B.C.'s Top 100 Biggest Public Companies 2011

BCBusiness

| July 1, 2011

The Top 100 Public Companies in B.C. in 2011: From telecom to gaming to movie-making, these are highest-earning publicly-traded companies in British Columbia. (Return to B.C.'s Top 100 of 2011.)

2010	2009	Company	CEO	Industry	Major Shareholder

1	1	Telus Corp.	Darren Entwistle	Telecommunications
2	2	Teck Resources Ltd.	Donald Lindsay	Mining	Temagami Mining Co. Ltd. / 28.4%
3	9	Finning International Inc.	Mike Waites	Distribution
4	4	Goldcorp Inc.	Chuck Jeannes	Mining	Fidelity Management & Research / 6.1%
5	3	Westcoast Energy Inc.	Douglas Bloom	Oil and gas	Spectra Energy Canada Exchangeco Inc. / 95.4%
6	5	West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.	Henry Ketcham	Forest products	Ketcham Family / NP
7	8	First Quantum Minerals Ltd.	Philip Pascall	Mining
8	7	Canfor Corp.	Don Kayne	Manufacturing	Jim Pattison / 31.0%
9	6	Teekay Corp.	Peter Evensen	Oil and gas
10	11	Methanex Corp.	Bruce Aitken	Chemical distribution
11	10	Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.	Jon Feltheimer	Entertainment
12	15	Mercer International Inc.	Jimmy Lee	Manufacturing	Platinum Asset Management Ltd. / 15.0%
13	12	Catalyst Paper Corp.	Kevin Clarke	Manufacturing
14	17	CanWel Building Materials Group	Amar Doman	Distribution	Futura Corp. / 23.7%
15	23	Quadra FNX Mining Ltd.	Paul Blythe	Mining	SIA Funds AG / 6.3%
16	13	Taiga Building Products Ltd.	Kooi Ong Tong	Distribution	Berjaya Group Berhad / 40.0%
17	30	Eldorado Gold Corp.	Paul Wright	Mining	Fidelity Management & Research / 15.1%
18	25	Lululemon Athletica Inc.	Christine Day	Retail	Dennis Wilson / 32.6%
19	14	MacDonald, Dettwiler and Assoc.	Daniel Friedmann	Technology	Ontario Teachers Pension Plan / 14.7%
20	18	Sierra Wireless Inc.	Jason Cohenour	Telecommunications
21	20	Western Forest Products Inc.	Dominic Gammiero	Forest products	Tricap Management Ltd. / 49.0%
22	26	PMC-Sierra Inc.	Greg Lang	Manufacturing
23	24	Pan American Silver Corp.	Geoff Burns	Mining	Royce & Associates / 7.6%
24	31	International Forest Products Ltd.	Duncan Davies	Forest products
25	27	Canaccord Financial Inc.	Paul Reynolds	Finance	Franklin Templeton / 7.5%
26	33	New Gold Inc.	Robert Gallagher	Mining	Seymour Schulich / 12.0%
27	28	Premium Brands Holdings Corp.	George Paleologou	Agriculture and food
28	22	Northgate Minerals Corp.	Ken Stowe	Mining
29	19	Western Coal Corp.	Keith Calder	Mining	Audley Capital Fund / 25.0%
30	40	Silver Wheaton Corp.	Randy Smallwood	Mining	Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC / 3.9%
31	36	Glentel Inc.	Thomas Skidmore	Telecommunications	Thomas Skidmore / 17.0%
32	32	Great Canadian Gaming Corp.	Ross McLeod	Hospitality
33	29	Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers	Peter Blake	Auctions
34	37	Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.	Richard Huff	Manufacturing	Brookfield Special Situations II (OSB) LP / 55.1%
35	38	Capstone Mining Corp.	Darren Pylot	Mining	Pala Investments Holdings Ltd. / 17.3%
36	45	Fortress Paper Ltd.	Chad Wasilenkoff	Paper	Bissett Investment Management Ltd. / 6.4%
37	48	Taseko Mines Ltd.	Russell Hallbauer	Mining
38	51	TimberWest Forest Corp.	Paul McElligot	Forest products
39	34	Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc.	William Hunter	Biotechnology
40	44	Imperial Metals Corp.	Brian Kynoch	Mining	N.Murray Edwards and Edwards-owned companies / 34.6%
41	42	Glacier Media Inc.	Jonathon Kennedy	Media	Madison Venture Corp. / 33.0%
42	NR	Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc.	William Jensen	Tourism/real estate
43	43	Westshore Terminals IF	William Stinson	Marine services	Jim Pattison Developments Ltd. / 15.0%
44	41	Sun Gro Horticulture IF	Mitchell Weaver	Agriculture and food	IKO Industries / 19.0%
45	46	Hardwoods Distribution IF	Lance Blanco	Distribution
46	49	Aurizon Mines Ltd.	David Hall	Mining
47	57	Wall Financial Corp.	Bruno Wall	Real estate
48	67	Day4 Energy Inc.	George Rubin	Energy
49	56	Eastern Platinum Ltd.	Ian Rozier	Mining
50	62	Amerigo Resources Ltd.	Klaus Zeitler	Mining	Merrill Lynch / 12.0%

2010	2009	Company	CEO	Industry	Major Shareholder

51	54	Coastal Contacts Inc.	Roger Hardy	Retail	Roger Hardy / 12.0%
52	NR	Village Farms International Inc.	Michael DeGiglio	Agriculture and food
53	NR	Farallon Mining Ltd.	Roland Junck	Mining
54	52	Sun-Rype Products Ltd.	Dave McAnerney	Agriculture and food	Jim Pattison Group / 48.6%
55	NR	China Gold Int'l Resources Corp.	Xin Song	Mining
56	53	Coast Wholesale Appliances Inc.	Harlow Burrows	Retail
57	50	Tree Island Wire IF	Daniel McAtee	Manufacturing
58	58	Westport Innovations Inc.	David Demers	Energy	Douglas family / 19.6%
59	68	First Majestic Silver Corp.	Keith Neumeyer	Mining
60	NR	Silver Standard Resources Inc.	John Smith	Mining
61	59	Vecima Networks Inc.	Surinder Kumar	Manufacturing	Surinder Kumar / 60.0%
62	63	Silvercorp Metals Inc.	Rui Feng	Mining	Royce & Associates, LLC / 9.2%
63	60	Peer 1 Network Enterprises Inc.	Fabio Banducci	Telecommunications	Sutton Group / 19.0%
64	NR	Great Basin Gold Ltd.	Ferdinand Dippenaar	Mining
65	NR	Minefinders Corp. Ltd.	Mark Bailey	Mining
66	61	Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.	Roy Dyce	Oil and gas	Jerry Zucker / 10.0%
67	NR	Endeavour Silver Corp.	Dan Dickson	Mining
68	NR	Canfor Pulp Products Inc.	Joe Nemeth	Forest products	Canfor Corp. / 50.0%
69	64	Paragon Pharmacies Ltd.	Lorraine McGrath	Retail
70	NR	SouthGobi Resources Ltd	Alexander Molyneux	Mining	Ivanhoe Mines / 57.0%
71	65	Avcorp Industries Inc.	Mark van Rooij	Manufacturing	Michael Scholz / 25.0%
72	69	Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.	Simon Ridgway	Mining	Sprott / 12.0%
73	NR	Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp.	Robert Baldock	Mining	Orifer S.A. / 24.0%
74	71	Huntingdon REIT	Scott Hutcheson	Real estate
75	66	Canlan Ice Sports Corp.	Joey St-Aubin	Recreation	Bartrac Investments Ltd. / 75.0%
76	75	Ballard Power Systems Inc.	John Sheridan	Energy
77	74	Cardiome Pharma	Doug Janzen	Biotechnology
78	76	Absolute Software Corp.	John Livingston	Software
79	78	CIBT Education Group Inc.	Toby Chu	Education
80	99	Energold Drilling Corp.	Fred Davidson	Mining	Montrusco Bolton / 9.0%
81	81	WesternOne Equity IF	Darren Latoski	Finance	Darren Latoski / 9.6%
82	77	QLT Inc.	Bob Butchofsky	Biotechnology	NB Public Equity K/S / 14.4%
83	72	Versatile Systems Ltd.	John Hardy	Software
84	79	Hanwei Energy Services Corp.	Fulai Lang	Energy
85	NR	Great Panther Silver Ltd.	Robert Archer	Mining
86	80	Amica Mature Lifestyles Inc.	Samir Manji	Real estate	Samir Manji / 15.0%
87	85	DDS Wireless International Inc.	Vari Ghai	Software	Ghai Investments Ltd. / 56.0%
88	82	Sterling Shoes IF	Jeremy Horwitz	Retail	Fidelity Management Trust Co. / 9.5%
89	NR	IND DairyTech Ltd.	Jesse Zhu	Agriculture and food
90	89	Ten Peaks Coffee Company Inc.	Frank Dennis	Agriculture and food	FIM Group / 19.7%
91	88	Carmanah Technologies Corp.	Ted Lattimore	Manufacturing
92	NR	Scorpio Mining Corp.	Peter Hawley	Mining	Toqueville Gold Fund / 15.7%
93	91	Radiant Communications Corp	David Buffett	Telecommunications	Maxam Capital Corp. / 34.0%
94	86	Rockwell Diamonds Inc.	John Bristow	Mining
95	97	Pacific Insight Electronics Corp.	Brad Smithson	Manufacturing
96	83	Cabo Drilling Corp.	John Versfelt	Mining
97	NR	TIO Networks Corp.	Hamed Shahbazi	Finance	Inter-Atlantic Fund II, L.P. / 15.4%
98	90	PRT Forest Regeneration IF	John Kitchen	Forestry	Howsan Tattersol Investment Counsel Ltd. / 14.0%
99	96	PNI Digital Media Inc.	Kyle Hall	Software
100	100	A&W Revenue Royalties IF	Paul Hollands	Agriculture and food