50 50 Private Oppenheimer Group John Anderson Agriculture and food

2009

2008

Status

Company

CEO

Industry
     
51 53 Public Quadra Mining Ltd. Paul Blythe Mining
52 68 Subsidiary Dominion Construction Co. Inc. Carl Stewart Construction
53 71 Public Pan American Silver Corp. Geoff Burns Mining
54 67 Public Lululemon Athletica Inc. Christine Day Retail
55 47 Private ITC Construction Group Peter Rezansoff Construction
56 49 Public PMC-Sierra Inc. Greg Lang Technology
57 48 Private Inland Kenworth NA (vacant) Manufacturing
58 41 Public Canaccord Financial Inc. Paul Reynolds Finance
59 55 Public Premium Brands Holdings Corp. George Paleologou Agriculture and food
60 69 Private Polygon Homes Ltd. Michael Audain Real estate/development
61 58 Private Mark Anthony Group Anthony von Mandl Agriculture and food
62 66 Public Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Peter Blake Auctioneering
63 65 Private Shato Holdings Ltd. Peter Toigo & Ron Toigo Real estate/hospitality
64 77 Public Eldorado Gold Corp. Paul Wright Mining
65 NR Private Corix Group Brett Hodson Utility infrastructure
66 54 Private Black Press Ltd. David Black Media
67 57 Public International Forest Products Ltd. Duncan Davies Forest products
68 56 Private Daishowa Marubeni International Ltd. Kyo Oshima Manufacturing
69 60 Public Great Canadian Gaming Corp. Ross McLeod Hospitality
70 62 Credit union Vancouver City Savings Credit Union Tamara Vrooman Finance
71 96 Public New Gold Inc. Robert Gallagher Mining
72 73 Private Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada Don James Distribution
73 70 Private Vancouver Airport Authority Larry Berg Aerospace
74 64 Private Creation Technologies LP Arthur Tymos Manufacturing
75 75 Private OpenRoad Auto Group Ltd. Christian Chia Retail
76 63 Private Super Save Group William Vandekerkhove Oil and gas
77 78 Public Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. William Hunter Biotechnology
78 NR Public Red Back Mining Inc. Richard Clark Mining
79 76 Div. of public co. Rogers Retail Chuck Van der Lee Retail
80 83 Public Glentel Inc. Thomas Skidmore Telecommunications
81 79 Private Bosa Properties Inc. Colin Bosa Real estate
81 80 Private Carter Auto Family Joe Mitchell Retail
83 84 Credit union Coast Capital Savings Credit Union Tracy Redies Finance
84 86 Private Sunrise Farms Peter Shoore Agriculture and food
85 81 Private Flight Centre Canada Greg Dixon Retail/tourism
86 72 Public Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. Richard Huff Manufacturing
87 61 Private Seaspan International Ltd. Jonathan Whitworth Marine services
88 NR Private Metro-Can Construction Ltd. Don Voth Construction
89 89 Private Imperial Parking Corp. Herbert W. Anderson, Jr. Parking services
90 94 Co-operative Mountain Equipment Co-op David Labistour Retail
91 NR Public Capstone Mining Corp. Darren Pylot Mining
92 91 Private Aquilini Investment Group Francesco Aquilini Diversified
93 NR Private Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Inc. David Elmslie Tourism/hospitality
94 87 Private Coast Hotels Ltd. Graeme Barrit Tourism/hospitality
95 99 Public FortisBC Inc. John Walker Utility
96 NR Public Silver Wheaton Corp. Peter Barnes Mining
97 NR Private Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd. Barry Lapointe Aerospace
98 NR Crown BC Transmission Corp. Janet Woodruff Utilities
99 NR Public Sun Gro Horticulture IF Mitchell Weaver Agriculture and food
100 92 Public Glacier Media Inc. Jonathon Kennedy Media
e=estimate; c=converted from $US at 1.142 (2009) or 1.066 (2008) or euros at 1.585 (2009) or 1.56 (2008) or $AU at 0.8969 (2009); NR=not ranked; NP=not provided; NA=not applicable/available
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