# 5 Jim Pattinson – $5.5 Billion
This Canadian business magnate is the sole owner of the Jim Pattison Group, the largest private held in Canada with 31,000 employees, and annual sales of $7.6 billion.
# 4 James Irving – $6 Billion
Along with his brother, who’s #3 richest person in Canada, he runs the Irving Group of Companies, which has business in automobile service, transportation, forest industry operations, paper mills, newspaper, radio, and TV.
# 3 Arthur Irving – $6.1 Billion
James’ younger brother is only $1 million richer, but if you put together their fortune, they rank Canada’s second richest family. He and his brother are also known as generous philanthropists.
# 2 Galen Weston & family – $9 Billion
At 73, Galen Weston still makes bullions, growing his business from $ 7.6 billion in 2012 to a whopping $9 Billion in 2014. He is the executive chairman of a leading food processing and distribution company, George Weston Limited.
# 1 David Thomson & family – $23.2 Billion
David Thomson is the chairman of Thomson Corporation since 2006, when his father, Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet passed away, living him a fortune at hand. The same year, he bought the media conglomerate Reuters, enhancing his father’s fortune with a few billions more.
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