Meet Canada's highest paid CEOs
The economic downturn in 2008 and 2009 was a distant memory by 2010 for Canada's top CEOs, at least as far as their pay packages were concerned. This gallery shows Canada's top 10 earners in the 2010 calendar year.
No. 1: Edward Sampson, Niko Resources Ltd. - $16,474,616.DEBORAH BAIC
No. 2: Donald Walker, Magna International Inc. -- $16,194,004.Mike Cassese/Reuters
No. 3: Siegfried Wolf, Magna International Inc. -- $16,047,490.MIKE CASSESE/Reuters
No. 3. Richard Waugh, president and CEO of Scotiabank, speaks to the media following the bank's annual meeting in Edmonton, on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Mr. Waugh has a pension of $26,873,000.Jeff McIntosh
No. 5: Steve Laut, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. -- $13,136,288.TODD KOROL/Reuters
No. 6: Gordon Nixon, Royal Bank of Canada -- $11,851,855.MARK BLINCH/Reuters
No. 7: William Doyle, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan -- $11,601,796.DAVID STOBBE/Reuters
No. 8: Ed Clark, Toronto-Dominion Bank -- $11,426,795.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
No. 9: Glenn Chamandy, Gildan Activewear Inc. -- $11,216,009.Christinne Muschi for The Globe and Mail
No. 10: Ronald Pantin, Pacific Rubialis Energy Corp. -- $11,124,321.Pacific Rubialis Energy